The West Wing: Obama's White House

 

What is it like to be the US President? Despite lingering and divided reactions to last week's speech on the US involvement in Libya and concerns of a government shutdown this week, President Barack Obama quietly launched his 2012 re-election campaign a few days ago, tying in neatly with the last post's theme on the Obama Hope poster.

Events and announcements like these are never taken lightly, and it would be interesting to find out what goes on in the White House when the President makes his decisions. Thankfully, there is a way to look at Obama's day-to-day activities through the White House Flickr account.

This is the official photostream of the White House as captured by the Pete Souza, the Chief Official White House Photographer, along with the help of his staff at the Photo Office


There are more of these photographs over at the White House Flickr photostream. Pete Souza's account of President Obama's campaign can be found in The Rise of Barack Obama. The first year of the President can be read in The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office or seen in The President's Photographer: 50 Years Inside the Oval.





Comments

  1. I think he will be re-elected, mainly because of the lack of a real competitor at the moment.

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  2. He's just the man that pushes the buttons =P

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  3. Great picture of a seat so many want but whoever sits in it will never be fully loved or be allowed to do the right thing.

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  4. those pictures seem so cozy, just a fireplace missing in the first one :)

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  5. If he sends troops into Libya, he can not count on my vote.

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  6. Candid pictures of the president are always interesting

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  7. Great pictures, but I would never want to be the President! Too much stress.

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  8. Nice photos, I have seen his documentary on national geography

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  9. Quiet is damned sure the word . . . . I did not know until I read this.

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  10. ^ me neither but i honestly hope he doesnt get relected but like pezaised this isnt much decent competition

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  11. I feel so damned out of the look.....

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  12. I don't believe in the government, those pictures are lies! The cake is a lie!

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  13. cool i must checkout this photo scheme

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  14. What a fascinating job that would be. I mean Souza's of course.

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  15. i think he is a puppet of the industrie and just got told in the first pic

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  16. I second the need for a fire place.

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  17. Love the picture. Hope he will get reelected.

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  18. For sure, those are some nice pictures from the White House.

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  19. like Slamcakes said hope it won't happen

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  20. most likely he will get re elected!

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  21. I find it cool they got a man to take pictures of their business, and upload it to the internet. Makes them a bit more... open.

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  22. Despite what many people say, I think Obama is the best US president in awhile.

    And I'm not American.

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  23. Pete is a spy! a russian spy! theres a laser in his camera!

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  24. Amazing photos, I wonder what's the story behind the Presidential Desk.

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  25. Eww, i HATE Obama. What a bad president.

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  26. poor guy, funny how we elect one man to be a target for all the administration's bullshit. He did fine. Government shutdown may mean I don't get 1000 back in my return !

    Very nice shots tho. thanks for sharing

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  27. I'd love to be a fly on the wall.

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  28. A Flickr account? Well that's pretty interesting if I say so myself.

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  29. I just hope he can sign off on the budget soon and put some pressure on the guys we all want to fire for not doing their jobs.

    It might all be good for our nation in the long run, but for now it is a bit embarrassing for our nation, is it not?

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  30. So, does anyone else here think Obama is gonna be re-elected?

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  31. Nice photo of the prez, really enjoy your blog.

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  32. Quietly is right, I never even knew.

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  33. wouldn't this be the second time the US government has shut down? One Australians view (me) is the same as my opinion of our own prime minister. which is, well, they can't do any worse than the last guy..

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  34. great photos, I just wish I could be more inspired by his actions than how he looks in pictures =/

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  35. I'd love to be President. I'd make it look easy <3

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  36. Wow, the last pic looks so awsome

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  37. The last pic has an awsome room

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  38. Obama is a badass. Enough said.

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  39. I would love working at the White House as a Photographer! :)

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  40. I dunno if he'll be re-elected, but it'll be a certainly a weird election.

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  41. Im with Kanika he looks like a man that can rule properly

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  42. Though the first one looks more "posed", I greatly prefer its composition.

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  43. Must get annoying having pictures taken all the time.

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  44. Very colourful photos! I like'em

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  45. Very nice pictures. Being the President must be so much work.

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  46. He does look pretty dignified. I don't think that everyone would accept him even if he was the greatest president ever. The well-being of the country looks so different in different peoples eyes

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  47. I wonder if he'll make it to a 2nd term?

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  48. Well if they can't put out the budget, at least the White House can put out some nice looking photos...

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  49. i sat on Obama's office... in Maddam Tussauds museum :D

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  50. he's looking busy. i wonder if he actually does anything

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  51. The republicans don't let him do what he wants and they say "told you so" when he doesn't do what he said he would do. Unfair. (I'm sure it's not that cut and dry, but it seems like it at times.)

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  52. President=hardest job on planet.

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  53. Is it the right thing to do to vote for a president based on race?

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  54. Damn I want to like this guy again...

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  55. You learn every new thing everyday

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  56. I'm neutral on this.

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  57. I'm most likely not voting for him in 2012. If Donald Trump is my man this time.

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  58. i wonder if they made him pose for the pic like that?

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  59. I support barack obama regardless of the haters. they dont have their facts straight. he can't be jesus.

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  60. Landing Souza's job has got to be the photography equivalent of winning a Super Bowl. What an awesome job to follow the President around taking potentially historic pictures.

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  61. great inside pictures, never seen it like that

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  62. Thanks for the link to the Flickr page. I'm an artist and these will be great reference material.

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  63. Wow realy nice pictures, have a warming feel to them.

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  64. I really hope he that he will be reelected because he didn't really had a chance to fulfill all the things he said because of the other parties.

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  65. Great pictures :) i love the quality

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  66. wow, "head of updating flikr" i want that job.

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  67. No one will ever be completely satisfied with a president. What I can say though is that he damn well deserves respect. No one can take these situations little, and the wear it causes on a man visible. Even in the short time Obama has been in power so far, the toll on his appearance is visible. It was also apparent in Clinton and Bush.

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  68. eek government stuff - never really pay any attention to these guys. just eek lol
    followed
    http://ttroton.blogspot.com/

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  69. Came back here just so I can look at Obama like that again, and think about whether he can really lead America >_<!

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  70. it's awesome to see politician "work"

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  71. i think he will get in by a fair margin

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  72. The president has a flickr account no way! I couldn't imagine my prime minister having one of those.

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  73. Man the white house is so beautiful.

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  74. The president is just a lightening rod/figure head. The real work is done behind the scenes.

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  75. nice photo.
    there are no real options for voting.

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  76. I don't care what anyone says. I love Obama.

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  77. he looks totally guilty. get barry satoero out of there

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  78. Nice pictures, its too bad Obama wont be reelected after such a failure of a term.

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  79. That first one is actually pretty impressive. Gorgeous composition and capture.

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  80. These really are nice photos. They capture so much.

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  81. this picture captures what europeans suggest with the US president

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  82. looks like hes telling that other guy "bring out the gimp"and the other guy is like "the gimp is a sleep" and then obama says "well then i guess you are just going to have to wake him up "

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  83. sweet photos! Obama's probably my favourite of the recent presidents!

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  84. Did you just take these? hahaha just kidding... but that's really cool for real.

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