![Barack Obama tosses a football on Soldier Field in Chicago on May 20, 2012. White House photo by Pete Souza.](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/barack-obama-tosses-football-730x487.jpg)
Pete Souza is the official White House photographer who tracks President Barack Obama wherever he goes. It’s a high-profile job and Souza has proven himself up to the task. He’s the unseen rockstar of modern press photographers, if such a thing is possible.
Souza has just released his favorite photos of 2012, including the above shot of Obama launching a bomb at Soldier Field in May. A few other faves:
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“Overcome with emotion, eight-year old Make-A-Wish child Janiya Penny reacts just after meeting the President as he welcomes her family to the Oval Office.”
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Perks of office: After an early morning pick-up game in Los Angeles, Obama talks with the players, including actors Don Cheadle, Tobey Maguire, and George Clooney, along with two of Clooney’s long-time friends. (Nice look, Tobey!) Stacy Keibler is at right.
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Obama hugs his wife, Michelle, after she introduced him at a campaign stop in Davenport, Iowa on August 15, 2012. This photo was widely reproduced after the campaign tweeted it after their victory on election night.
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President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden share a laugh before a campaign rally together in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on September 7, 2012.
Lots of great shots. See the rest here.