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Amanda Lucidon

Amanda Lucidon

AMANDA LUCIDON is an award-winning documentarian, filmmaker, public speaker and New York Times best-selling author. Lucidon served as an Official White House photographer responsible for documenting First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017. She is one of only a few female White House photographers in history.

Lucidon is the author of Chasing Light: Through the Lens of a White House Photographer and Reach Higher: An Inspring Photo Celebration of First Lady Michelle Obama. In 2018, the John F. Kennedy Center appointed Lucidon as a Turnaround Artist, highlighting the importance of the arts in underserved schools. Currently, Lucidon is working with her husband Alan Spearman and on implementing a pilot program that introduces arts and mindfulness practices to at-risk youth in Memphis, Tennessee.

Amanda’s work has been honored by Pictures of the Year International, National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism, and the White House News Photographers Association, among others.


Read more about Amanda on the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau website.

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Documentary Photography: Creating a Life in Storytelling