Pete Souza
I’ll start off by saying Pete Souza doesn’t have a blog (as far as I could find). He does however have one of the coolest jobs any photojournalist could hope for. He’s the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama. When I discovered he posts photos to Flickr, I got excited. Souza is on an extended leave of absence from Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication 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. Souza’s 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.
So while Souza isn’t a blogger, any photojournalist looking for inspiration will be excited to see an inside peak at White House life through the official White House photostream on Flickr.
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