Pete Souza - A Chat with President Obama's Photographer - Photo Brigade Podcast #65

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Check out more videos like this one at http://PhotoBrigade.com/LIVE! - On this special episode recorded at The White House, Robert Caplin (http://RobertCaplin.com) chats with his friend Pete Souza, Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and the director of the White House Photography Office. They talk about his unique job that’s taken to nearly every corner of the Earth baring witness to some of the most important moments in history during both in the Obama as well as the Regan administration decades past. They discuss how Pete met President Obama while on assignment for The Chicago Tribune years back covering his first year as a senator, which led to his book "The Rise of Barack Obama". They talk about his background, business, social media, and much more. This is a talk you don’t want to miss! So sit back, relax, and enjoy this special presidential episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast! Please SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Page for great photography content like this! https://www.youtube.com/c/thephotobrigade?sub_confirmation=1 Connect with The Photo Brigade! Blog ➟ http://ThePhotoBrigade.com Facebook ➟ https://www.facebook.com/PhotoBrigade Twitter ➟ https://www.Twitter.com/PhotoBrigade Instagram ➟ https://Instagram.com/PhotoBrigade Google + ➟ https://plus.google.com/+thephotobrigade MORE Audio Podcasts on iTunes ➟ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-photo-brigade-podcast/id625879517 BIO Pete Souza is the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama; he is also the Director of the White House photo offic and is currently on an extended leave of absence from Ohio University's School of Visual Communication (http://www.ohio.edu/viscom/) where he is an assistant professor of photojournalism. He has worked as an Official White House Photographer for President Reagan, a freelancer for National Geographic, and as the national photographer for the Chicago Tribune based in their Washington bureau. His book, "The Rise of Barack Obama," was published in July 2008 and includes exclusive photographs of the Senator's rise to power. Souza extensively documented Obama's first year in the Senate and accompanied Obama to seven countries including Kenya, South Africa and Russia. The book was on the New York Times bestseller list for five weeks. In addition to the national political scene, Souza has covered stories around the world. After 9/11, he was among the first journalists to cover the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan after crossing the Hindu Kush mountains by horseback in three feet of snow. As a freelancer, Souza has photographed two articles on assignment for National Geographic Magazine and three photo essays for Life Magazine. His photographs have also been published in many other magazines and newspapers around the world including on the covers of Fortune, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. In 1992 Souza produced and published "Unguarded Moments: Behind-the-Scenes Photographs of President Reagan," a coffee-table book based on his 5 1/2 years in the White House. A newer book, "Images of Greatness: An Intimate Look at the Presidency of Ronald Reagan," was published in June 2004. Former Sen. Howard Baker Jr. said in his introduction to the book that he recorded "some of the most intimate, honest and humanizing scenes of the presidency I've ever seen." Pete was also the official photographer for the June 2004 funeral of President Reagan. Souza has won numerous photojournalism awards including several times in the prestigious Pictures of the Year annual competition, the NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, and the White House News Photographers Association's yearly contest. He has lectured many times on his photography including at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Harvard University, Boston University, Ohio University, the University of Kansas, Western Kentucky University and Kansas State University. He has appeared on the ABC news magazine show 20-20, Nightline, Good Morning America, CNN Special Reports, Fox Friends and Family, and on National Public Radio. Check out: http://NPPA.org http://ASMP.com http://www.cps.usa.canon.com http://Tenba.com Pete's links: Website: http://PeteSouza.com Instagram: http://Instagram.com/petesouza Pete's Book "The Rise of Barack Obama": http://amzn.to/1Oyu8fc White House Links Website: https://www.whitehouse.gov Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse Check out Robert Caplin's upcoming Maui Photo Expedition at the Four Seasons! http://MauiWorkshop.com