Pete Souza (1954- ), Five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touches the head of President Obama, after Jacob told the President that his friends said his haircut was just like the President’s (detail), 2009, framed size: 20 x 24 in.
Pete Souza is best known for the memorable images he captured as Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama and as an Official White House Photographer for President Ronald Reagan. Featuring some of Souza’s favorite photographs of Reagan and Obama, Pete Souza: Two Presidents, One Photographer is an AMFA exhibition in partnership with and on view at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.
Iconic photographs of Obama and Reagan will offer a glimpse at candid moments, revealing each man’s human side during his time in office.
Connecting the museums and MacArthur Park, this exhibition will open on Presidents Day to honor both leaders’ deep respect for the presidential office and sincere regard for the people they met.
The exhibition brings together two presidential administrations, two museums, and one photographer’s remarkable eye.
This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, in partnership with the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, City of Little Rock.
White House photographs by Pete Souza. This exhibition was organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions.
