I’m Manuel Ceniceros, a Chicano photographer based in San Diego, with over 44 years of experience in visual storytelling. My career has spanned photojournalism, fashion photography, directing, video editing, and motion graphics—each medium shaping how I see and frame the world. Now retired from commercial work, I’ve returned to photography as a personal and expressive practice. My current work centers on street photography and portraiture, capturing the quiet power of ordinary moments and the resilience of everyday people. Through black-and-white imagery, I explore themes of identity, community, and connection—rooted in both lived experience and cultural memory.