was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on October 12, 1934. His parents had immigrated from Greece and ran a restaurant there. He discovered photography at an early age. After receiving his BA in English Literature from the University of South Carolina in 1955 and completing his military service, he moved to New York to work as a professional photographer. From 1961 to 1963 he lived in Greece, then in Boston. Manos joined Magnum Photos in 1963 and became a full member two years later. Today he is a contributor. His work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the George Eastman House in Rochester and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. His book Bostonians, a tribute to the people of that city, was published in 1974. A new edition of A Greek Portfolio (first published in 1972) appeared in 1999, accompanied by a major exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. Manos's American Color was published in 1995, and in 2003 he received the Leica Medal of Excellence for his o-going work on this project. The follow-up volume Americian Color 2 was published in 2010. The photographer now lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
