White House photo editor, but
I thought it would be a once in a
lifetime opportunity to document
a president for history, because
that’s the primary function of that
job is to create an archive that lives
in perpetuity.”
While
many
of
the
circumstances
were
different
when he was working for the
Reagan administration compared
to when he was working for the
Obama
administration,
Souza
acknowledged
how
vital
the
experience was for his career.
“It taught me the inner
workings of the White House,”
he said. “I never thought that (I
would) have another chance to
be at the White House. But I said
to myself if I did ever get a chance
to go back, I would only go back
as the chief photographer and I
(would) make sure to get the best
access that anyone has ever gotten
and that I would try to create the
best photographic archive that
anybody have ever done.”
Ensuring he received all-access
to the president was incredibly
important to Souza, and it was the
pre-condition he gave to Obama
upon
accepting
the
position.
This meant Souza received top-
security clearance, allowing him
to document historic moments
like the Osama Bin-Laden raid in
the Situation Room.
However, he noted gaining
this trust was not easy at first,
despite his four years of previous
experience with Obama when he
photographed him for the Sun-
Times.
“You can have the president-
elect say you have access to
everything but then as soon as
you step in the Oval Office, things
change,” Souza said. “So I had to
earn the trust of the staff and the
president. It took a few months
but I think people understood
that the president trusted me and
was willing to give me access to
these top secret meetings. It’s
just something that you develop
relationships with the people
you’re photographing which is like
a family type atmosphere.”
When
reminiscing
on
his
favorite
photographs,
Souza
highlighted the smaller moments
that revealed more about Obama
as a human being.
“One thing you can tell about
a person is how they interact
with other people,” Souza said.
“(Obama)
genuinely
respects
people from all walks of life.
Whether it was the White House
custodian or, you know, the chief
of staff. And I think that that
respect shows through in my
photographs.”
LSA
junior
Catharine
Greenberg said she was excited
to see hear more about working
intimately with Obama.
“What I appreciated
most was the change to gain
such an inside and intimate
look into a presidency that
meant so much to me and
played such a crucial role in
my life when I was growing
up,” Greenberg said.
This
sentiment
was
echoed
by
LSA
junior
Sydney
Eisenberg,
who
lauded the genuine nature
of Souza’s work.
“Souza
made
such
a
point
to
show
the
authenticity of every single
photograph that he showed
in
his
presentation
or
showed in his book. And
he was so funny and it was
a breath of fresh air from
the
Trump
presidency,
like getting this little kick-
back on Obama’s term,”
Eisenberg said.
Souza also discussed
that as chief White House
photographer, he held the
power of final review for all
photographs released to the
public. He wanted to ensure
that if the wrong photo was
released, the responsibility would
fall solely on him.
When asked if Souza released
any pictures he wished he hadn’t,
Souza chuckled and responded
that “there were many.”
Specifically,
he
recalls
a
picture he released toward the
end of Obama’s first term when
the government was nearing a
shutdown. The picture he took
featured
Obama
surrounded
by 10 to 12 advisers who were
all male. This coincided with a
story that there weren’t going to
be enough women in the White
House because Hillary Clinton
was replaced with John Kerry as
secretary of state.
“The most prominent woman
was being replaced by a man, so
this was a very tone-deaf photo
to put out. When in fact, as I like
to point out to people, his top
three national security advisers
in the second term — the National
Security
adviser,
the
deputy
National Security Adviser and
the Homeland Security adviser —
were all women,” Souza said. “But
it was sort of a tone-deaf picture
and it fed into this misconception
of how he was staffing the second
term.”
Toward
the
end
of
the
presentation, Souza argued his
Instagram posts serve as a form
of resistance against Trump’s
presidency.
“I think I’m part of the ‘Truth
Squad,’ you know, that we have
a president that disrespects the
Office of the Presidency the
way he constantly lies to the
American people, bullies people
that disagrees with him, doesn’t
believe
his
own
intelligence
agency, has love affairs with
dictators instead of our allies,
makes racist comments, treats
women with reckless disregard at
times and I could go on and on,”
Souza said.
“And for me, politics aside,
I worked for both Reagan and
Obama (and) both of them
respected the Office of the
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