Emmanuel Santos is a Filipino-Australian photographer whose lens captures the spirit of humanity across cultures, faiths, and migrations. Born in Bulacan, Philippines in 1957, he began his career with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), documenting the lives and journeys of displaced people before settling in Melbourne in the early 1980s. His work has since evolved into a deeply humanistic visual record of ritual, resilience, and belonging — spanning continents from Australia to Greece, the Philippines, and Israel. Best known for his long-term photographic studies of Jewish communities and the broader diaspora, Santos blends ethnographic observation with poetic empathy. His images, held in collections such as the National Gallery of Victoria and Israel’s Museum of the Jewish People, reveal the quiet dignity of tradition and the endurance of cultural identity in a changing world.