Project Description
Douglas Menuez began his career shooting first for the Washington Post, and then Time, Newsweek, Life, People and Fortune Magazine and many other publications worldwide over the past twenty years. He’s covered major news stories including the famine in Ethiopia, the destruction of the Amazon, the AIDS crisis, drug wars, presidential campaigns, the Olympics, five SuperBowls and the World Series. He’s done portraits of key figures ranging from Mother Teresa and Robert Redford, to President Clinton and Bill Gates and was selected to shoot on nine of the “Day in the Life” books, including the recent “A Day in the Life of Africa” for which he shot the cover.
Through the 1980s and ‘90s, Menuez documented the rise of Silicon Valley with unprecedented access to almost every major technology company, covering digital pioneers and key players behind the scenes such as Steve Jobs, Andy Grove, John Warnock, Bill Joy and John Doerr. Working first for Life Magazine, Menuez covered start-ups and established giants during one of the most turbulent and significant eras in American business history. Stanford University Library has recently acquired this work along with his entire archive for their collection.
Menuez’ advertising campaigns for global brands include Chevrolet, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Northwest Airlines, Coca Cola, Nokia, and Microsoft. His work has been honored by many organizations, including The Association of Photographers London, The Cannes Festival, The One Show, The San Francisco Show, The Art Director’s Club of NY, Photo District News, The Epson Creativity Award, American Photography, Graphis, and Communication Arts.
In 1989, Menuez co-produced “15 Seconds: The Great California Earthquake of 1989”, which raised over a half-million dollars for earthquake victims. In 1993, Menuez published “Defying Gravity: The Making of Newton” which was named one of the best 100 books of the past five years by Graphis. Menuez has had shows of his fashion work in Milan, personal work in San Francisco and London and recently published his book “Heaven, Earth, Tequila: Un Viaje al Corazón de México”, with all publishing profits to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Currently, he lives in Woodstock, NY with his wife and son.
Douglas Menuez is represented by Michael Ash / @radical.media
