Ep. 196 Pete Souza – American Photojournalist, Former Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama

About this episode

Wes and Todd interview Pete Souza, discussing his career as a photojournalist and experiences as the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama.

This week, Wes and Todd sit down with former Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama, Pete Souza. Pete discusses his childhood, how he got his start in photography, his early experience as a photojournalist shooting for small newspapers, what working at those small newspapers taught him, how the opportunity to work as an official White House photographer came about, the difference in access between photographing President Reagan and President Obama, his thought behi...

People in this episode

Hosts: Wes Brown, Todd Pierson

Guest: Pete Souza

Topics covered

• photography
• photojournalism
• White House
• Barack Obama
• Pete Souza
• media access

Keywords

• Pete Souza
• White House photographer
• Barack Obama
• photojournalism
• photography career

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