The White House News Photographers Association® will display an exhibit of the 2016 ‘Eyes of History®’ contest winners’ work at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery from September 6th through September 30th, 2016. A closing reception will be held at the gallery on the evening of September 30th. Earlier this year […]
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Longtime WHNPA member Frederick N. Ward passed away on July 19, 2016 at the age of 81 at his home in Malibu, California. Former WHNPA President and longtime friend Dennis Brack shares the following sentiment: Some great photographers are known for their timing, others for great eye, others still for […]
Thank you to everyone who made the gala a huge success this year! Enjoy the complete collection of photos by Kevin Wolf.
Pege Gilgannon has been a newsperson in Washington for 42 years. Her favorite story has been the Ballou High School Band. Pege’s last assignment was perfect: covering the Martin Luther King Jr. day parade and the Ballou High School Band. This day, as always, Pege wore a skirt, her trade […]
A Celebration of the Life of Don Heilemann, Friday April 4th at 11:15 A.M. at the D.C. War Memorial, (lunch to follow). For more information and RSVP contact Tammy Hielemann. Don Heilemann, a former WHNPA member, was the “go to” guy at the National Park Service. Don helped WHNPA members […]
There is no more intense job and no more respected assignment than to be the one news photographer allowed to work on the floor of the House of Representatives during the President’s State of the Union Message. Last Tuesday, that job went to Larry Downing of Reuters. There was no […]
The opening of the White House News Photographers Association exhibit at the Edison Place Gallery on January 7th drew members and friends of WHNPA. The exhibit will be open until February 6th. Tuesday — Friday noon to four PM. 702 8th Street NW.
At 100 years former Associated Press photographer Max Desfor is still sharp as a tack and in good health. He can tell you about his Pulitzer Prize winning photos from the Korean War, but the stories he remembered this day were about August 6th and 7th, 1945. Max was in […]
Photographers who document are a breed to themselves. No one does it better than the official White House photographers. Last night at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. five of this elite group shared some stories. Each had a different way of doing their job. David Hume Kennerly provided a […]