Mannie Garcia

Name:	Mannie Garcia
Location:	Washington, DC United States 20895
Contact:	mannie@manniegarcia.com 2028126733 Send Mannie Garcia a message

Additional Info:	Mannie is a freelance photojournalist and independent video producer based in Washington, D.C., who has covered several wars, the White House, Congress and a variety of other stories in his long career. His camera has been witness to history – from the fall of the Berlin Wall, war in the Balkans, to genocide in Rwanda. His camera, a Nikon F3 w/MD-4 and 85mm f1.4 has even saved his life -- stopping a piece of shrapnel at the air show disaster at Ramstein, Germany. Mannie has traveled the world on assignments for Bloomberg, Reuters, Getty Images, SIPA Press (France), the New York Times, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, Army/Navy/Air Force/Marine Corps Times, USA Today, BET, GreenPeace and Golfweek. He is represented by Robin Shields of Mercury Pictures. Mannie is a Vietnam Era Veteran having served in the U.S. Air Force and earned his Honorable Discharge. He was based in Europe for 16 years and speaks impressive German, and has come a long way especially for a guy that grew up on a dirt road in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mannie is always eager and generous to share his experience, knowledge and resources – once while on assignment in the jungle of the Philippines with US Special Forces on a ‘night-ops’ mission, his intuition kicked in and he pulled the plug on the story. Shortly afterwards the helicopter he and his colleague were on blew up killing all aboard. For a short period of time, Mannie and all aboard were listed as dead. Mannie was credited with saving the lives of his colleague, military PAO and himself with that decision. Mannie’s work has been recognized by his peers with a Gold Medal from the World Press, POY/NPPA Award of Excellence, the Ernst Hass Award and the 2006 IPC White House NPA Leadership Award presented to him at the United Nations. He enjoys producing music CD’s, video shorts, fly fishing and is an avid golfer. He has been a judge and a mentor for the DC Shoot Off and recently a mentor for the Worldwide Military Photojournalists Workshop taught at DINFOS on Ft. Meade.
Fees:	$ 150.00 Dollars Per Hour I will work within a client's budget ...
Specialisms:	Aerial, Black and White, Commercial Photography, Editorial, Events / Functions, Fashion, Glamour, Interior, Landscape, People, Photojournalism / Press, Portrait Photography, Public Relations / Corporate, Sports, Stock, Studio, Travel and Tourism, Videography, Video Production