The Griffin Museum welcomes Eric Draper, Chief White House Photographer for George W. Bush. In his presentation, he'll discuss the creative path that led him to the White House, his tenure as Chief Photographer, and what happens after serving the most powerful person in the world.
©Eric Draper
His photographs are part of the exhibition, In the Room Where it Happened, on the walls of the Griffin Museum through March 30, 2024.
About Eric Draper -
Eric Draper served as President George W Bush's chief White House photographer for the entire eight years of his presidency. Draper was named Special Assistant to the President, and is the first White House photographer to be named a commissioned officer to a U.S. president. Also during his tenure, Draper directed the photographic and archival conversion of the White House Photo Office from film to digital and took nearly 1 million photos documenting the presidency. Prior to joining the White House, Draper was West Regional Enterprise Photographer for the Associated Press. In eight years with the AP, Draper covered an array of domestic and international news and sports. Draper has also worked as a staff photographer for The Seattle Times, the Pasadena Star-News and the Albuquerque 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. Draper is currently a freelance corporate, and editorial photographer based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico where he lives with his wife and three dogs. He is an obsessive LA Laker fan.
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