The President's Photographer Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office

As the 44th president's chief photographer, Pete Souza is never far
behind President Obama. Now in the National Geographic Special, The
President's Photographer: 50 Years in the Oval Office, viewers can
follow Souza, and those who came before him, for a behind-the-scenes
look at the everyday grit of the American presidency. Offering a
chance to see what it's like to cover the most powerful man in the
world, for history. The presidential photographer's job is two-fold:
one, taking photographs of the president greeting dignitaries,
visitors and guests; and two, perhaps more challenging and gratifying:
documenting for history every possible aspect of the presidency, both
official events, backstage happenings and "off-duty" private moments.
"Creating a good photographic archive for history is the most
important part of my job, creating this archive that will live on,"
says Souza. "This is not so much photojournalism as photo-history."
Souza and his staff produce up to 20,000 pictures a week.