Photographer's Profile

Manuel Morquecho

United States

Originally from Mexico, Manuel Morquecho started to study digital photography in 2009 in Guatemala City, graduating in 2014 from Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts in Washington D.C. where he currently resides. His main body of work focuses on exploring the urban landscape, the integration of the face and body into fine art, and fashion photography. Morquecho was the International Photographic Society (IPS) Photographer of the Year in 2015-16 and was awarded the 2016-2017 and 2017-18 Washington DC Government Art & Humanities Fellowship. He has done several solo and group exhibits in Atlanta, Guatemala City, Miami, Washington DC, New York City, London and Italy’s 2018 Chianciano Art Biennale where he won the Leonardo 1st Prize for Photography and Digital Art. In 2019, he was awarded the 2nd Prize in Photography at IPS and at London Art Biennale, and the 3rd Prize Focus on the Story at Washington DC International Photo Festival. In 2020, Morquecho was a winner of LensCulture Critics’ Choice. Several of his images have been published in renowned art books and magazines and are owned by DC government Art Bank Program, the Chianciano Art Museum in Italy, and private art collectors around the world.