President Barack Obama By Pete Souza

Pete Souza (born 1954) is an American photojournalist and the current chief White House photographer for President Barack Obama. Pete Souza is of Portuguese descent. His family name was originally Sousa, but was changed a few generations past to Souza for the purpose of becoming a more American assimilated name. He was born in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts and graduated 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.
He served as an official White House photographer for President Ronald Reagan from June 1983 until Reagan left the White House in 1989. Based in Washington D.C., he worked for ten years as a photographer for the Chicago Tribune. In June 2004, he was the official photographer during the funeral services of Ronald Reagan.