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Pete Souza has been documenting President Obama formally and informally since he took office in 2008. Here are some of Souza's images.

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President Barack Obama runs down the East Colonnade with family dog "Bo” March 2009.Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wear 3-D glasses while watching Super Bowl 43, Feb. 1, 2009.Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance while the band Earth, Wind and Fire performs at the Governors Ball at the White House Feb. 22, 2009.Pete Souza

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A White House staffer’s son reaches out to feel the President’s hair “to see if it felt the same as his” May 8, 2009.Pete Souza

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The President surreptitiously steps on the back of the scale as a staffer weighs himself at the University of Texas Aug. 8, 2010Pete Souza

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Onlookers lining the mootorcade route wave at the President in Kansas Dec. 6, 2011.Pete Souza

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The President is “caught” in Spider-Man's web as he greets Hallowe’en trick-or-treater, Nicholas Tamarin, 3, just outside the Oval Office. Oct. 26, 2012.Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama leaves the motorcade at Denver International Airport July 9, 2014.Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Malia Obama, center, watch the Fourth of July fireworks from the roof of the White House, July 4, 2014Pete Souza

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President Obama watches a virtual reality film captured during his trip to Yosemite National Park earlier this summer Aug. 24, 2016.Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama plays basketball on the White House court, Oct. 8, 2009 with Cabinet Secretaries and Members of Congress.Pete Souza

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President Barack Obama (2nd r) walks with U.S. Secret Service agents to Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport May 8, 2014.Pete Souza

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