The time has come to say goodbye to President Barack Obama after 8 years as president. Throughout his presidency, we’ve been able to get a closer look at Obama thanks to Pete Souza, who has been the official White House photographer since Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009. However, he has been documenting Obama’s political career since he became a senator in 2005. He also documented Obama’s campaign to the presidency, which he compiled in the photo-book The Rise of Barack Obama. With this photographs, Souza provides an exclusive look at the man behind the presidency. Here’s a compilation of the most unique pictures from Pete Souza’s Instagram account.
1. Taking a drive
2. Cue the turkey jokes!
3. The brotherhood.
4. The Presidents.
5. Hamilton though!
6. Save the last dance.
7. Helping Curry with the shot.
8. Royally adorable.
9. Definition of chill.
10. Beers with Bourdain.
11. Photographer in Chief.
12. Super Bowl President style.
13. Father-in-Chief.
14. Showing off his school spirit with First Lady Michelle
15. #RelationshipGoals
16. Pranking the President.
17. One for the books.
President Obama surprised Vice President Biden by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with dinstinction in January 2017.
18. Obama and the boy
This legendary shot was captured after the son of a White House staffer asked President Obama, at that point just recently inaugurated, to bend down so he could touch his hair and see if it felt like his.
19. Obama fist-bumps a cleaning staff employee at the White House.
20. Snow Day!
The President plays in the snow with his daughters in 2010.