The Herald de Paris did an interview with Doug about his early influences (Elliott Erwitt, Sebastiao Salgado, and Mary Ellen Mark, among others), his experience at art school (“torture” is how Doug describes it), how he got Elizabeth Taylor to write a foreword to one of his books, and much more. It’s a great read and, in true Doug Menuez style, really frank and inspiring. You’ll find it here: “Visual Anthropolgist: Photojournalist DOUG MENUEZ.”
Doug’s career, as you know, spans more than three decades and thousands of miles of world travel, and he’s a prolific shooter. So you can imagine the mountains of images in his archives and the stock-photo potential he saw in them when he established Menuez Archive Projects earlier this year. He’s made an edit of highlights from MAP’s inventory, and you can see it by clicking on the image below…
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Click on the image to view the collection "Portfolio" at menuezarchiveprojects.com.
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