April 13, 2009.Obama runs down a corridor with the family's new dog, Bo, a six-month old portuguese water dog, in the White House in Washington, DC. Bo is a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy and his wife Victoria to the President's daughters, Sasha and Malia
Pete Souza, the Chief Official White House photographer, has taken approximately two million pictures of President Barack Obama.
He has captured the Commander-in-Chief in all situations - whether it is relaxing with his family or sitting in the situation room, waiting to hear the outcome of the May 2011 mission to kill Osama Bin Laden.
As Obama nears the end of his time in the White House, take a look at 55 of Souza's favorite shots of the president.
Bristol, Virginia - July 29, 2009. President Barack Obama eats a nectarine following a town hall meeting at Kroger's Supermarket
May 8, 2009. Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a visit to the Oval Office
January 20, 2009. 'We were on a freight elevator headed to one of the Inaugural Balls. It was quite chilly, so the President removed his tuxedo jacket and put it over the shoulders of his wife. Then they had a semi-private moment as staff member and Secret Service agents tried not to look'
August 9, 2010. Obama puts his toe on the scale as Trip Director Marvin Nicholson tries to weigh himself during a hold in the volleyball locker room at the University of Texas in Austin
July 14, 2012. 'The President delivers remarks in the pouring rain at a campaign event in Glen Allen, Va. He was supposed to do a series of press interviews inside before his speech, but since people had been waiting for hours in the rain he did his remarks as soon as he arrived at the site so people could go home to dry off'
September 28, 2012. 'A candid portrait of the President during a meeting, juxtaposed with the paintings of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, busts of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Abraham Lincoln, and the Emancipation Proclamation. It's a difficult angle to get because I had to sit in front of the closed Oval Office door and hope that no one would open the door and knock me over'
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011
January 16, 2010. 'President Obama had called on the two former Presidents to help. During their public remarks in the Rose Garden, President Clinton had said about President Bush, "I've already figured out how I can get him to do some things that he didn't sign on for." Later, back in the Oval, President Bush is jokingly asking President Clinton what were those things he had in mind'
June 9, 2011. Bethesda, MarylandObama greets children at a day care facility adjacent to his daughter Sasha's school. Obama was attending following Sasha's fourth grade closing ceremony.
President Barack Obama shares his strawberry pie with a boy during a lunch stop at Kozy Corners restaurant in Oak Harbor, Ohio, July 5, 2012
October 26, 2012. Obama pretends to be caught in Spider-Man's web as he greets Nicholas Tamarin, 3, just outside the Oval Office. Spider-Man had been trick-or-treating for an early Halloween with his father, White House aide Nate Tamarin
May 25, 2012. 'The President was welcoming service members and their families to a screening of Men in Black 3 in the White House Family Theater. The movie was being presented in 3D, so the President jokingly asked them to try on their 3D glasses while he was speaking to them'
U.S. President Barack Obama joins B.B. King singing Sweet Home Chicago during the 'In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues' concert in the East Room on February 21, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Participants include, from left: Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, B.B. King, and Gary Clark, Jr.
February 2009. Barack Obama and Michelle Obama dance while the band Earth, Wind and Fire performs at the Governors' Ball
President Barack Obama shares a pizza dinner with individuals who wrote letters to him, at the Wazee Supper Club in Denver, Coloorado, July 8, 2014
President Barack Obama plays with a football in the Oval Office on August 23, 2009
January 20, 2009. 'President-elect Barack Obama was about to walk out to take the oath of office. Backstage at the U.S. Capitol, he took one last look at his appearance in the mirror'
U.S. President Barack Obama (center) meets in the Situation Room with his national security advisors to discuss strategy in Syria of the White House August 31, 2013 in Washington, DC
President Barack Obama, Eric Holder and US officers attends a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, October 29, 2009, for the dignified transfer of 18 U.S. personnel who died in Afghanistan
Visiting the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2011
May 31, 2010. 'The skies opened up on Memorial Day outside of Chicago. When the lightning began, the Secret Service told the President that it was too dangerous to proceed. He took the stage by himself and informed the audience that his speech was canceled and that for everyone's safety, they should return to their busses. Later, he boarded a few of the busses to thank them for attending and apologized for not being able to speak'
June 4, 2015. 'At the President's insistence, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes brought his daughter Ella by for a visit. As she was crawling around the Oval Office, the President got down on his hands and knees to look her in the eye
December 4, 2015. 'The President acquiesced to a selfie with 11-year-old Jacob Haynes and four-year-old James Haynes after taking a family photograph with departing White House staffer Heather Foster'
President Barack Obama has lunch with Rebekah Erler at Matt's Bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26, 2014. Erler, then a 36-year-old working wife and mother of two pre-school aged boys, had written the President a letter about economic difficulties
President Obama rides to the family quarters at the end of Inauguration Day 2009 in this photograph
November 15, 2012. 'The President had just met with the U.S. Olympics gymnastics team, who because of a previous commitment had missed the ceremony earlier in the year with the entire U.S. Olympic team. The President suggested to McKayla Maroney that they recreate her "not impressed" photograph before they departed'
April 24, 2012. Obama and Jimmy Fallon are briefed on the Slow Jam the News segment backstage before taping at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 1, 2012. 'A nice way to celebrate the New Year for the President was to jump in the ocean in his native state of Hawaii. He was on his annual Christmas vacation with family and friends, and went swimming at Pyramid Rock Beach in Kaneohe Bay'
February 14, 2013. 'The President genuinely enjoys being with kids. Here, he played a magnifying glass game with children during a visit to a pre-kindergarten classroom at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Georgia'
President Barack Obama, joined by Chief of Staff Denis McDonough's daughter, carries a birthday cake to surprise McDonough in his West Wing office, on December 2, 2013
United States President Barack and Michelle Obama board Air Force One in moonlight at the end of their visit to Germany on 19 June 2013
President Barack Obama reads briefing material before the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, August 29, 2014
June 17, 2015. The President carries the twin boys of Katie Beirne Fallon, Director of Legislative Affairs, into the Oval Office just a few months after they were born
October 1, 2015. 'I focused on the detail of the Resolute Desk as the president was talking with two aides in the Oval Office'
February 11, 2014. 'Ever the gentleman, the President helps the First Lady off the stage after she thanked the White House chefs during the State Dinner for President François Hollande of France on the South Lawn of the White House'
December 3, 2009. Obama fist-bumps custodian Lawrence Lipscomb in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building following the opening session of the White House Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth
March 30, 2012. 'We had just arrived aboard the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn and the President was walking into the White House. I had seen this scene several times but had never been able to quite capture it the way I wanted. Here, finally, arriving at night, I was able to frame him walking into the light of the Diplomatic Reception Room, with the added bonus of his shadow being cast from the television lights off to the left'
April 9, 2015. The President's wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One at Norman Manley International Airport prior to departure from Kingston, Jamaica
June 9, 2014. 'The President sits for a 3D portrait being produced by the Smithsonian Institution. There were so many cameras and strobe lights flashing but the end result was kind of cool'
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