- Eric Draper
Eric Draper is the
White House Photo Director and personal photographer for U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush . Draper worked for theAssociated Press as a news photographer prior to joining the White House.His many assignments included the 1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns, the
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, theKosovo conflict in 1999 and the1998 FIFA World Cup in France.Over the years, Draper has also worked as a staff photographer for
The Seattle Times , thePasadena Star-News and theAlbuquerque Tribune .He won the Associated Press Managing Editors' Award for three consecutive years, the 1999
National Headliner Award and was named 1992 Photographer of the Year by Scripps-Howard Newspapers. He is a graduate ofCalifornia State University, Long Beach .References
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/draper-bio.html White House Photo Director Eric Draper (official biography)]
* [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0218_050218_president.html Bush's Photographer Shares Inside View of Presidency]External links
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20030515.html Ask the White House - Eric Draper]
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