These are our favorite 30 pictures of Obama’s presidency. (Photo: Archive)
Obama and his family playing cards during a campaign swing in Iowa. (Photo: Archive)
Barack and Michelle fist-bump before an election-night rally. (Photo: Archive)
President-elect Obama stands on stage with Michelle, Malia and Sasha during election-night in Chicago. (Photo: Archive)
Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. (Photo: Archive)
The Obamas share an intimate moment on their way to the Inaugural Ball. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama bends down to allow the son of a White House staff see if the president’s haircut felt like his own. (Photo: Archive)
Obama wears 3D glasses during a Super Bowl viewing at the White House. (Photo: Archive)
Obama fist-bumps custodian Lawrence Lipscomb in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama runs down the East Colonnade alongside Bo, the family dog. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama meets with the members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Photo: Archive)
President Barack Obama eats a nectarine following a town hall meeting. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama speaks after televised national address from the Oval Office of the White House. (Photo: Archive)
Obama and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron play table tennis at the Globe Academy. (Photo: Archive)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden shake hands in the Oval Office. (Photo: Archive)
Obama plays with Ella Rhodes, the daughter of his deputy national security adviser, in the Oval Office. (Photo: Archive)
Obama talks with his daughter Malia on the swing set outside the Oval Office. (Photo: Archive)
Obama surreptitiously tips the scales as White House trip director Marvin Nicholson weighs himself on a tour of a locker room at the University of Texas. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama greets the children of US embassy staff. (Photo: Archive)
Obama speaking in the rain at a campaign rally in Glen Allen, Virginia. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama and first lady Michelle dance together during the Inaugural Ball. (Photo: Archive)
Obama cracks up at a baby dressed as the pope at the annual Halloween party at the White House. (Photo: Archive)
Obama dancing tango on a visit to Argentina. (Photo: Archive)
Obama next to a boy who didn’t seem to have as much fun as other during the Father’s Day ice cream social in the White House. (Photo: Archive)
The Obamas hugging after a campaign event in Iowa. (Photo: Archive)
Obama carries the twin boys of Katie Beirne Fallon, Director of Legislative Affairs, into the Oval Office just a few months after they were born. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama says “Obama out!” at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner. (Photo: Archive)
President Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House. (Photo: Archive)
President Barack Obama delivers his farewell address in Chicago. (Photo: Archive)
It’s barely been seven months since President Barack Obama left the Oval Office, but it already feels like it has been decades.
His presidency was marked by innumerable incredibly powerful, heartfelt, poignant moments, all immortalized by the then Official White House Photographer Pete Souza. With a total of nearly 2 million photos after eight years, Souza captured the most iconic and personal scenes of who is probably one of the most beloved politicians in Chicago, the United States, and the rest of the world.
Celebrating his 56th birthday, we present to you a collection of our 30 favorite photos during office of the one and only Barack Obama.
