Our speaker, David Valdez, was the Chief White House Photographer to George H. W. Bush 1989-1993. He will share his photos, stories and his part in USA History.
David Valdez was born in Alice, Texas. After graduating from high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Valdez enlisted in the U. S. Air Force, where he was trained as a photographer. He served with the 836th Combat Support Group for four years, and then earned a BA in journalism from the University of Maryland in College Park. While he was a student there, Valdez was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a photographer. He left the federal government to become Chief Photographer for the United States Chamber of Commerce. In 1983, he became personal photographer to Vice President George H. W. Bush. In 1988, President Bush appointed Valdez Director of the White House Photo Office and his Personal Photographer. During this administration, Valdez traveled to 75 countries and all 50 states with the President. In 1997, Valdez published George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile. David Valdez has had many photos published in Life, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, National Geographic Traveler, People, Sports Illustrated, Paris Match, New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post and countless other books and publications around the world.
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