by Pete Souza | Jun 5, 2015 | Monitor
Six years ago — on June 6, 2009 — I photographed Cory Remsburg for the first time. It was amid a whirlwind day in France for President Obama — and for me. We’d had an event with U.S. embassy personnel in Paris; a flight on Air Force One from...
by Lindsay Holst | May 29, 2015 | Monitor
Today in 1917, John F. Kennedy — the 35th President of the United States, and the first to be born in the 20th century — was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Of Irish descent, President Kennedy was the youngest man to be elected President, and was also...
by Galen Main | May 7, 2015 | Monitor
We periodically feature an exchange between the President and an American who wrote him. Check back soon for more — and if you'd like to write the President yourself, you can do so here. I work in the Office of Presidential Correspondence, and one of the...
by Pete Souza | May 7, 2015 | Monitor
This week, the President will visit South Dakota, marking the 50th state he has visited during his administration (as such, it's also my 50th state with him). To mark the occasion, I chose one photograph from each state that we’ve visited. This was not as...
by Michael Botticelli, Dr. Tom Frieden | Apr 21, 2015 | Monitor
This is a picture of Taylor Smith from Holly Springs, Georgia, with her sister, Gabrielle. Taylor Smith (right) with her sister, Gabrielle Smith. Taylor died of an overdose. Her mother, Tanya Smith, writes: "Taylor was a freshman, junior varsity and varsity...