(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dec. 17, 2013) – Today, the White House News Photographers Association joined other industry leaders, including the White House Correspondents Association, the American Society of News Editors, Associated Press Media Editors, National Press Photographers Association and representatives of the television network pool at a meeting with White […]
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The Washington Post writes about a situation at the Air and Space Museum where two WHNPA members were interfered with by security officials. While covering a fast food wage protest at the museum’s McDonalds freelance photojournalist Kristoffer Tripplaar was wrestled to the ground while Associated Press video journalist Bill Gorman […]
The controversy over the Obama Administration using official photos while bypassing the independent photojournalists covering the White House continues to increase. White House News Photographers Association member and “ Presidential Picture Stories: Behind the Cameras at the White House” author Dennis Brack curated a collection of historic images of photographers […]
Renew today to be eligible to compete in the 2014 Eyes of History contests and to receive other membership perks.
The Boston Globe featured Associated Press photojournalist Charles Dharapak’s Instagrams in their photoblog The Big Picture. The 18 image slideshow features images made while covering politics in Washington, DC and on the road. Dharapak is not new to Instagram and also used it during the 2012 US Presidential campaign. His […]
View the 1963 White House News Photographers Association memorial newsletter for President John F. Kennedy who was assassinated November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The newsletter includes historic images made by association members of the events resulting form JFK’s assassination.
The White House News Photographers released the following statement on Nov. 21, 2013, in response to the letter by a broad coalition of media to the White House protesting access for photojournalists to President Barack Obama and White House: WHNPA JOINS BROAD COALITION OF MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS PROTESTING ACCESS AT THE […]
Please join us for our general membership meeting Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at WTTG-TV 5151 Wisconsin Ave., from 6:30 -9:00 p.m. (Please enter at the parking lot entrance to the left of the station). Our featured speaker will be John Harrington, a long-time member and past president of the WHNPA. […]
Happy Birthday to Dennis Brack! Long time Washington, DC photojournalist and former WHNPA President Dennis was at the White House fulfilling his Independent Still Photo Pool duties today. It was a busy day, with an unscheduled statement by President Obama during a press conference on his health care law and […]
Prospective members are encouraged to learn about the White House News Photographers Association’s various membership levels and requirements. The association is open to staff and freelance professional visual journalists.
Congratulations to WHNPA member Brooks Kraft for being named the International Photography Awards (IPA) Photographer of the Year. It was awarded at the 11th Annual Lucie Awards last night at Carnegie Hall.
We are proud to announce that this year’s student contest is open for entry. Students wishing to submit still and video entries to compete in the 2014 Student ‘Eyes of History’ contest are encouraged to enter. To learn more about the contest, its rules and requirements please visit the official […]
Agence France-Presse photojournalist Brendan Smialowski was featured in TIME’s LightBox profile series.
Associated Press photographer Jacquelyn Martin, RIT graduate class of 2001, talks to students of Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. The students are in Washington, D.C. on a senior class seminar. William Synder, four-time Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and editor and Chair of the Photojournalism Program […]
WHNPA member and Associated Press photographer Jacquelyn Martin was featured with her personal project about albinism in Tanzania in NPPA