Daniel Torok

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

TrumpPortrait.jpg
VancePortrait.jpg
Torok's inaugural portraits of Donald Trump (left) and JD Vance (right)

Prior to his career in media creation, 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 official portrait was his first time using studio lighting. [2] Torok took inspiration for the official portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot [3] and lit Trump from below to make use of catch light. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Growcoot, Matt (24 January 2025). "Who is Daniel Torok? Trump's New White House Photographer". PetaPixel . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Growcoot, Matt (21 January 2025). "Photographers React to Donald Trump's 'Wildly Edited' Official Portrait". PetaPixel . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Decoding Donald Trump's new official portrait". BBC News . 17 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Eric (24 January 2025). "From Eisenhower's swivel to Trump's glare, presidential portraits strike different poses • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
Daniel Torok
Daniel Torok X profile picture.jpg
Torok in 2025
Chief Official White House Photographer
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2025
US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.