Pete Souza has been the official White House photographer throughout Barack Obama’s time as President.
In those eight years he’s taken some incredible snaps, and with Obama’s time in the Oval Office now drawing to a close, we took a look back at some of the most powerful and iconic.
1. The President and First lady share a dance at the 2009 Governors Ball:
2. The President’s wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One in Jamaica:
3. Obama speaks with kids at the Community Children’s Center in Lawrence, Kansas:
4. The President gets on eye-level with Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes’ baby daughter Ella:
5. And here he lifts the same little girl off the floor as she wears an elephant onesie:
6. The Obama family visits the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil:
7. The President and First Lady share a moment:
8. The President is mobbed by employees of Ford Kansas City after giving a speech:
9. Obama speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ouside at the G7 Summit in Krün, Germany:
10. Obama plays with the family dog Bo on an Air Force One flight to Hawaii:
11. The President greets children at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya:
12. And here he greets crowds in Nairobi as secret service agents try to keep them from pushing too far forward:
13. Obama carries twin boys of Katie Beirne Fallon, Director of Legislative Affairs, into the Oval Office:
14. The President watches the sunset from his hotel balcony in Manila:
15. Obama speaks to a young refugee in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
16. Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan look out at the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial:
17. The President attempts a three pointer after giving a speech at at Georgia Tech in Atlanta:
18. Obama whistles as he and his family board Air Force One at sunset:
19. Obama welcomes Prince George into the Oval Office:
20. The President and First Lady kiss for the “kiss cam” during a basketball game between the USA and Brazil:
21. Obama speaks on a conference call in the wake of the Colorado shootings in 2012:
22. Barack and Michelle Obama look out over the Chicago skyline:
23. The President does some push-ups on the White House basketball after a Harlem Globetrotter makes a shot:
24. Obama waves goodbye to David Cameron after a visit to the White House:
25. Barack and Michelle Obama watch the fireworks from the White House:
