Peter Joseph Souza is an American photojournalist, author, and academic, widely recognized for his extensive career documenting U.S. political life.
He served as the Chief Official White House Photographer for two U.S. Presidents: Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1989, and Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017.
Souza's career began in the 1970s, working for newspapers in Kansas and later for the Chicago Sun-Times in the early 1980s.