Former Obama Photographer Announces New Book "Shade: A Tale Of Two Presidents"

Former White House photographer Pete Souza has announced a new book of his photography titled, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents.

In announcing the book earlier this year, the publisher shared that the book would contrast the two presidents with “unforgettable images of President Obama delivering new power and meaning when framed by tweets, headlines, quotes, and other material from the first 500 days of the Trump administration.”

In revealing the cover via his Instagram, Souza wrote, "If OBAMA: An Intimate Portrait is a coffee table book, then SHADE is an every table book. If you’ve been following my Instagram feed since the last inauguration, then you have an idea what this book is about (but of course there will be some surprises."

With a drop date of October 16, you can pre-order the new book here.

The photographer, who currently has almost 2 million followers on Instagram, regularly uses the platform to troll Donald Trump via photos from Obama's presidency and contrasting with whatever is in the current news cycle.

At one point last year, he shared a series of 15 Time Magazine covers captioned: "Someone has a lot of catching up to do."

If you don't follow him there, you should. He's very clever.

Here are a few examples:

Merrick Garland was nominated by President Obama on March 16, 2016, eight MONTHS before the Presidential election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to give him a hearing. Eleven days after the inauguration, the new president nominated Neil Gorsuch and he had a hearing eight weeks later. Let’s never forget that. Elections have consequences.

A post shared by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on Jun 26, 2018 at 8:36am PDT

Listening during a bipartisan Congressional meeting on immigration. He didn’t send out a nonsensical tweet whose premise is against the law.

A post shared by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on Jun 24, 2018 at 2:13pm PDT

How a sitting President of the United States, left, usually relates to a former President of the United States, right.

A post shared by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on Jun 16, 2018 at 5:33pm PDT

News Round-Up: August 2, 2017

Some news items you might have missed:

• I'm half-way through my week, Instahunk Steve Raider (above) is half-way through his day at the beach. Switch places?

• Donald Trump has (finally) signed legislation that imposes further sanctions on Russia for meddling in the 2016 election. The measure also limits his own authority to lift those sanctions. I'm surprised he would do that to the Motherland.

• Former White House photographer Pete Souza responds to reports that Donald Trump told golf club members that the White House is "a real dump:"

Despite what some say, the White House is definitely not "a dump." What a shameful thing to say, or even think. It belittles the honorable men and women who make the White House the exemplary historical place it is, opening its doors to thousands of people every day.

A post shared by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on Aug 1, 2017 at 4:19pm PDT

• The Daily Show's Trevor Noah on Los Angeles booking the 2028 Olympics: “Because this is Hollywood, there will be big changes … For example, the entire Chinese Olympic team will be played by white actors.”

• Facing 24 counts of prosecutorial misconduct, former Congressman Aaron Schock is shocked federal investigators have dug into personal aspects of his life, including whether rumors that he is gay are true or not. Maybe it was the Downton Abbey-styled office that gave it away? Or perhaps the turquoise belt paired with a plum checkered shirt?

• Announcing "It's time for The Wall," Speaker of the House Paul Ryan gets all butch riding a horse in dad jeans with hip EDM music in the background of this 30-second clip of his trip to the Mexican border. Wearing a headset and Ray Bans, Ryan goes full #MAGA for "The Wall." Watch below.