One way you can tell there's a new President in town is in how this new administration is providing transparency in hip, Web 2.0 ways. The White House is not only on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, but now on Flickr.
This is where photography and politics meet. The White House has its own official photostream and it's updated almost daily, showing what's going on with the Prez and his friends. The official White House Photographer is Pete Souza, a university professor now on official "hiatus". He also photographed the latter years of President Reagan's term, plus he traveled all around the country with the Obama presidential campaign.
Sweet job, I must say. Mr. Souza has almost unlimited access to the President.
There's even a Photo Office inside the White House. It's really fun to browse these photos to see just who this Barack Obama is, beyond the speeches and the aura of fame and grandeur. He's just a hard-workin' dude! With a lot of connections.
You can spot Pete Souza occasionally if you ever watch Obama on CNN's video section, following the President wherever he goes. What's best, all these Flickr photos are available in hi-rez! So you can print out your own little Obama shrine. Some of my favorites::
Every photog has seen this reaction before. "Just, why are you taking my picture right now..." (Nothing but love for ya!)
That's cool that he still signs books when he's on the road (go get em on Ebay!)
Nothing but the best for Barack!
I'm really hungry right now so I'm going to get a burger. You can check out the whole Flickr photostream here.
You can also check out Time's daily White House photo here. (Callie Shell is another great photographer who has amazing access to the President.) Time frequently posts slideshows too.
And if that's not enough, you can check out this slideshow gallery on the White House's own website. It's sporadically updated.
And even if all that isn't enough to satisfy your Obamamania, check out the official White House blog. Photos and movies are posted all the time and they're all downloadable. Go get it!
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