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David Valdez: About



After graduating from high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, David 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 at 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 Nations Business magazine published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 1983, he became the personal photographer to then-Vice President George Bush. In 1988, President Bush appointed Valdez Director of the White House Photo Office. During this administration, he traveled to 75 countries and all 50 states with the President. In 1997, he published George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile.
 
Valdez was appointed general manager of photography for Walt Disney Attractions in 1993. In 2001, he became Special Assistant to the HUD Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. Valdez became the Vice President for Business Development for Blue Pixel Digital Experts. Blue Pixel was digital photography consulting firm. Blue Pixel contracted with Nikon and Microsoft. From 2003 to 2010, Valdez was the Director of Visual and Electronic Information for HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.
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Public Speaking engagements such as Harvard, University of Texas Austin, Franklin Pierce University, Presidential Libraries, museums, civic and political groups.

Valdez is on the Board of the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas and an advisor to the Marlin Fitzwater School of Communications at Franklin Pierce University.

Freelancing, based in Georgetown, Texas Valdez’s clients include:
  • Republican National Committee
  • Franklin Pierce University
  • LBJ Presidential Library
  • National Park Service
  • National Geographic Traveler
  • Georgetown View Magazine
  • Popular Hispanics Magazine
  • CBS
  • PBS
  • ABC News
  • CNN
  • FOX News
  • Amtrak
  • SRE Promotions (Corvette Invasion)

Photos published in:
​National Geographic Traveler
Life Magazine
Time
U.S. News and World Report
Newsweek
People
Georgetown View
New York Times
Washington Post
USA Today
American Photographer
George Herbert Walker Bush a Photographic Profile
My Father My President
Looking Forward
All The Best,George Bush
Destiny and Power
Millie's Book
​Simply Barbara Bush
Photo District News
Williamson County Sun
​BeLocal Georgetown,Texas

More photos published in countless other publications and books from around the world.



In the News
David Valdez on KVUE-TV in Austin Texas
David Valdez and Eric Draper on President George H.W. Bush on KWTX CBS
ABC 20/20 on President George H.W. Bush which includes many photos by David Valdez
David Valdez on FOX News about the passing of President George H.W. Bush.
David Valdez on CBS News about the passing of President George H.W. Bush.
David Valdez on CBS News about the passing of President George H.W. Bush.
David Valdez on KVUE ABC about the passing of President George H.W. Bush.

White House History Quarterly September 2020. Photographing The White House
David Valdez on KXAN about President George H.W. Bush
David Valdez in The Washington Post about the passing of President George H.W. Bush.
David Valdez for the Austin American Statesman about President George H.W. Bush
David Valdez on Instagram
David Valdez Oral History Interview on C-SPAN3 David Valdez talked about his photographs of George H.W. Bush which he took as the vice president’s personal photographer and then as White House Photo Office director from 1989 to 1993. He showed behind-the-scenes photos of the Bush administration at the beginning of the Gulf War, during the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, and of private moments with the Bush family. The Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas recorded the interview and archived his photos along with those of other nationally recognized photographers.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?435232-1/david-valdez-oral-history-interview
I recently held a photo walk in Georgetown, Texas with the photo group called PhotowalksGTX. We were joined by PhotowalksATX, a group of photographers from Austin, Texas. The Sun sent out Andy Sharp to do a story on our day. Thanks Andy for the nice article in the Williamson County Sun.
PetaPixel
Photographing the President: A Look Back at Every White House Photographer   A feature story about former Presidential Photographers.
City Insider
City Insider the #1 Independent Magazine for Sun City in Georgetown, Texas just did a featured article on me highlighting my time as the personal photographer for President of the United States George H.W. Bush.

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Bell County Museum
David Valdez was a featured speaker at the Bell County Museum in Belton, Texas October 29, 2016. This presentation was in conjunction with the National Geographic film and book "The President's Photographer". David spoke about his White House photography during the administration of President George H.W.Bush.
C-Span
David Valdez on C-Span shows some of his White House photos of President George H.W. Bush

Austin American Statesman
Austin American Statesman profile on David Valdez

NBC New
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NBC profile on David Valdez
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Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News profile on David Valdez

Texas Monthly
Texas Monthly mentioned David Valdez in short article.

​Georgetown View
Nice profile on David Valdez in hometown magazine Georgetown View

​Youtube
David Valdez speaking at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library

Vimeo
David Valdez speaking at the Ford Presidential Library

Amazon.com
George H. W. Bush: A Photographic Profile by David Valdez







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