Emanuel Wallace is a Cleveland-based photographer, photojournalist, and visual storyteller specializing in music, arts, and community documentary photography. As a longtime staff photographer for Cleveland Scene, Emanuel Wallace covers concerts, cultural events, nightlife, and everyday life across Northeast Ohio, and regularly contributes photography and writing to Cleveland.com, Destination Cleveland, and RapReviews.
Known for his dynamic hip-hop and live music photography, Wallace previously worked with URB.com and the Call & Post newspaper and was recognized by Complex Magazine as one of its “25 More Music Photographers You Need To Know.” His first book, Talent in the City, documents the Columbus, Ohio hip-hop scene and reflects his ongoing commitment to archiving Black music culture through photography.
His work has earned several regional honors, including the Allen E. Cole Excellence in Photojournalism Award from the Greater Cleveland Association of Black Journalists. He was selected as a Room in the House Fellow at Karamu House and, in 2025, named a Verge Fellowship recipient by the Cleveland Arts Prize for his impact on Cleveland’s visual arts and storytelling landscape.
Beyond editorial assignments, Emanuel Wallace exhibits his photography throughout Cleveland galleries and cultural spaces, produces independent series exploring Afrofuturism and neighborhood life, and collaborates with artists, musicians, and nonprofits to create lasting visual archives of the city. His work spans exhibitions, print sales, books, and multimedia storytelling under the brand Eva Noslen Photography.
He holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management and applies that business foundation to building sustainable creative projects, publications, and community programming.
When he’s not photographing, Emanuel experiments with craft cocktails, brews beer, and hosts creative gatherings that blend mixology and art under the brand Hastily Made Cocktails (@hastilymadecocktails).
View his portfolio at evanoslenphoto.com and follow @mannywallace on Instagram and Twitter.
Hi Manny-
I’m not sure if you even remember me, but we used to be friends on Flickr like a million years ago. I logged back on to the site today after a years-long hiatus, and saw that you were one of my contacts. I loved your photography! Do you still shoot? I’m currently working as a freelance writer in Memphis, but am getting ready to accept a full time job as an arts and culture reporter in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Prior to that, I did a lot of music writing for The Washington Post, and a few other places, as well as radio. I checked your site, you’ve done some great work yourself!
Either way, hope you’re doing well.
Take care,
Erin
Yeah! You’re from Alabama. We were even FB friends at one point. I saw an old comment from you a few weeks ago when I got bored and started looking at past posts. I’m glad to see you’ve been busy and doing well for yourself. I need to get like you. I still shoot sometimes, but I can always do more. I need to get more of my photography work on here. I have a Tumblr account that isn’t too active, but I’ll change that soon.
Email me, tweet me, FB me…something! emanuel@emanuelwallace.com, @MannyWallace and fb.com/mannywallace