Original story and pictures associated with it can be found at http://www.onepeoplesproject.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1019&Itemid=2
When we first did the Rogues' Gallery entry for White Revolution associate David S. Holloway, we didn't realize just how successful he was as a photojournalist. Yeah, he's been published in Newsweek and MSNBC, but there are a lot of prominent pics of his out there. When we found out that he got a $20,000 grant from Getty Images last year to explore the world of white supremacy, we thought that was a little too successful. As we were writing the story, we found out that his work has him hanging out with President Bush (Holloway is the nerdy-looking one second from the right with the little card), and now we KNOW he is too successful! A guy who was once referred to as White Revolution's "media guy" should not be one of the White House's media guys at the same time. It might be time to ask this character what's up, and it will be interesting to see how antifa and other progressives respond to this joker now that this information is out. International A.N.S.W.E.R. take note: You have a rally in DC this weekend. This guy is from Arlington, VA and it is possible he might have returned from L.A. just in time to take pics of your people. By One People's Project For just over a year, Arlington-based photographer David Holloway has been in a rather controversial spotlight. Although he is a professional photographer whose work has been seen in national publications such as Newsweek, and his subjects have been vast and particularly diverse, it is his work regarding White racist groups that has especially caught the eye of a number of antifa and progressive activists. This attention comes after it was revealed that he was in fact a member of one of those White racist groups, Billy Roper's White Revolution. It is not certain how long Holloway has been working with Roper, but he has been referred to as the group's "media guy" and at various times he has given money to Roper for travel expenses as well as for bail money for one of their members. Those in the industry however, have not seen this side of Holloway. They simply look at his photojournalism on white supremacists as part of his job, and just a particular subject he is interested in. Still despite the concern, not much noise has been made about Holloway, who has some of his work on his website www.onethousandwords.net. That may change since it has been learned that last year Getty Images awarded him $20,000 to continue exploring the issue of white racist groups. It has also been learned that he is a member of the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) and he has had won awards in that capacity as well, even posing in an Oval Office photo with the President. On Feb. 23, 2005, it was announced that Holloway and London-based Italian photographer Dario Mitidieri, who was exploring the issue of teenage pregnancy in his photographs, were the first two recipients of Getty Images' Grants for Editorial Photography, In addition to the monetary award, they will provide winners with logistical and administrative support from Getty who will be market their images on their website for one year. Since then five others have also been awarded this grant. Holloway's photographs can be found at the Getty Images website, and they feature pictures of some well-known figures in the neo-Nazi scene. One is of White Revolution leader Billy Roper and his wife Melissa. Another is of what looks to be an Aryan Nations prayer session with Aryan Nations leaders Dick Butler and Ray Redfeairn, both now deceased, along with Aryan Nations Security head Rick Spring and Aryan Nations New Jersey Chapter leader James Mazzone, who is currently in jail for drug trafficking. Others included a Klan initiation ceremony and various candid shots of Neo-Nazis. According to Peggy Willett at Getty Images, the fact that Holloway was in fact a member of White Revolution was not even considered, and in fact it possibly wasn't known. She said that the judges are a panel of professional photojournalists and industry experts who are presented with the applicants anonymously. "They select the project's based on their social and cultural significance, as well as looking at a selection of the applicant's images to see if they have the technical skills obviously to report on the story" she said. Willett also notes that Getty was simply interested in the subject that Holloway wanted to address. She said that Getty is particularly interested in undertold stories, and the issue of neo-Nazism in America was one that met this end. "Clearly Mr. Holloway is covering the issue of white supremacy and white racist groups because he thinks it's something that people need to know more about." Holloway, who grew up in rural Arkansas - where White Revolution is based - and has been documenting racial issues for a number of years, said he was going to use the $20,000 grant to continue work on his project documenting white supremacists. According to Getty Images, he hopes to provoke a national debate on race, and says the Getty grant will enable him "to demonstrate how cultural difference is taught from a racist perspective." In 2004, he won a second place award from the WHNPA for his portrait of famed anthropologist Jane Goodall. The WHNPA awarded him second place again the following year for his photo "Protester Kiss," taken of a man kissing his girlfriend as they were both handcuffed during the final night of protests at the Republican National Convention. This year, he got a first place nod for a picture of Aryan Nations member Scott Marquart shooting his wife, Dani with a pellet rifle outside their home in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dani is a member of White Revolution and she and her husband have been in numerous pictures taken by Holloway. This picture got him the opportunity to have his picture taken, along with other winners, with the President of the United States in the Oval Office. One controversial situation with Holloway has been noted. On Dec. 10 in Toledo Ohio, in an effort to prevent another riot in the city that took place after an aborted rally put on by the National Socialist Movement (NSM) that October, began arresting anyone who came to close to the staging area of the NSM in their second attempt to rally. This included members of the press and especially photographers. Holloway was not only left to do his job, he easily managed to get inside the NSM staging area. Earlier on his website Overthrow.com, then-NSM Spokesperson Bill White noted that they were going to have their own media person with them. Photographer Isis detailed this in her blog, and was particularly angry about the preferential treatment. "It weighs in very unfairly that while Holloway clicked his shutter away, protected by affiliation and membership with the White Nationalists, other more objective and "racialist detached" members of the press were harassed, arrested, shoved around by cops on horses and basically blocked from properly recording the event for the general public," she wrote. Other blog entries around the internet also stated creating a buzz about Holloway, especially after he was seen at the June 6 demontration outside the White House sponsored by the DC Anti-War Network. Reportedly, Holloway may currently be on the road. One website that apparently tracks where he is posting from listed his current location as Los Angeles. Yahoo! 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