Eric Draper Photography

I had fun shooting the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team beating UNLV 81-67 Friday night at the Pit in Albuquerque. The win secured the outright Mountain West Conference Championship for the Lobos, the first in 13 years! (AP Photos by Eric Draper)

Last June, I was hired to do the stills on the final day of filming for the movie “Killer Kafe” in Albuquerque, NM. The feature film with an all 100% New Mexico film crew is about a serial killer on the run finds himself trapped in an inescapable situation. Writer/Director Keith Jardine says he is putting the finishing touches on the project. Can’t wait to see it.

I just worked HPE Discover Las Vegas 2024 and this one was special. HPE made history on June 18 as CEO Antonio Neri delivered the first corporate keynote in Sphere Las Vegas. The venue is equipped with a 160,000-square-foot LED screen, the world’s largest. The exterior also features 580,000 sq ft of LED displaying animated visuals at night.

I had a wonderful time speaking at the Griffin Museum of Photography last night. A big thank you to Crista Dix and her staff for being great hosts. The exhibit, In the Room Where it Happened, A Survey of Presidential Photographers, closes on March 31st at the museum in Wi******er, MA.

I am honored to be part of The Griffin Museum of Photography’s new exhibit “In the Room Where it Happened : A Survey of Presidential Photographers”. The exhibit, January 12 – March 31, 2024, features the White House photography from myself and the work of official White House photographers Shealah Craighead, Michael Evans, Sharon Farmer, David Hume Kennerly, Bob McNeely, Yoichi Okamoto, Adam Schultz, Pete Souza, David Valdez and staff photographer Joyce Boghosian.

I will miss the photographer’s reception tomorrow but you can join me for my Artist Talk at the museum on March 14th at 6:30pm-8pm. https://griffinmuseum.org/event/drapertalk0324/

Write a caption... Another HPE SAM in the books. Until next time, New York City.

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah announced he would not run for re-election in the 2024. Here are a few of my favorite images when I served as his campaign photographer during his 2012 presidential run.

Feb. 27, 2022 Washington, DC Demonstration in support of Ukraine. Photo by Eric Draper

On this day 20 years ago, Coretta Scott King, left, holds the plans for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in her arms as President George W. Bush joins in prayer with Bernice King and Martin Luther King III during an Oval Office visit, Jan. 21, 2002. Photo by Eric Draper, Courtesy of George W. Bush Presidential Library.

New work for Johns Hopkins Magazine including a few of my favorite outtakes from the shoot. I had the pleasure of photographing Richard Antione Wright who is a principal tubist in the Santa Fe Symphony and the New Mexico Philharmonic. He is also the first Black musician in the United States to earn a doctorate in tuba performance and is now a professor of tuba at the University of New Mexico. Check out his new book, “I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream” Wright shares his inspiring story.

I am still in shock and very saddened after the news of Colin Powell's passing. Here are a few of my favorite moments that I captured when he served as the 65th United States Secretary of State. I will remember him as a friend and an American hero. My thoughts and prayers go out to Alma Powell and the entire Powell family.