Editor's Note:
As Donald Trump’s inauguration fast approaches, Barack Obama will soon end his run as US president after 8 years in the Oval Office. Having worked by the president’s side throughout his two terms, White House photographer Pete Souza captured countless moments of Barack Obama, both at work, and at play. Check out these intimate moments of the first African-American president in US history. Photos: CFP
President Barack Obama runs down the East Colonnade with the family dog Bo in the White House on March 15, 2009. Photo: CFP/ Pete Souza/White House 
President Barack Obama gets down on his hands and knees to play with Ella, daughter of Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, in the Oval Office in Washington DC, US on June 4, 2015. Photo: CFP/ Pete Souza/The White House/Polaris 
President Barack Obama swims at Pyramid Rock Beach in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii during his annual Christmas vacation on January 1, 2012. Photo: CFP/ Pete Souza/White House/Polaris 
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hold hands as they listen to a speech during an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches in Selma, US on March 7, 2015. Photo: CFP/Pete Souza/White House 
President Barack Obama shows off his playful side by standing on the scales as Trip Director Marvin Nicholson weighs himself at the University of Texas in Austin, US on August 9, 2010. Photo: CFP/ Polaris 
President Barack Obama does his best crooner impression during a concert in the East Room of the White House on February 21, 2012. Photo: CFP/ Pete Souza/White House 
President Barack Obama lifts up four-year-old James Haynes as 11-year-old Jacob Haynes takes a group selfie in the White House on December 4, 2015. Photo: CFP/ Pete Souza/The White House/Polaris 
President Barack Obama plays with a football in the Oval Office on April 23, 2009. Photo: CFP/ Pete Souza/White House
