Doug Mills (photographer) explained

Doug Mills (born 1960) is an American photographer who has covered the White House since 1983.^[1] He began working for The New York Times in 2002, having previously been the chief photographer for The Associated Press in Washington, in which capacity he won two Pulitzer prizes for team coverage. As of February 2019, he is a board member of the White House Correspondents' Association.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Early life

Mills was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960. He studied at Northern Virginia Community College.^[5]

Career

Mills worked in the Washington, D.C. office of United Press International, the Associated Press, and The New York Times. Previously, he worked at a newspaper in Virginia.^[6] In 1993, he won a Pulitzer Prize for photography for covering the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign. He won a second Pulitzer Prize for AP's coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. It has been reported that Mills was the first photographer—in 2001—to use a remote camera to photograph presidents.

Mills won multiple awards at the "2021 Eyes of History Still Contest" of The White House News Photographers Association. His awards included Photographer of the Year and Political Photo of the Year (for a photo of then U.S. President Donald J. Trump leaving Air Force One during a lightning storm).^[7] Trump called Mills the "No. 1 photographer in the world." Of the seven U.S. presidents Mills covered, he considered Barack Obama the most "photogenic" and Trump the most "iconic."

In 2022, Mills covered his 16th Olympic Games.^[8]

On the 13th of July, 2024, Doug Mills took a world-famous^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]} photograph during the assassination attempt^[15] of the 45th President of the USA, Donald J. Trump, capturing one of the bullets whizzing millimetres away from his head. The New York Times article's expert considered the photo as 'a one in a million shot and nearly impossible to catch even if one knew the bullet was coming'.^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Q&A Doug Mills, Jan 15 2018 - Video - C-SPAN.org. www.c-span.org.
2. News: Savransky. Rebecca. NY Times photographer: We get more access to Trump than Obama. 11 February 2018. The Hill. 2 October 2017.
3. News: Hiltner. Stephen. A Photo of James Comey Takes the Internet by Storm. 11 February 2018. The New York Times. 9 June 2017.
4. Web site: Doug Mills. 2019-02-15. 2021-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20210228075217/https://whca.press/officer/doug-mills/. dead.
5. Web site: Doug Mills . 26 February 2022 . New York Times.
6. Web site: 26 April 2019 . Meet the Photographer Donald Trump Can't Shut Up About . 26 February 2022 . Politico.
7. Web site: 2021 Eyes of History Still Contest Results. whnpa.org. 26 February 2022.
8. Web site: (tweet). 26 February 2022.
9. Web site: 2024-07-14 . Donald Trump assassination bullet captured in incredible photo flying past President's head . 2024-07-14 . MARCA . en.
10. Web site: Американские СМИ опубликовали фото летящей у головы Трампа пули . 2024-07-14 . Американские СМИ опубликовали фото летящей у головы Трампа пули . ru.
11. News: Parkes-Hupton . Heath . 2024-07-14 . Stunning images capture assassination attempt on Donald Trump . News.com.au.
12. Web site: Photo Shows Bullet Inches From Donald Trump's Face At US Rally . 2024-07-14 . NDTV.com.
13. Web site: Marshall . Lucy . 2024-07-14 . 'Remarkable' photo shows bullet flying past Donald Trump's head during shooting . 2024-07-14 . The Mirror . en.
14. Web site: 2024-07-14 . Foto zeigt, wie die Kugel Millimeter an Trumps Kopf vorbeifliegt . 2024-07-14 . NiUS.de . de.
15. News: Mills . Doug . 2024-07-14 . A Times Photographer Who Was Feet Away From Trump Describes the Shooting . 2024-07-14 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
16. News: Ismay . John . 2024-07-14 . Photo Appears to Capture Path of Bullet Used in Assassination Attempt . 2024-07-14 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.