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Revisit this year's Eyes of History dinner festivities. If you cannot view the embedded Flash Slideshow below, or if you'd like to click through manually and download some of the pictures in which you appear, visit our iphone/ipod touch/ipad compatible PHOTO GALLERY.
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THE EYES OF HISTORY 2010 - GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
PRIVATE VIEWING AND RECEPTION AT EDISON PLACE GALLERY
Friday, August 20, from 6 - 8 pm
Private viewing and reception of our 2010 "The Eyes of History" exhibition following a short general membership meeting.
Edison Place Gallery, 700 Block of 8th Street, NW (between G and H Streets) , Washington, DC
ONGOING DULLES AIRPORT INSTALLATION - WASHINGTON, D.C., THROUGH OUR EYES
Travelers to and from Washington will have an opportunity to view a major exhibition by The White House News Photographer Association. Forty-four photographs with photographer’s credit are now on display in the halls of the C-Gates of the AeroTrain System. These gates support United Airlines and various foreign airlines serving Dulles. The photographs in this exhibit will rotate so other photographs from WHNPA members will be seen in the exhibition. Members will recall the solicitation for images for this exhibit by Heidi Elswick. Members should thank WHNPA president, John Harrington, Tara Hamilton, Public Affairs Manager, and Margaret Bishop, the exhibit project manager, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority for this exhibition.
HISTORY OF THE WHNPA
Watch a 3:37 minute video produced for WHNPA "The Eyes of History" 2005 gala, narrated by host Joe Scarborough and hosted by washingtonpost.com. The clip features an overview of the Association's history, along with archival footage of such memorable events as the destruction of the Hindenberg, Harry Truman the morning after he won surprise re-election, President Johnson lifting his dog by the ears, the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, and other once-in-a-lifetime events covered by WHNPA still and video photographers.
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Would you like to buy copies of previous contest books? The 2009, 2008, 2007 books are available for $20 plus $5 shipping/handling. Visit the online store. Please note: a few books/DVDs from previous contests (2006, 2005, 2004,2003,2002...) remain available -- see store for prices and details.
Photographer of the Year: Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post
Political Photo of the Year: Untitled, Charles Ommanney, Getty Images for Newsweek
Video Photographer of the Year: Dai Baker, ITN Video Editor of the Year: Bill McKenna, BBC
Award-winning photos, videos, and multimedia from the 2008 contest
2008 WHNPA Photographer of the Year: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post
2008 WHNPA Political Photo of the Year: Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times
AWARD WINNING 2007 PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS remain online. Thanks to washingtonpost.com for hosting our videos, and to National Geographic Channel for hosting the 2007 Eyes of History contests.
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THE EYES OF HISTORY 2005 GALA PICTURES and VIDEOS REMAIN ONLINE
Videos from The Eyes of History 2005 Gala (May 21, 2005, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC) are also online, courtesy of washingtonpost.com.
View President Bush's speech and his hilarious slide show, "Snapshot of a Presidency," produced by the White House (10:04 mins), and Chick Harrity's Lifetime achievement award presentation (14:24 mins). Linked video requires REAL PLAYER. Thanks to WHNPA members Ed Eaves, and John Poole, Jonathan Forsythe, and Ben de la Cruz of washingtonpost.com for helping us offer these videos online.
If you already have Real Player, view this year's gala videos. If you need to download REAL PLAYER, visit Real.com, click the Premium Video link, then click the FREE PLAYER button at the upper right hand corner.
