Ohio University Professor Pete Souza Named Obama’s Official White House Photographer
Announced last night by NPPA:
Photojournalist and NPPA member Pete Souza has accepted the position of official White House photographer for President-elect Barack Obama, he told News Photographer magazine tonight.”
Souza met then senator Barack Obama back in 2005 while covering his first day in the U.S. Senate for The Chicago Tribune. Souza documented the freshman senator’s first year in the Senate for the Chicago Tribune, following Obama to seven countries including Kenya, South Africa, and Russia. Souza later went onto publish a New York Times Bestselling book, The Rise of Barack Obama, which documents Barack Obama’s rise to power. It’s a well done book!
Souza began teaching photojournalism last year at Ohio University. He’s returning to Washington today, where he left his family after accepting the job at OU, to prepare for his new job.
Congrats Pete!
2008 Favorites
Happy New Year to all! 2008 was filled with a fantastic trip to India, a good internship at The Elkhart Truth, a look into an historic political season, and graduation. Here’s hoping everyone has a good 2009.
Teagan and Blake Mast fidget during the singing of the National Anthem Friday July 25, 2008 on the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind.
A worker sets up the Giant Ferris Wheel on the Elkhart County 4-H fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind., on July 16, 2008.
A tourist feeds a monkey at the Amber Fort in Jaipur, India, the capital city of Rajasthan on January 1, 2008. The elegant fort was built in 1592 by Raja Man Singh I and is a major tourist attraction.
The bride Divya Agarwal prepares to receive gifts during her wedding ceremony with Suketu Soni, Jan. 4, 2008. Agarwal and Soni met on an Indian online dating service in 2001.
A wedding guest watches a wedding parade in the town of Navsari in Gujarat, India.
An Obama supporter stands in the doorway as the final Presidential debate is projected on the wall at the Campaign for Change student headquarters on Court Street in Athens, Ohio, on Oct. 15, 2008.
