Pete Souza
| Pete Souza | |
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Souza prepares for an interview in 2009
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| Chief Official White House Photographer | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Eric Draper |
| Succeeded by | Shealah Craighead |
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In office June 1983 – January 20, 1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Michael Evans |
| Succeeded by | David Valdez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 31, 1954 New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Boston University, Kansas State University |
| Occupation |
White House Photographer (1983–1989) Chief Official White House photographer (2009–2017) |
| Website | www |
Peter J. Souza (born December 31, 1954) is an American photojournalist, the former Chief Official White House Photographer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama and the former director of the White House Photography Office. He was a photographer with The Chicago Tribune, stationed at the Washington, D.C. bureau from 1998–2007; during this period he also followed the rise of then-Senator Obama to the presidency.
Souza was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts and grew up in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He is of Portuguese ancestry; both sets of his grandparents emigrated from the Azores.
Souza graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science 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 the early 1980s, he was a photographer for the Chicago Sun-Times. He served as an official White House photographer for President Ronald Reagan from June 1983 until 1989. He was also the official photographer for the funeral services of Ronald Reagan in 2004.
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