The White House Flickr Photostream: after 8 years of great subjects...

[Princess Turandot]

photographed by a grand master, we now have this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse

It's not the photographer's fault, of course, that 45 does so little that's interesting from a real life perspective: he's mostly sitting at a desk or in front of the mantelpiece with a visitor, or surrounded by a group of people. There are almost none that look completely candid. A lot of the photos are of Pence.

His official photographer is Shealah Craighead, who was the official photographer to Laura Bush, and the campaign photographer for Sarah Palin in 2008 election.

Happily, the 6,668 photos from the Obama years can still be seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/obamawhitehouse/

[mahina]

1. Oh thank you.

The Obama photos cheered me after that cold dive into the yuck.

[Kittycow]

2. I wonder what all the little black kids with Obama think now...

I hope to God that they don't lose their inspiration.

There is a pic of a little girl hugging Melanie. I think that's the first time I've ever seen her with a genuine smile. It's mostly of her hair, though.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Thanks! The Obama White House photographer was just wonderful!

Some great memories there...

[KT2000]

4. love the Obama photos

sensitive, funny, and a genuine person who cares about so much - especially children.

[Scarsdale]

5. The photographer

can only be as good as his/her subject. The Obamas are GENUINE people. The tRumps are greedy grifters, the entire group.

[Jarqui]

6. A lot of white folks almost constantly seem to surround Trump

The racial mix of people around Obama seems much closer to being representative of the US racial demographics.

Pete Souza was into capturing real human moments. Trump's photos look like they could have been taken by a robot.

[WePurrsevere]

7. There's a certainly a very obvious difference...

The sea of white males and lack of diversity around Trump and Pence stands out like a sore thumb.

From the pics I've seen on Instagram and elsewhere, Melania seems the happiest and most relaxed when she's with actual children and not the toddler in chief.