P042409PS-0297 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Thought Conductor says:

i like that there is a flickr page of everything going on.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

tbower says:

This has to be a first in American history.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

joecrowaz says:

Here's to the 1st 100 Days. Bring me the camera of Pete Souza!!! (So I can take his job;)

Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

holderied.philippe says:

so do I, eventhough i doubt it is about "everything".. nice one anyway!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

diana-flickr says:

look that we are so close with prtesident
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mathieu Noel says:

Incredible, we are in the White House ... Very very good works (and concept) ...
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

boston wedding photographer lisa rigby says:

Loving your stream. How cool is the White House to have a flickr page?! And I heard a rumor that Pete Souza uses the Canon 5d Mk II (my camera too). Is it true?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Tim McCoy says:

Get those folks some real glassware to replace the disposable water bottles!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

hal990 says:

Great stream! Thanks for posting.
Be even better if you titled the photos.
Gonna have to think about some sets and collections soon, too.
Keep up the good work!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

limeydog says:

Pete Souzas has a great job ... but despite the fabulously unique opportunity, many of the shots are pedestrian, donchathink?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Anderson_Ry says:

Ok..raise your hand if you have paid your taxes
......next issue...how about a photo op. Any ideas???? How about airforce one buzzing NYC.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Linsesmeister says:

I'm enjoying having this unprecedented access to media straight from the White House. Thanks for sharing it.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Mcklein73 says:

Love it!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Cool, now the obamabots can worship 24/7.

I really hope you like obama the fraud because you will pay for his actions in the form of taxes for at least 100 years just to pay for the last 3 months.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Liz Henry says:

Someday I hope to see photos of the President meeting with the ADAPT protesters, people with disabilities and their allies, who are getting arrested and chaining themselves to the White House gates again today, fighting for the Community Choice Act!!!

content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post /2009/04/660...

Go, ADAPT!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

gsf747 says:

@limeydog I find the photos intriguing because they're pedestrian. Their snapshot quality feels more intimate than more staged shots would.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

GoddessRose says:

This site is very interesting to me and I will check it everyday!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sonofdy says:

BTW its the SWINE flu.

Idiots.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

roddh says:

very cool idea - photo blogging the Presidency/Whitehouse
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

kf4usq says:

Everybody's got a soapbox don't they.....
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

mojack420 says:

wtf where is TOTUS????
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

alphex says:

I wonder if anyone sneezed in that meeting... and if they were shot by secret service...
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

simone righini riprova says:

this photographer rulez. would be nice to know what were on the table
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

kitplummer says:

Napolitano put us Arizonans to sleep too.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Xof711 says:

What a GREAT idea!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Marcfoto says:

I love your work Pete Souza - fellow Southcoast native!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

annt189 says:

Congratulations on a fascinating photo stream.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

►Felix◄ says:

so great :)

Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

h3h says:

I think the latest advice is to keep your hands away from your face, Mr. President.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

CaverScott says:

This is an amazing concept (White House Flickr Photo Stream).

Go Barack! Keep 'em coming Pete!!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Sh@wn~c0mbs says:

I just found this stream today, it's great!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sonofdy says:

Watch obama screw up on line!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

terrencemtola says:

I really enjoy this and hope you will not tire. This is better than watching CNN.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sonofdy says:

obama to his minions:

"I like the pretty yellow option, do that"
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Ferrer | Photography [deleted] says:

I see this guy and all I see I pure power. This man changed the United States of America forever, A country I once served ever so proudly. I am proud to call Obama MY President, OUR President.

Thanks for such amazing pictures.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sonofdy says:

" I am proud to call Obama MY President, OUR President."

Speak for yourself. Bush was no prize, this moron is worse.

This blind idiot increased the national debt in 100 days more than Bush did in 5 years. Enjoy you demi-god while you can. Because once reality hits, you are going to deny you ever supported obama.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Marilou3 says:

For being a meeting about Swine Flu, WAY too many hands on faces!! I just want to pull out the hand sanitizer! And I second the need to switch the bottles to reusable cups.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Liz Henry says:

The thing I love about these photos is that personalities really shine through - they feel so candid and un-staged.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

pauladamsmith says:

It would be great to see the WH continue to lead by example and eliminate disposable plastic water bottles for meetings.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

savoyeve says:

If you hate the prez so much, why so many comments here?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

DAKI_ONE says:

current events at its best
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

FabioHofnik says:

What about name the photos???
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

philips66 says:

caption thought bubble: "I dont know what to say. Where is my teleprompter?"
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sonofdy says:

Speaking truth to power.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

karljonasthorarensen says:

Very good photo
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

soccerstud says:

Paris! Say Hi to Bo.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Eli Nixon says:

What a concept this is. I love it, and I can't imagine W. and Dark Dick doing it.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Sean Robertson says:

I know this is a lame nit, but bottled water? Seriously, is DC's tap water so bad that we'd rather waste a ton of plastic? ;-)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

us3anddog says:

This Prez. is doing something republican "haters" can't comprehend: working relentlessly, reading newspapers, speaking english, keeping promises, admitting when he's made a mistake, keeping our economy from imploding, and restoring our reputation around the globe.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

picsure photography says:

Such a change from the previous administration. At least this president has a grasp on the advantages of the INTERNETS!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Ad rem1 says:

The only thing this moron has a grasp on is his teleprompter!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

willow0226 says:

"This Prez. is doing something republican "haters" can't comprehend: working relentlessly, reading newspapers, speaking english, keeping promises, admitting when he's made a mistake, keeping our economy from imploding, and restoring our reputation around the globe" ~us3anddog

Seriously? Really? For someone who is supposedly so intelligent and in the know, he sure has a hard time keeping track of what is going on in this country. Tea party? Never heard of it. One of my planes flying low over Manhattan? What when did that happen? Who allowed that?

And keeping promises? This comments section isn't large enough to list all the "promises" he's broken to the United States people.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

us3anddog says:

bitter,bitter,bitter.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

dmanatdamascus says:

Now Janet, tell me again how it will make any sense to prevent people from going to Mexico but allow them to come from Mexico
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

stephen_bolen says:

What a great idea -- I love that there are high-res photos available for us to view!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

willow0226 says:

Bitter? More like petrified of what he and his people are going to do to this country. Sad that so many people are so blind. But bitter, hardly.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

striatic says:

too bad we can't add tags or notes. it'd be useful to have notes and tags for each person in each photo, to make it more searchable.

like Eric Holder is in this photo. it'd be swell to tag it and others like it "Eric Holder" so that all the photos with the attorney general in this stream could be collected.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

striatic says:

dmanatdamascus - "Now Janet, tell me again how it will make any sense to prevent people from going to Mexico but allow them to come from Mexico"

dmanatdamascus, i'm not sure you really understand what a "travel advisory" is.

herdogannie - "WOW! I had no idea he sucked his thumb!"

i suppose you were only trying to be funny, but if you look at the high quality original file provided publicly here, you'll see that it is very obvious that no thumb sucking is occuring.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

dmanatdamascus says:

Striatic
Who said anything about travel advisory, this is a meeting of obam's admin, they should be discussing closing the border.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Ad rem1 says:

Whatever happens bros., ain't no way the border gets closed! I ain't givin' up one lousy vote as long as we gots the Tamiflu.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

tmc67c says:

Who is the coward next to Napolitano? Oh, and she has done a great job with Homeland Security. Almost as good as she did with Arizona. Pay no attention to the fact the Phoenix is #2 in the world for kidnapping. Number 2!!!!! In the WORLD!!!!! Anyone who supports this den of thieves is an idiot.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

marcomassarotto says:

hal990 is right: title the photos.

Great stream anyway.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

:^)^:^) says:

So far I have about "NO" confidence in Obama at all.....
It's the truth.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

cplphoto says:

Room full of arrogant assholes.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

billybuck says:

Like to be here. Great !!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

peanutian says:

Mr. Obama, let's see some of those $328,000 pictures of your jet
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

cplphoto says:

Excellent question 'peanutian' Yeah, and scare the shit out of New York just for the hell of it...how far up one's ass does one's head have to be to be so F'ing stupid?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Rik@rdo says:

What a grate opportunity to see what’s happening in the life the of the President Obama on back stage the White House.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sherrys2009 says:

100 days down and only 1,360 more to go. I check off each day and can't wait for the end to this nightmare.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sherrys2009 says:

And I second cplphoto - what a room full of arrogant asswipes.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

[Ocean7] says:

Great idea. Thanks for setting this up. I suggest that you disable comments though, it's going to turn into a flame war as usual. Best.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

picsure photography says:

tmc67c: if you guys can use this train of logic, so can I - We haven't been attacked by terrorists since she took office!

sherrys2009 & cplphoto: More arrogant than the Bush Crime Family and Cheney Defense Co. administration? Prove it.

People in this country seem to have the memory of a pea. The whole recession started under Bush, because of dibilitating Reagan-Clinton-Bush economic policy. The DOW plunged to 8000 back in September, and you have the nerve to pin it all on Obama? Read a book. Learn your history for once.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

~Yucatan~ (away) says:

sherrys 2009 - speaking of nightmares - how did you survive the last EIGHT years?

picsure photography - I totally agree with you!!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Waqas Ahmed says:

Would love to see the EXIF info for all photos in this stream.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

♥ Bathing In Luxury ♥ aka Soap says:

Photo titles would be nice - thanks Pete S!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

jlallred2000 says:

Its wonderful to see the statists in action, erroding our freedoms and spending our children into a future of debt.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

bonedaddyphoenix says:

What in the name of Gawd is JaNo doing? Is it her turn to drink from the chalice filled with the blood of a late term abortion?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

MikeWren says:

Like the photos, I believe the camera EXIF data is in the public domain as well.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

kevin_mccoy says:

Why does this photostream have a "some rights reserved" tag?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

cplphoto says:

picsure photography...Where did I say I liked Bush? Hmm, you just assumed so because I disagree with HO-Bo and his ilk...funny how dick bags like you jump to that conclusion. Pathetic. Our ENTIRE government is a bunch of arrogant assholes on BOTH sides. This country is heading right down the shitter and people like you are helping it along.

If you are so damn "educated" why would you jump to conclusions without knowing all necessary information to make an "educated" statement?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Garland says:

Obamaism! Barack is the man.

If anyone can get us out of this mess, he's the guy.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Luxusimmobilien says:

Man.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

willow0226 says:

Kevin_mccoy- "some rights reserved" is a reference to the fact that this photo isnt licensed under a full copyright, it is licensed under creative commons which allows varying degrees of use by other people.

www.creativecommons.org

This particular photo has an attribution license which means that you can take the photo, alter it, reproduce it, whatever, as long as you give credit to the original photographer.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

syko21 says:

can we get some exif data to see what kind of equipment the photographer was using?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

striatic says:

Jerry Patty - i wouldn't agree that it is nothing more than a reality TV program, or that it makes a joke of the the exclusivity of the office.

the presidency has always adapted to new media technologies. did it make a joke of the presidency for abraham lincoln to have his photo taken? for FDR to give addresses over radio? for eisenhower to produce a television ad? for the white house to have a website?

i don't think that a white house flickr photostream is hugely significant one way or the other - it merely reflects another aspect the presidency to adapt to the contemporary media landscape.

afterall, was not the creation of the republic itself was due in no small part to the influence of pamphleteering, newspapers and a free press - the advanced communications technologies of the day? perhaps the messages communicated via a flickr photostream are somewhat superficial, but that's more due to the nature of photography than anything else. that said, because they are posted here under a CC license they might be used to illustrate blog posts that represent a kind of modern equivalent to pamphleteering. there is the potential for a repository of some cultural value to be created here... and the president has been using other services like youtube to announce legitimate, serious policy declarations [whether you agree with the policies or not].

so no, i don't think this photostream makes a joke of the presidency, or a reality TV show - although some of the comments seem to be attempting to. there's a long tradition of mocking the president too, anyway.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

waverleo says:

This is a terrific photo, if conveniently grabbed at a moment when everyone is deep in thought.

_but_ ..., on a different note:

It's so nice to see the courageous trolls who can only operate through a dehumanized, anonymous interface.

I'd bet many of them would be the first to say "respect the office" if it was their favored person in power.

I ask them, then: at the very least, if you're going to use this forum to "dissent" (though what you're doing hardly counts), do it as a real person, and not as some hack who might as well be getting paid to spew inflammatory garbage.

This stuff matters. It's not some kind of game.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

suzqs says:

It's gonna be so much fun having a geeky Administration! Finally! :-)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Tiemen Rapati says:

How come all hate comments come from profiles that are empty?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

*Roseméa MacPherson says:

www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/2009/04/29 /page15/

Congratulations on EXPLORE!!
XOXOXOXOOX
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

striatic says:

Rapatski - apparently some conservative blogs have been linking to the photostream, and i imagine their readers are creating faceless accounts and using them to comment.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

jdog1063 says:

Obama:
Hold on a minute, Janet.
OK, guys! You like the yellow, pink, or green for the new wallpaper?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

cplphoto says:

Funny, I have plenty on my profile...it's far from being empty. Just because I don't like the direction Ho-bo is taking us doesn't mean I do not have the right to express how I think and/or feel. And Bush was a jackass in many ways as well so don't think I'm just against Ho-bo and his ilk.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

willow0226 says:

I created this account for a class, but never had use for it outside of that.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

w00master says:

@conservatives Now you know how we felt for EIGHT FREAKING YEARS. Guess what, YOU GUYS LOST - BIG TIME. Guess what #2, there's a whole lot less of you folks now. Tea Party? Give me a break.

It's about d&mn time we have a group of people smart enough, efficient enough to handle the craziness.

Thank god the reign of Bush Terror is over. How 'bout them apples?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

w00master says:

@sonofdy LOL, remember this: YOU LOST. Now you know how we felt for EIGHT FREAKING YEARS OF BUSH TERROR. That's right, THE WORST PRESIDENT in HISTORY. Torture. That's all that needs to be said. Torture.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

tanvach says:

Never have I felt a resonance with a leader like this. Pure genius.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

♫*MLE ♫!!♫ says:

A welcomed media outlet from the White House! love the photos, nice one...
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

wshuobin says:

obama is really handsome
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

zyrcster says:

Jerry Patty says "would anyone else agree that things like this photo stream are making a joke of the presidency?The exclusivity of the presidential office has vanished, leaving nothing more than a reality tv like program, with a gold seal.

wake up america."

Such a sad state of affairs when Americans forget their own history. The presidency was never meant to be an exclusive office. Why do you think we address the President as "Mr." instead of "Your Highness"?

The open and transparent nature of this President is actually a blessing -- a restoration of democratization in the US. The White House having a presence on Flickr is both open and transparent. True, it's a touch of PR, but it's refreshing to see this side of the presidency without waiting for it to hit the archives of the Smithsonian or LOC and without being reliant on the media to provide these glimpses into presidential life.

Once upon a time, you had to purchase Life Magazine to get a glimpse into the White House. Now, you can freely surf Flickr to view it. I fail to see how this cheapens the presidency or makes a joke of it. If anything, it liberates it.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Sunshine Girl AZ says:

I hope the negativity and off-topic chatter don't cause the comments to be turned off - I like Mr. Souzas' style very much and appreciate the intimate perspective afforded by this photostream. Agree it would be great to have the photos tagged! (If you need an assistant, Paul, I'm sure there are hundreds of Flickr folks who would jump at the chance to apply for the job (myself included!).)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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Thought Conductor says:

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