President Barack Obama By Pete Souza

New photographs of President Obama made by the chief White House photographer 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.