souza the great

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President Obama greets audience members after delivering remarks on infrastructure, the economy, and creating jobs by increasing exports, at the Port of New Orleans in New Orleans, La., Nov. 8, 2013


Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2013


Listening to the daughter of a departing U.S. Secret Service agent in the Oval Office, Oct. 28, 2013 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)


Greeting the daughter of a departing staff member in the Outer Oval Office, Dec. 13, 2013

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Seriouly, I love this picture. Look at the joy on the troops faces.


Greeting troops during a rally at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 7, 2013


Touring the Women’s Rights National Historical Park Visitors Center, in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2013

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President Obama visits the Women’s Rights National Historical Park Visitors Center, in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2013


Taking the stage to deliver remarks on the five-year anniversary of the financial crisis, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Sept. 16, 2013


Greeting volunteers at Food & Friends during a service project to commemorate the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2013

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Kudos to the one and only Pete Souza!

BOG

[Cha]

1. Souza the Awesome!

Mahalo, she~

[sheshe2]

4. He is indeed Cha..

Check out freshwest's post.

Pete Souza is from New Bedford, Ma! I didn't know that.

[IrishAyes]

8. I've always wondered if Pete might be related to John Phillips Souza. Does anyone know?

[freshwest]

2. Looking at this collection of photos, I asked myself, where's the man behind the camera? Here he is:

Pete Souza (born 1954)[1][2] is an American photojournalist and the current Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and Director of the White House Photography Office.[3] He was the Official White House Photographer during President Ronald Reagan's second term, 1983–1989. He was a photographer with Chicago Tribune (Washington bureau), 1998–2007; during this period he also followed the rise of Senator Obama to the Presidency.

Born in New Bedford, MA!

More information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Souza

[sheshe2]

3. Thanks so much freshwest,

for adding that great picture of the man behind the camera! His photographs are amazing in so many ways. He really knows how to capture the moment!

He's from New Bedford, Ma! I did not know that! Thank you.



http://trigphotography.smugmug.com/High-Dynamic-Range-Imagery/Historic-New-Bedford-MA/i-9LFWb7t

I found this link a week ago and was going to post from it. There is an excellent pictorial story on The Rise of Barack Obama click on image galleries. You won't be disappointed!

http://www.petesouza.com/

[IrishAyes]

9. Oh, my word! That picture of New Bedford looks like a painting, it's so beautiful.

Makes me homesick when I'm not even from there. If I ever get a large printer to run off a big copy (for myself only, I think allowed by copyright law), I'll first send it through a paint program. It really sings New England, doesn't it?

[sheshe2]

10. It's a great picture, beautiful indeed.

From an old whaling town.

Some history, Irish.

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Immigration to New Bedford[edit]


North Congregational Church, Purchase Street, 1906
Until 1800, New Bedford and its surrounding communities were, by and large, populated by Protestants of English, Scottish, and Welsh origin. During the first half of the 19th century, however, a large wave of Irish people came to Massachusetts.

In 1818, Irish immigrants established the Catholic mission that built St. Mary's Church. Later in that century, immigrants from Portugal and its dependent territories of the Azores, Cape Verde and Madeira began arriving in New Bedford and the surrounding area, largely because of the whaling industry. As the Portuguese community began to increase, they established the first Portuguese parish in the city, St. John the Baptist (1871). The French (chiefly French-Canadian) also secured a foothold in New Bedford at about the same time, and they built the Church of the Sacred Heart in 1877.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts

Thanks Irish~

[Cha]

5. Souza's a Massachusetts guy..

of course!

Thank you, freshwest~

More on Souza from another source..

Obama photographer Pete Souza gets hitched in White House wedding...so who took the pictures?

The official Obama shutterbug has been chronicling the politician since 2005, but got his time in the shutter's eye for his wedding to Patti Lease in the White House Rose Garden.


Pete Souza, the director of the White House photo office, got married Saturday to Patti Lease.

"Obama's official photographer Pete Souza got a presumably picture perfect wedding at the White House Rose Garden Saturday night, hosted by the commander-in-chief.

White House Military Chaplain Stanley Fornea officiated the marriage celebration for Souza and his bride, Patti Lease.

Roughly 35 guests attended the ceremony for the man who has captured some of Obama's most poignant moments in office.

As of yet, no photos have emerged of the happy occasion."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-photog-pete-souza-married-white-house-article-1.1491551

[freshwest]

6. Wonder if 'Commander in Chief' would serve a 'Captain of the Ship' in such cases, uh? n/t

[Gothmog]

7. Great pictures

[treestar]

11. all good, the one in the museum

is especially cool!

Dogs in the pantry, lol!