Given the time constraints, i want to jump into your photos of president bush. Tell the story of how you became the official White House Photographer. I love how you got the job. You. Er i could give i would give you the long story because it is fascinating to me. I never planned on being the White House Photographer. It was an opportunity that presented itself. Back when i was a Staff Photographer at the ap and most of my career has been in the journalism newspaper wire service business, i was assigned to cover the campaign president ial campaign in 2000. I was assigned to covenant to cover governor bush who was running for office. Among many a journalist traveling on the campaign trail for nearly 18 months. It was not until the very end of the campaign that it was decided that it was realized that i had a shot at the white house job which i was very happy and satisfied with my position at the ap. I blame everything on the recount. We might remember in 2000 there was a time period whe
Are on display as well as our photojournalism archives. I know that we can talk a lot about your background and your history as a reporter. Given the time constraints, i want to jump into your photos of president bush. Tell the story of how you became the official White House Photographer. I love how you got the job. Mr. Draper i would give you the long story because it is fascinating to me. I never planned on being the White House Photographer. It was an opportunity that presented itself. Back when i was a Staff Photographer at the ap and most of my career has been in the journalism newspaper wire service business, i was assigned to cover the president ial campaign in 2000. I was assigned to cover governor bush who was running for office. I was among many a journalist traveling on the campaign trail for nearly 18 months. It was not until the very end of the campaign that it was realized that i had a shot at the white house job which i was very happy and satisfied with my position at t
To be in the company. Reporter when you, as a photographer, take a step back and look at this collection as a whole, what do you think the value is of the collection . What does it do for history . Mr. Draper it gives it a home. It is very important to have access to something as important, the story of a president. And so, to me, it is everything. It is huge. You cant put a number, you cant put a value on that. It is very important. I am glad that the center is here and exists in this way. Reporter is there anything else you would like to share or talk about while we are here, any other thoughts . I know you have had a chance to interact with some of the other photographers in the past 24 hours. Anything coming out of that experience . Mr. Draper it is great to hear their stories. It is almost like you have these walking, talking history books right in front of you. The fact that this is a rare opportunity that everyone is in the same place at one time, i am trying to take advantage o
I know that we can talk a lot about your background and your history as an ap reporter. Given the time constraints, i want to jump into your photos of president bush. Tell the story of how you became the official White House Photographer. I love how you got the job. Mr. Draper i will give you the long story. Because it is fascinating to me. I never planned on being the White House Photographer. It was an opportunity that presented itself. Back when i was a Staff Photographer at the ap and most of my career has been in the journalism newspaper wire service business, i was assigned to cover the campaign president ial campaign in 2000. I was assigned to cover governor bush, who was running for office. I was among many journalists traveling on the campaign trail for nearly 18 months. And it was not until the very end of the campaign that it was decided actually, realized that i had a shot at the white house job, which i was very happy and satisfied with my position at the ap. I blame every
On display and the journalism archives. I know we could talk a lot about your background and history as a reporter, i want to jump right into your photos of the president. Tell the story how you became the official White House Photographer, how you got the job. Ill give you the long story because its fascinating to me1y because i never really planned on being the White House Photographer. It was an opportunity to presented itself. Back when i was a Staff Photographer at the ap, most of my career was at the journalism newspaper wire Service Business i was assigned to cover the president ial campaign in 2000. I was assigned to cover governor bush, who was running for office. I was among many journalists traveling on the campaign trail for nearly 18 months. Q of the campaign that i realized i had a shot at the white house job. I was very happy and satisfied with my position at the ap. I blamed everything on the recount. You might know in 2000 there was a period no one knew which way the e