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Daniel Torok
Chief Official White House photographer since 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daniel Torok is an American photographer and filmmaker. He is serving as the chief official White House photographer since 2025, during the second presidency of Donald Trump.
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Career
Prior to his career in media creation, in 2004, Torok served in the United States Coast Guard.[1]
Torok was a filmmaker before he became a photographer. In 2012, he cast the music video for the song "Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. The next year, he directed a documentary film titled The Otherside about the Seattle hip-hop scene.[1]
In 2025, he became the chief official White House photographer under United States president Donald Trump. Trump's inaugural portrait was Torok's first time using studio lighting.[2] Torok took inspiration for the inaugural portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot[3] and lit Trump from below to make use of catch light.[4] Torok also took Trump's presidential portrait in June 2025.[5][6]
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