CSPAN3 Oral Histories David Valdez Photojournalism Interview October 16, 2017
David all of the president ial photographers come to that job in different ways. Most of them come in having been press photographers covering the campaign. I didnt. It was 1983 and i was a government photographer. I had been a government photographer since day 1, 1967. I was drafted after graduating from high school into the air force. They told me i would be a photographer, and that is what i did. At the time, 1967 the vietnam war was going on. I did not want to go into the army, so i joined the air force. There was a big turnover of air force photo people. There were 500 guys, it was called...