About
Award-winning documentary photographer and director Doug Menuez stood at the North Pole, crossed the Sahara, had tea with Stalin's daughter and held a chunk of Einstein's brain. Quitting his blues band in 1981, he began his career at The Washington Post, then freelanced for Time, LIFE, Newsweek and the NY Times, among many others. He covered news, sports, conflicts and politics and did portraits of many significant cultural figures including Robert Redford, Charlize Theron, Dame Jane Goodall and Presidents Clinton and Bush Sr., and shot ad campaigns for Chevrolet, Leica, GE, Apple, Emirates Airlines and Microsoft. His archive was acquired by Stanford University Libraries in 2004. His bestseller in 6 countries, "Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000," featuring exclusive access to Steve Jobs, has now been seen by over 100 million people via viral press, exhibitions and Doug's TED and other talks. He's published 4 other books and his archive was acquired by Stanford University Libraries and is available to students and historians through their Doug Menuez Photography Collection.
Featured Work
Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000
Documentary photographer Doug Menuez was given unprecedented, insider access to document Steve Jobs for LIFE Magazine for 3 years as he and his team struggled to build the NeXT Computer after being fired from Apple. This rare trust gave Doug access to most of the other leading innovators of Silicon Valley, and so he spent 15 years documenting them as they invented breakthrough technology that changed our world. His photographs of over 70 startups reveal the human face of technology in those early, idealistic years as a tribe of engineers, scientists and venture capitalists struggled to make the impossible possible. We also see a whole new culture evolving to support the level of innovation required, thus changing the very nature of work and how business was done. Massive sacrifices were made, friendships and marriages failed, and some lost their lives.
