Daniel Torok
Daniel Torok | |
|---|---|
 Torok in 2025 | |
| Chief Official White House Photographer | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Vice President | JD Vance |
| Preceded by | Adam Schultz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | New York City, US |
| Occupation | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Coast Guard |
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.
Biography
[edit]Torok is a native of New York.[1] Prior to his career in media creation, in 2004, he served in the United States Coast Guard.[2]
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.[3] The next year, he directed a documentary film titled The Otherside about the Seattle hip-hop scene.[2]
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.[4] Torok took inspiration for the inaugural portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot[5] and lit Trump from below to make use of catch light.[6] Torok also took Trump's presidential portrait in June 2025.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "SSP Analysis: Reflections on Presidential Portraits as Trump and Vance Make Theirs Official". South Shore Press. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ a b Growcoot, Matt (24 January 2025). "Who is Daniel Torok? Trump's New White House Photographer". PetaPixel. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0&t=3s
- ^ Growcoot, Matt (21 January 2025). "Photographers React to Donald Trump's 'Wildly Edited' Official Portrait". PetaPixel. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Decoding Donald Trump's new official portrait". BBC News. 17 January 2025. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Eric (24 January 2025). "From Eisenhower's swivel to Trump's glare, presidential portraits strike different poses • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ Aton, Francesca (4 June 2025). "The White House Drops a New Presidential Portrait of Donald Trump". ARTnews.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Trump's fresh White House portrait sparks interest amid controversy over National Portrait Gallery leadership". FOX News. 3 June 2025. Archived from the original on 12 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Daniel Torok at IMDb
Media related to Daniel Torok at Wikimedia Commons
