Pete Souza (born 1954) is an American photojournalist and the current Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and Director of the White House Photography Office. He was the Official White House Photographer during President Reagan's second term, 1983-1989, and photographer with Chicago Tribune (Washington Bureau), 1998-2007, during this period he also followed the rise of Senator Obama to the Presidency.
Souza was born ...
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Pete Souza (born 1954) is an American photojournalist and the current Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and Director of the White House Photography Office. He was the Official White House Photographer during President Reagan's second term, 1983-1989, and photographer with Chicago Tribune (Washington Bureau), 1998-2007, during this period he also followed the rise of Senator Obama to the Presidency.
Souza was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts and raised in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, from a family of Portuguese ancestry. Souza graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in public communication from Boston University and a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from Kansas State University.
Souza started his career in the 1970s in Kansas at the Chanute Tribune and the Hutchinson News. In early 80s, he was a photographer for the Chicago Sun-Times. He served as an official White House photographer for President Ronald Reagan during his...
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