Pete Souza, who served as former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina Majority of voters say Trump should not nominate a Supreme Court justice: poll MORE’s White House photographer, said Obama’s character did not change from the time he was elected to the Senate to today.

“I mean you go back to January 2005 and you go back to even today and the core of his character is still the same,” Souza told CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” “He hasn’t changed one bit in terms of his character. He really hasn’t.”

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Souza explained that due to his access to Obama in both his official duties and around his family, his photographs provide a “good sense of what he’s like as a person.”

“They were very playful together,” Souza said of Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama Michelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaTo honor Justice Ginsburg's legacy, Biden should consider Michelle Obama National Urban League, BET launch National Black Voter Day The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - White House moves closer to Pelosi on virus relief bill MORE.

“And the interesting thing about the job as the White House photographer is I do get to see them, the president in the national security meetings, but I do get a glimpse of their family life and what it’s like on vacation, all these different compartments of his life.”

Souza this week published a photo book about Obama, titled “Obama: An Intimate Portrait.”