So it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the man who spent the past eight years as the chief White House photographer for Barack Obama has universal advice for every White House photographer who succeeds him, including Shealah Craighead, who was chosen last week to be President Trump's official photographer.

“Earn the trust of the president and push for as much access as he will allow,” Souza said. “That is what will make the best photographs and that’s what the country deserves. You have to have trust and access. If you don’t, your photographs are going to be superficial.”

Souza would know. Of the about four million official pictures taken in the White House during the Obama administration, Souza took nearly