bio

Emilio Banuelos is a freelance documentary photographer based in San Francisco. After graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism, Emilio worked as a photographer and consultant for El Vanguardia, in Mexico and El Panama-America, in Panama. He also worked as an editorial photographer for publications in Illinois, Hawaii and California.

Emilio’s documentary work about religious rituals in Mexico earned him a fellowship from the Poynter Institute, an award from the College Photographer of the Year competition, and the Marty Forscher Fellowship for Humanistic Photography. His Greyhound America series earned him an award in EnFoco Inc.’s New Works #10.

In the Bay Area Emilio has worked as an Arts Educator for the San Jose Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has conducted workshops for the University of Coahuila’s School of Communication and University of California Santa Cruz Extension.

Emilio teaches undergraduate documentary photography and works with other programs as a youth mentor and teacher.