Mrs. Obama Announces the Academy Award for Best Picture

In this photograph by Pete Souza, First Lady Michelle Obama announces the Academy Award winner for Best Picture on February 24, 2013. Her appearance on the live televised Oscar ceremony was filmed in the Diplomatic Reception Room on the Ground Floor of the White House. The winner of Best Picture, "Argo", was a film about the rescue of six United States diplomats who sought safety at the home of the Canadian ambassador to Iran during the 1979 to 1981 Iran Hostage Crisis in Tehran.

Photographer: Pete Souza
Date of Work: February 24, 2013
Type: Photograph
Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

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