Presidential Family Moments

Candid shots of a presidential couple during events at the White House, capturing personal interactions and formal gatherings.

President Barack Obama, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Mrs. Margarita Zavala, pause as the Military Color Guard enters the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, following a private reception, May 19, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in a "Let's Move!" #GimmeFive Campaign video taping in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Feb. 20, 2015.

First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama greet guests at a reception for Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients and their families in the Blue Room of the White House, August 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with T.H. Sir Louis Straker, K.C.M.G., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, and Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Mrs. Straker, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in the Green Room prior to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Month reception in the East Room of the White House, June 29, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle wait for the start of a receiving line at the Ambassadors Reception in the White House on July 27, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance while the band Earth, Wind and Fire performs at the Governors Ball in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 22, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet The Honorable Phandu Skelemani, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Botswana, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Ramdien Sardjoe, Vice President of the Republic of Suriname, and his wife, Mrs. Sardjoe-Biharie, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet The Right Honorable Motsoahae Thomas Thabane, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Mrs. Margarita Zavala, pause as the Military Color Guard enters the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, following a private reception, May 19, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet ambassadors and guests during a Diplomatic Corps Reception receiving line in the Blue Room of the White House, Oct. 5, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Oldemiro Baloi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique, and his wife, Mrs. Baloi, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

Official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama (1964-). An American lawyer and writer. Photographed by Joyce N. Boghosian. Dated 2009

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Sasha and Malia, and Marian Robinson, dance during the In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina concert on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 13, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Charles T. Ntwaagae, Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations, and his wife, Mrs. Ntwaagae, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, and Mrs. Salma Kikwete, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, and his wife, Mrs. Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend an interfaith prayer service dedicated to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Mass., April 18, 2013. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is seated at right.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet, His Excellency Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of the Republic of Madagascar, and Mrs. Voahanagy Rajaonarimampianina, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with His Serene Highness Albert II Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First lady Michelle Obama are greeted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozyarrive, in Caen, France, June 6, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Alvaro Uribe Velez, President of the Republic of Colombia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama announces the Best Picture Oscar to Argo live from the Diplomatic Room of the White House, Feb. 24, 2013.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Sali Berisha Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, and H.E. Dr. Liri Berisha, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Blaise Compaor�, President of Burkina Faso, and Mrs. Chantal Compaor�, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama smiles while watching the entertainment at the State Dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and his wife, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, held in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House, Nov. 24, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at the White House on April 18,2013.

Nov. 19, 2014 "Lawrence Jackson captured the President busting out in laughter as he and the First Lady recorded a holiday video message in the Map Room of the White House."

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive for an official dinner at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, June 27, 2013.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Madhav Kumar Nepal, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, and Mrs. Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Her Excellency Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland, and Dr. Pentti Arajarvi, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Nelson Manela's daughters Zindzi and Zenani Mandela prior to a screening of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" in the White House Family Theater, Nov. 7, 2013.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, and his wife, Mrs. Chantal Biya, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance during the inaugural ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013.

Dec. 7, 2014 "While waiting to be introduced before the Kennedy Center Honors reception at the White House, the President began whistling a Christmas song in the Blue Room."

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Jose Antonio Garcia-Belaunde, Minister of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets soccer star David Beckham at a dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II at Winfield House in London, England, May 25, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Ibrahim Boubacar Ke�ta, President of the Republic of Mali, and Mrs. Ke�ta Aminata Maiga, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Melania Trump for tea in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, Nov. 10, 2016.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at the White House on April 18,2013.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with T.H. Dr. Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with the Women's National Basketball Association champions, the Detroit Shock, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on July 27, 2009.

President and the First Lady attend the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center. 37th Kennedy Center Honoree: Tom Hanks on left.

President Barack Obama comments on Katy Perry's shoes while greeting the singer and her grandmother, Ann Hudson, at Doolittle Park in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 24, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama is photographed with a guest during the Department of Defense dinner in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 29, 2012. The President and First Lady hosted the dinner to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, and to honor their families.

President Barack Obama greets Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium after a lunch to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day at Chteau de Bénouville in Normandy, France, June 6, 2014.

President Barack Obama talks with, from left, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett; Cecilia Muñoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs; Mark Zuckerman, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council; and Felicia Escobar, Senior Policy Advisor with the Domestic Policy Council, on the Colonnade of the White House, May 3, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Hans-Rudolf Merz, President of the Swiss Confederation, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, and Mrs. Marieme Sall, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.R.H. Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam, and H.R.H. Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Zariah, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets actress Hilary Swank and other guest mentors in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House during an event celebrating Women's History Month, March 30, 2011. Mrs. Obama brought the distinguished group of volunteers together to visit schools and share their experiences with students across the Washington, D.C. metro area.

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts a tea with Mrs. Rula Ghani, First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, Feb. 23, 2015.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom and Samantha Cameron during a State Dinner reception on the Truman Balcony of the White House, March 14, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama, Prince Harry of Wales, and Dr. Jill Biden at the White House. They are helping children create Mother's Day cards and other crafts as gifts for their moms during the Joining Forces Military Mother's Day Tea. May 9, 2013. (BSLOC_2015_3_217)

First Lady Michelle Obama has tea with Mrs. Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, July 6, 2010.

President Barack Obama hugs First Lady Michelle Obama following the third presidential debate with Gov. Mitt Romney, at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 22, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama in prayer as President Barack Obama attends the Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 2015

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama return to the White House after attended the funeral of Mrs. Jean Biden.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, and Mrs. Chantal Biya, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at the 2009 Nobel Banquet in the Hall of Mirrors at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10, 2009.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Judge Sonia Sotomayor after announcing her as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter in the East Room of the White House, May 26, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kerry Washington participate in a conversation moderated by Cindi Leive, right, for Glamour magazine in the Blue Room of the White House, Feb. 11, 2015.

08/07/2010. 08-08-10. Palma de Mallorca. King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofia and Princess Letizia pose with Michael Obama and her daughter at the Marivent Palace. Roque Martinez.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama listen to the Seneca Valley High School Chamber Choir in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House following a holiday reception, Dec. 5, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Clio Napolitano, wife of President Napolitano, at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, July 8, 2009.

President Barack Obama pulls out the chair for First Lady Michelle Obama at the Governors Ball in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 22, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry smiles for a selfie with an excited guest at a Congressional-hosted reception for African leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

April 24, 2013 "The First Lady reacts while talking with a youngster along a rope line with the President at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas."

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, President of Turkmenistan, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama look on as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. greets President Pranab Mukherjee during the State Dinner receiving line at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, India, Jan. 25, 2015.

Michelle Obama and Joe Biden

President Barack Obama greets the Los Angeles Lakers in the Green Room of the White House, Jan. 25, 2010.

President Barack Obama talks with Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office for Health Reform, during a reception on the Truman Balcony of the White House, early March 22, 2010, following the House vote to pass health care reform.

President Barack Obama greets Richard Overton, with Earlene Love-Karo, in the Blue Room of the White House, Nov. 11, 2013. Mr. Overton, 107, is the oldest living World War II veteran and was attending the Veteran's Day Breakfast at the White House.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama watches the swimming finals and medal ceremonies at the Olympic Park Aquatics Center during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, July 28, 2012.

Retirement ceremony for Helen Ellis and Lee Young, members of Deputy Secretary's staff, with appearances by current Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott, and former Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger, among other officials

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon chat with 2017 International Women of Courage awardee Natalia Ponce de Leon of Colombia during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2017.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in an interview with Ken Burns for a PBS documentary about Jackie Robinson, in the White House Library, July 3, 2014.

President Barack Obama talks with will.i.am, following an event The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2012.

President Barack Obama offers a toast to Queen Elizabeth II during a dinner held in the Queen's honor at Winfield House in London, England, May 25, 2011. Actor Tom Hanks is pictured at left.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama receive Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and his wife, Azeb Mesfina, prior to the summit dinner at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama visits with Former First Lady Nancy Reagan at the White House on June 3, 2009. Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

First Lady Michelle Obama, seated with Obama family pets Bo, left, and Sunny, tapes a video for Ellen DeGeneres' 56th birthday in the White House Library, Jan. 28, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama joins the cast of Disney's "The Lion King" onstage after their performance at the Kids' State Dinner in the East Room of the White House, July 18, 2014.

Sept. 18, 2015 "This has to be the suit of the year. Matthew Lesko met the President before having a family photo taken with his son, Max Lesko, who was departing the White House after working in the Counsel Office."

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Kennedy Center Honoree Meryl Streep in the Blue Room of the White House, Dec. 4, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Dr. Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros and Ms. Hadidja Abubakar Ikililou Dhoinine, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Edith Childs, from Greenwood, S.C., in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, during a holiday party, Dec. 4, 2009. Childs coined the campaign slogan fired up, ready to go.

Michelle Obama in front of the Ginger Bread House at an event for the children of service members in the State Dining Room of the White House.

08-08-10. Palma de Mallorca. Queen Sofia greets Michaelle Obama and her daughter at the Marivent Palace. Roque Martinez.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama depart the White House for a trip to New York. President Obama is to deliver remarks at the National Action Network's 16th Annual Convention.

President Barack Obama talks with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra before departing the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18, 2012. Thai welcome performers line the stairs.

President Barack Obama stands alone in the Green Room before speaking at the White House Summit on Community Colleges, Oct. 5, 2010.

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