It’s Hard To Forget The Best Photos From Obama’s First 100 Days – Huffington Post
And it became clear that there was a stark difference in the intimacy of Trumps photos compared with those from President Barack Obamas first 100 days, likely because of the wealth of images captured and shared by White House photographer Pete Souza. (You can revisit them all thanks to the archive on theObama White House Flickr.)
Souza captured many iconic images during Obamas first 100 days, ranging from private Super Bowl screenings with 3D glasses to quiet moments with first lady Michelle Obama.
Check out photos from Obamas first 100 days below. You might just see one of your favorites.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a private moment in a freight elevator at an inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2009.
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Obama rides the elevator to the private residence of the White House after attending 10 inaugural balls and being sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 2009.
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Obama sits in the Oval Office on his first day in office, Jan. 21, 2009.
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Obama and Vice President Joe Biden laugh together in the Oval Office on Jan. 22, 2009.
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Obama watches Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' first press briefing on television, in his private study off the Oval Office on Jan. 22, 2009.
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Obama is briefed beforemaking phone calls to foreign leaders in the Oval Office on Jan. 26, 2009.
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Obama greets kitchen staff beforea lunch at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 27, 2009.
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Obama wipes his face with a cloth handed to him by White House butler Von Everett in the Blue Room of the White House following an event with business leaders in the East Room on Jan. 28, 2009.
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Obama and the first ladywear 3D glasses while watching a TV commercial during Super Bowl XLIII, Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, in the family theater of the White House on Feb. 1, 2009. Guests included family, friends, Cabinet members, staff members and bipartisan members of Congress.
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Obama and Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas move a couch in the Oval Office on Feb. 2, 2009. Douglas met with the president about the economic recovery plan.
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Obama wears a Air Force Onejacket on his first flight aboard the planefrom Andrews Air Force Base to Newport News, Virginia, on Feb. 5. 2009.
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Obama looks at a portrait of President James Madison while waiting in the Blue Room of the White House beforehis press conference in the East Room on Feb. 9, 2009.
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Obama meets with senior advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Feb. 16, 2009.
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Obama takes aim with a photographer's camera backstage before deliveringremarks about providing mortgage payment relief for responsible homeowners at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 18, 2009.
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Obama and the first ladydance while the band Earth, Wind and Fire performs at the Governors Ball in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 22, 2009.
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Obama waves to members of Congress beforeaddressing the joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2009.
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Obama plays with a football in the Outer Oval Office on March 4, 2009.
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The presidentand the first lady walk to Marine One on the South Lawn before heading to Camp David on March 7, 2009.
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Obama examines the Resolute Desk on March 3, 2009, while visiting with Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg in the Oval Office. In a famous photograph, her brother John F. Kennedy Jr., peeked through the FDR panel, while his father worked.
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Obama runs down the East Colonnade with family dog Bo on the dog's initial visit to the White House on March 15, 2009.
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Obama practices his golf swing at an outdoor hold prior to an event at the Miguel Contreras Learning Center in Los Angeles on March 19, 2009.
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Obama walks to a podium in the Cross Hall, Grand Foyer of the White House, before making a statement regarding the American auto industry, on March 30, 2009.
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Obama confers with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during the G-20 Summit on April 2, 2009, at the ExCel Centre in London.
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Obama lifts up a baby on April 4, 2009, during the U.S. Embassy greeting at a Prague hotel.
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Obama receives a fist-bump from a U.S. soldier as he greets hundreds of U.S. troops during his visit to Camp Victory, Iraq, on April 7, 2009.
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Obama makes his way down the stairs of Air Force One on April 8, 2009, upon his arrival to Andrews Air Force Base returning from Baghdad, Iraq.
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Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak together sitting at a picnic table on April 9, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House.
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Obama cheers on a young child as she rolls her egg toward the finish line April 13, 2009, during the White House Easter Egg Roll.
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Obama and Biden walk back to the Oval Office after putting on the White House putting green on April 24, 2009.
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It's Hard To Forget The Best Photos From Obama's First 100 Days - Huffington Post
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