Alex Brandon named AP chief White House photographer

We are thrilled to announce that Alex Brandon would be the AP’s chief White House photographer! Alex has been a staple of our stellar protection of the White House and presidency since he joined the Washington bureau in 2009, overlaying each president since Barack Obama. Alex has impeccable information judgment and an unimaginable means to identify the picture of the second throughout numerous huge information occasions.

Alex is also an incredible colleague and member of the Washington picture crew and the broader bureau. He is the primary to volunteer to assist out the crew and can discover distinctive and inventive methods to present the AP the sting in each project. His information, experience and skills are evident day by day when he’s behind the lens.

In this function, Alex will function the principle level of contact with AP Photos and the White House and can assist lead our distinctive crew as they plan for day by day and massive occasion protection of the presidency.

Alex was a part of the AP crew that gained a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2021 for protection of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests within the aftermath of the homicide of George Floyd. Before becoming a member of AP in 2006, Alex was a employees photographer with The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, and his protection was included within the newspaper’s 2006 Pulitzer Prizes for Public Service and Breaking News Reporting for Hurricane Katrina. In addition to the Pulitzers, Alex additionally has acquired a number of honors through the years from the White House News Photographers Association.

A graduate of the University of Missouri, Alex additionally has been on project to Mount Everest, embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and has lined a number of Super Bowls, Final Four basketball tournaments and a number of presidential campaigns. In addition to the White House, Alex is also a veteran traveler with the State Department and Pentagon.

Please be part of us in congratulating Alex!

Anna and Pablo