Photojournalist. Best remembered for his 1976 iconic photo of Ronald Reagan wearing a cowboy hat taken while working for Equus Magazine that made the covers of Time, Newsweek and People magazines in the week after the Reagans's death in 2004. Born Michael Arthur Worden Evans in St. Louis, Missouri, to Canadian diplomats, he became the official White House photographer for President Reagan in 1980 where he worked during Reagan's first term. First job was at the Port Hope Evening Guide in Ontario, Canada as a teenager; then as a photographer for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, The New York Times and Time magazine. Nominated for Pulitzer Prize while shooting for The Times. After his White House stint, he made a series of portraits of Washington personalities that became a book and exhibit, "People and Power: Portraits From the Federal Village," a collection of 595 subjects ranging from the chief justice, members of Congress, and journalists to a secretary and a Capital janitor that was eventually displayed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington. Later was a picture editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and went on to work with digital imaging databases and became the chief technology officer for ZUMA Press.
Photojournalist. Best remembered for his 1976 iconic photo of Ronald Reagan wearing a cowboy hat taken while working for Equus Magazine that made the covers of Time, Newsweek and People magazines in the week after the Reagans's death in 2004. Born Michael Arthur Worden Evans in St. Louis, Missouri, to Canadian diplomats, he became the official White House photographer for President Reagan in 1980 where he worked during Reagan's first term. First job was at the Port Hope Evening Guide in Ontario, Canada as a teenager; then as a photographer for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, The New York Times and Time magazine. Nominated for Pulitzer Prize while shooting for The Times. After his White House stint, he made a series of portraits of Washington personalities that became a book and exhibit, "People and Power: Portraits From the Federal Village," a collection of 595 subjects ranging from the chief justice, members of Congress, and journalists to a secretary and a Capital janitor that was eventually displayed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington. Later was a picture editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and went on to work with digital imaging databases and became the chief technology officer for ZUMA Press.
Bio by: Fred Beisser
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