Michael Evans | |
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![]() Evans in 1981 | |
Chief Official White House Photographer | |
In office 1981–1985 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | David Hume Kennerly (1977) |
Succeeded by | David Valdez (1989) |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Arthur Worden Evans June 21, 1944 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | December 1, 2005 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 61)
Spouses | Linda Forde
(m. 1967; div. 1975)Story Shem (m. 1983) |
Children | 6 |
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Michael Arthur Worden Evans (June 21, 1944 – December 1, 2005) was an American newspaper, magazine, and presidential photographer. He was Ronald Reagan's personal photographer during his first term as president from 1981 through 1985.[1] Evans is best remembered for his 1976 iconic photo of Ronald Reagan wearing a cowboy hat taken while Evans was working for Equus Magazine, that made the covers of many magazines in the week after Reagan's death in 2004. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize while shooting for The New York Times.[2]