--- title: Obama White House Photographer Pete Souza Trolls Donald Trump description: See the photo that Pete Souza, Obama's White House photographer, shared to highlight the lack of women in President Trump's administration. canonical: https://time.com/4663783/donald-trump-trolled-former-obama-photographer-pete-souza/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-08T19:05:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:43.475Z og:title: Former White House Photographer Trolls Trump on Instagram og:description: Obama's official photographer shared a poignant photo on Instagram og:url: https://time.com/4663783/donald-trump-trolled-former-obama-photographer-pete-souza/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e08dc9a9adc6658/6988b94dbc6cfc07d83e0185/gettyimages-632248942-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4574 og:image:height: 2573 og:image:alt: 58th U.S. Presidential Inauguration og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former White House Photographer Trolls Trump on Instagram twitter:description: Obama's official photographer shared a poignant photo on Instagram twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e08dc9a9adc6658/6988b94dbc6cfc07d83e0185/gettyimages-632248942-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former White House Photographer Trolls Trump on Instagram > Sponsored content. 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Scott Applewhite/Pool/AP/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Feb 8, 2017 7:05 PM UTC [Pete Souza](http://time.com/4630509/obama-photos/), the former chief [official White House photographer](http://time.com/4639338/obama-photos-we-loved/) for President Barack Obama, posted a powerful photo on his Instagram page highlighting the lack of women in senior positions in President Donald Trump’s administration. Souza’s photo is cropped to show the bottom half of several people attending a meeting in what looks like the Oval Office. From looking at the legs, feet and clothing of those pictured, one can surmise that three of the people in the meeting are women – and the other is the former president. “Meeting with top advisors. This is a full-frame picture. I guess you’d say I was trying to make a point,” Souza captioned the photo. At time of writing, the Instagram picture has received more than 51,000 likes. President Trump has been [criticized](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/cabinet-diversity-impact-policy-making/) for the lack of gender and racial diversity in his administration. In a piece for _Motto_ last month, Gretchen Carlson [wrote](http://motto.time.com/4636388/gretchen-carlson-donald-trump-women-cabinet/): “Women not being selected for more than a few high-level posts should be a bipartisan concern.” \[H/T [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obamas-photographer-posted-photo-of-top-advisors-to-make-a-point-about-equality%5Fus%5F589a3636e4b0c1284f2901da?)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4663783/donald-trump-trolled-former-obama-photographer-pete-souza/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4663783/donald-trump-trolled-former-obama-photographer-pete-souza/"},"headline":"Former White House Photographer Trolls Trump on Instagram","datePublished":"2017-02-08T19:05:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:43.475Z","description":"'I guess you’d say I was trying to make a point'","url":"https://time.com/4663783/donald-trump-trolled-former-obama-photographer-pete-souza/","keywords":["motto","Barack Obama","politics","White House","President Obama","Donald Trump","Pete Souza","onetime","president trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e08dc9a9adc6658/6988b94dbc6cfc07d83e0185/gettyimages-632248942-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e08dc9a9adc6658/6988b94dbc6cfc07d83e0185/gettyimages-632248942-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"58th U.S. Presidential Inauguration","caption":"58th U.S. Presidential Inauguration","creditText":"J. 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