Walt Zeboski

{{Short description|American photographer and photojournalist}}{{Infobox photographer

| name = Walt Zeboski

| birth_date = 1929

| death_date = 12 November 2012

| known_for = photographing Ronald Reagan during his 1980 presidential campaign

}}

Walt Zeboski (1929 – 12 November 2012{{cite web |title=Walt Zeboski (1929-2012) |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100682114 |website=Find A Grave |access-date=27 July 2018}}), was an American photographer and photojournalist for the Associated Press for more than thirty years. Zeboski extensively photographed Ronald Reagan during his 1980 presidential campaign, snapping some of the most iconic pictures of Reagan's campaign.{{cite news|title=Walt Zeboski Photographer who chronicled Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/walt-zeboski-photographer-who-chronicled-ronald-reagans-1980-presidential-campaign-8317050.html |work=The Independent |date=2012-11-14 |access-date=2012-12-03}}{{cite journal |title=Walt Zeboski Obituary|url=http://m.legacy.com/ns/walt-zeboski-obituary/161056589|journal=Legacy|date = 2017}}{{cite journal |title=AP photographer Walt Zeboski dies at age 83|url=http://www.richmond.com/news/ap-photographer-walt-zeboski-dies-at-age/article_ce7746b0-c8a1-54b1-b2ed-092b8bd36f4e.html|journal=Richmond|date = 13 November 2012}} Zeboski, who often focused on California politics, covered the political terms of four consecutive Governors of California from the 1960s to the 1980s - Pat Brown, Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown and George Deukmejian.

Zeboski joined the Associated Press in 1966. In addition to Reagan and the Californian governors, some of his more famous subjects included Cesar Chavez, the Black Panthers, and Senator George McGovern. He also photographed Queen Elizabeth II's 1983 to Yosemite National Park.{{cite journal |title=Ap Photographer Walt Zeboski covered California governors|url=http://theguardian.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx|journal=The Guardian|date = 15 November 2012}}

Walt Zeboski died on November 12, 2012, at the age of 83. He was a resident of Sacramento, California.{{cite news|title=Notable deaths around the nation and world as of Nov. 18, 2012 |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/lifestories/2012/11/notable_deaths_around_the_nati_1.html |work=OregonLive.com |publisher=Associated Press |date=2012-11-17 |access-date=2012-12-03}}{{cite journal |title=Associated Press photographer Walt Zeboski dies at age 83|url=http://artdaily.com/news/58939/Associated-Press-photographer-Walt-Zeboski-dies-at-age-83-#.WXIXqNPygUE|journal=Art Daily|date = 2012}}{{cite journal |title=Retired AP Photographer Walt Zeboski dies|url=https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2012/11/retired-ap-photographer-walt-zeboski-dies.html|journal=PDN Pulse|date = 14 November 2012}}