Portraits of a President:

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Quick game: President Barack Obama, along with Cabinet Secretaries and Members of Congress, watch a shot during a basketball game on the White House court (October 8, 2009)

 

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Wedding crasher: The President was playing golf at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California. As he was finishing his round, he began to shake hands with guests waiting for a wedding ceremony about to begin. The bride and groom were waiting inside but when they looked out the window and saw the President, they decided to make their way outside. I made a grab shot as the bride, Stephanie Tobe, and her soon-to-be husband, Brian Tobe, came running to greet the President. I made sure to send a copy to the happy couple and both wrote back to me that they were extremely grateful to have the President ‘crash’ their wedding (October 11, 2015)

 

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Making friends with one elephant: This is the first time the same child has made two appearances in the Year in Photos. But it was difficult to not again include Ella Rhodes, daughter of Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, after the President lifted her in her elephant costume that she was wearing for a Halloween event at the White House (October 30, 2015)

 

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All smiles: The President and First Lady react to a child in a Pope costume and mini popemobile as they welcomed children during a Halloween event on the South Lawn of the White House (October 30, 2015)

 

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Great discussion: The President talks with a young refugee at a Dignity for Children Foundation classroom in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was working on a painting (November 21, 2015)

 

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Roses for the fallen: After arriving in France to attend the Climate Change Summit, the President, with French President François Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, made an unannounced stop just after midnight at the memorial in front of le Bataclan, the site of a Paris terrorist attack (November 30, 2015)

 

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Knock knock: Legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld knocks on the Oval Office window to start a segment for his series 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' as President Obama sits at the Resolute Desk (December 7, 2015)

 

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Reflecting on the year: When some of my friends heard that the President had hiked the grueling Koko Head Crater Trail, they sent me messages on whether I had made it to the top. The trail is 1,048 wooden steps, which climb more than 1,200 feet up the crater’s ridge. Some call it the ‘Stairmaster from Hell.’ I’ll admit that I was huffing and puffing up the trail, but to my friends, this photograph is proof that I indeed made it to the top with my boss (December 22, 2015)

 

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Above, June 17, 2015: “The President carries the twin boys of Katie Beirne Fallon, Director of Legislative Affairs, into the Oval Office just a few months after they were born.”

 

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Dec. 4, 2015: “The President acquiesced to a selfie with 11-year-old Jacob Haynes and four-year-old James Haynes after taking a family photograph with departing White House staffer Heather Foster.”

 

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Nov. 2, 2105: “At dusk, the President boards Marine One at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.”

 

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June 23, 2015: “The President checks out a thunderstorm brewing outside.”

 

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April 29, 2015: “An amusing moment as the President made a last minute plea with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., following their meeting at the White House.”

 

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June 9, 2015: “After a group photograph with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Space Shuttle Columbia alumni, the President helped some of the participants move a sofa back in place in the Oval Office.”

 

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April 17, 2015: “Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes needed some assistance with his wardrobe so the President joined Brian Mosteller, Director of Oval Office Operations, and Personal Aide Ferial Govashiri in helping to spruce him up.”

 

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Oct. 27, 2015: “The President participates in a group selfie in the East Room with the United States Women’s National Soccer Team celebrating their victory in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.”

 

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Sept. 22, 2015: “Following their brief meeting with Pope Francis at Joint Base Andrews, the President and First Lady wave as the Pope drives away in a small Fiat.”

 

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July 21, 2015: “Underneath a picturesque sky, the President boards Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.”

 

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Nov. 17, 2015: “The President talks with Captain Vince Sibala during a tour of the BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15) in Manila Harbor, Philippines. The ship was a former U.S. Coast Guard cutter acquired by the Philippines after it was decommissioned.”

 

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April 10, 2015: “We had just visited the control tower at the Panama Canal Miraflores Locks in Ancon, and I stayed atop the tower to capture this view of the President as he walked back across a lock, but not before telling the Secret Service to not leave without me.”