:Daniel Torok
{{Short description|Chief Official White House photographer since 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| name = Daniel Torok
| office = Chief Official White House Photographer
| image = Daniel Torok Portrait.jpg
| caption = Torok in 2025
| president = Donald Trump
| vicepresident = JD Vance
| term_start = January 20, 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Adam Schultz
| successor =
| website =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| allegiance = United States of America
| branch = {{coast guard|United States}}
}}
Daniel Torok is an American photographer and filmmaker. He is currently serving as the chief official White House photographer since 2025, during the second presidency of Donald Trump.
Career
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| footer = Torok's inaugural portraits of Donald Trump (left) and JD Vance (right)
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Prior to his career in media creation, in 2004, Torok served in the United States Coast Guard.
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.{{Cite web |last=Growcoot |first=Matt |date=2025-01-24 |title=Who is Daniel Torok? Trump's New White House Photographer |url=https://petapixel.com/2025/01/24/who-is-daniel-torok-trumps-new-white-house-photographer/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=PetaPixel |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Growcoot |first=Matt |date=2025-01-21 |title=Photographers React to Donald Trump's 'Wildly Edited' Official Portrait |url=https://petapixel.com/2025/01/21/photographers-react-to-donald-trumps-wildly-edited-official-portrait-daniel-torok-photo/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=PetaPixel |language=en}} Torok took inspiration for the official portrait from Trump's 2023 mug shot{{Cite web |date=2025-01-17 |title=Decoding Donald Trump's new official portrait |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4mmrr7j8mo |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} and lit Trump from below to make use of catch light.{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Eric |date=2025-01-24 |title=From Eisenhower’s swivel to Trump’s glare, presidential portraits strike different poses • Kansas Reflector |url=https://kansasreflector.com/2025/01/24/from-eisenhowers-swivel-to-trumps-glare-presidential-portraits-strike-different-poses/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Kansas Reflector |language=en-US}}
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Category:21st-century American photographers