"I have always thought of myself as being very fortunate to have been in a position to record history for over 50 years and the opportunity to photograph every President from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush has been icing on the cake.
"The luck continues because I now have the pleasure of continuing to learn something new every day by shooting the artists and the winemaking process in the beautiful Napa Valley located in Northern California."
Chick Harrity was awarded the White House News Photographers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Other major awards include the Leica Medal of Excellence for Photojournalism, the White House Photographers Association's Photographer of the Year and the Associated Press Managing Editors Award of Excellence.