Veteran White House photographer Jonathan Ernst was fired from his nearly 20-year role as a freelance and staff photographer at Reuters over what the publication is calling “gross neglect of duty.” [Read More]
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order today outlining the federal government's first regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) systems. [Read More]
After Joe Biden's dog, Commander, was removed from the White House this week for numerous biting incidents, the Library of Congress published a series of fascinating old photos entitled "Presidential Pets." [Read More]
On Saturday, while President Donald Trump was being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the AP distributed two handout photos taken by White House photographer Joyce Boghosian.
With the 2020 election looming large on the horizon, former Vice President Joe Biden’s official White House photographer David Lienemann is stepping forward to show Americans the real “regular Joe,” as he fondly calls the VP.
White House trade advisor Pete Navarro went on the CNBC show “Squawk Box” this past Monday and ripped into Kodak’s executives. Referring to the allegations of insider trading on the eve of the $765 million deal Kodak struck with the US government, Navarro said what happened was “probably the dumbest decisions made by executives in […]
This past weekend, the White House posted a photograph that showed President Trump and several others monitoring the raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But while the photo shows a major military win for the US, it has drawn criticism online, with critics claiming that it’s as a poor […]
President Donald Trump personally intervened to have a government photographer edit official photos of his inauguration to make the crowd look bigger. That’s according to a new report published by The Guardian.
A New York Times photographer who has vocally protested White House Press Pool blackouts is now saying that photographers get more access to Trump than they did to Obama. Photojournalist Doug Mills made headlines back in November 2017 by Tweeting a black “photo” to protest the lack of access provided to the White House Travel […]
Nine months after taking office, the White House has finally released official portraits of both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Last month, the Washington Post did a story highlighting the empty walls of some 9,600 federal buildings, all waiting for for an official portrait of the new POTUS. In the meantime, the […]
The White House just published President Trump’s official portrait photo, which means the one that was released in January 2017 was a placeholder until the real official photo could be made. The newly released portrait was shot on Friday, October 6, 2017, by official White House photographer Shealah Craighead. In case you missed it the […]
Pete Souza, the former Chief Official White House Photographer during the Obama administration, returned to Ohio University in March this year to present a selection of images from his time photographing the President.
After the Trump administration decided to again ban camera from a press conference, CNN decided to get creative: the network decided to send a sketch artist instead. CNN writes that their usual Supreme Court sketch artist, Bill Hennessy, was sent over to the White House on Friday afternoon to document the press conference led by […]
Andrew Harnik is a photographer for the Associated Press who’s one of the people responsible for covering the President of the United States. In this 5. 5-minute episode of Format’s InFrame documentary series, we get an insight into Harnik’s life behind a lens trained on President Trump.
The White House was criticized by the media this week for allowing a Russian press photographer into the Oval Office for President Trump’s meeting with Russia’s foreign minister while the U. S.
President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian diplomats is being heavily criticized by US photographers today. The administration’s decision to lock out US media has left them open to accusations of contributing to Russian propaganda, and potentially opening itself up to espionage.
CBS Sunday Morning aired this 5-minute segment in which President Obama and official White House photographer Pete Souza look back at 8 years of Souza’s photography. As Obama prepares to step out of the White House after two terms, Souza is also wrapping up his second stint as White House photographer: he was also the […]
The White House says it wants to "cryptographically verify" videos of President Joe Biden in a bid to fight AI-generated deepfakes. [Read More]
On behalf of President Joe Biden, the White House has released five principles that it believes should guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems to protect the American public in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). [Read More]
Photographs allegedly taken inside the White House of torn-up handwritten notes that were apparently flushed down a toilet by Donald Trump have emerged. [Read More]
News photographer, Christy Bowe, has covered five consecutive administrations at the White House and her lens has captured icons from the last 30 years -- from Lady Diana to Muhammad Ali. [Read More]
The White House has released the official portraits of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. They were shot by Chief Official White House Photographer Adam Schultz using a Sony a9 II full-frame mirrorless camera.
The White House is being slammed by press photographer associations for its use of a “clearly manipulated” video of a press conference exchange this past Wednesday. During President Donald Trump’s first press conference following Tuesday’s midterm elections, CNN journalist Jim Acosta engaged in a heated exchange with Trump. When a White House intern approached to […]
NPR‘s Fresh Air just aired this fantastic 30-minute interview (here’s a transcript) with Pete Souza, the Chief Official White House Photographer for U. S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
Donald Trump officially became the President of the United States yesterday, and his official portrait has been published as well. While there doesn’t seem to be any info released about the photographer behind the shot, the EXIF data in the photo file tells us the camera gear behind the shot. It was captured with an […]
Following President Joe Biden's executive order to address artificial intelligence, federal government agencies have until December 1, 2024 to ensure their AI tools "do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people." [Read More]
A press photographer captured President Joe Biden's "cheat sheet" which gives him advanced knowledge of a journalist's question. [Read More]
The White House backed a congressional bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban TikTok and other foreign technologies that could pose security threats. [Read More]
Former White House chief photographer Shealah Craighead planned to publish a photo book of her images from the Trump presidency, but Donald Trump undercut that plan and sold his own book with her work in it, stealing her thunder. [Read More]
It's not a situation many would likely have seen coming, but the White House has briefed a group of 30 TikTok influencers on the United State's approach to Russia's War on Ukraine. [Read More]