Souza fast became an internet celebrity and surely one of the best-known photographers in America. The film is a glimpse into his career as a proverbial fly on the wall of the Oval Office, capturing Republican President Ronald Reagan and Democratic President Barack Obama in their eight-year terms as Commander-in-Chief. Discuss: The Way I See It documents Obama and Reagan White House photographer Pete Souza, wonderful and inspiring documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble, The Way I See It opens Friday in select theaters, subscribe to I'm So Obsessed on your favorite podcast app.

He’s had two best-selling books of his Obama photographs. “I wasn’t with him every day,” Souza recalls, “but I got to know him pretty well professionally.” Four years later, the offer came to work for Obama. "Two Presidents, One Photographer" showcases 56 of Pete Souza’s photographs of two presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum.

He was not fit for office," said Souza.

It had nothing to do with it.

'It's an infringement on my rights, my work, my style — my black and white style. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. The Way I See It is directed by Dawn Porter, who also made the wonderful and inspiring documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble.

"And that's what I was thinking about with Pete. Afternoon meetings Friday, May 8, 2009. So it wasn't really that difficult decision for me to make to start speaking out.". He went to Kansas for a master’s degree, worked for a couple of small papers there, then was hired by the Chicago Sun-Times. If you are an empathetic human, a person with a soul and a shred of sanity, Dawn Porter’s documentary The Way I See It will remind you that you’re not wrong in feeling disgusted. There have been eleven official White House photographers.
She published a coffee table book of Obama pictures called Celebrate Hope in 2019. Over a lively 30 minutes, Porter and Souza discuss why empathy is important for a leader to have, the passing of John Lewis, the significance of professional athletes protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake and what it's like having Obama officiate your wedding. Souza regularly posts photos from his Obama tenure in response to things Trump has said or done. Photographer Pari Dukovic is pictured. She was one of a handful of photographers working full-time at the White House. Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. That unforgettable photo of Obama, then-Vice President Joe Biden, and other administration officials monitoring the raid that led to Osama bin Laden’s death? When Souza started photographing Obama, the future president was still a senator. Obama's memoir is due to be published on November 17. But it’s the candid moments that Souza captures that show who Ronald Reagan was, and who he was to his beloved wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan. But precisely because the gulf between the two presidents is so vast, it becomes all too easy to belabor it. The Way I See It opens Friday in select theaters. The former chief Obama White House photographer and consummate shade-thrower talks about starring in a new documentary film, The Way I See It. President Barack Obama walked along the West Colonnade of the White House with chief White House photographer Pete Souza in February 2016. But instead, she claimed, the publishers took her style of work and ran with it, 'The portrait of President Obama on the cover of A Promised Land is an original photograph taken by Pari Dukovic,' executive told DailyMail.com. The chief official White House photographer, Souza traveled everywhere Obama went to document both terms of America’s first black president. “We’re going to have some fun,” the president-elect told him. During our conversation, Porter explained why she was compelled by Souza and his perspective working for Regan and Obama.

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The wedding was held in the Rose Garden, with Obama officiating. We have photographs.