Danny Fulgencio is an award-winning communications professional with 15 years’ experience in versatile visual storytelling.
While consistently producing impactful visual content for print and web, Fulgencio also has served as a writer, editor, teacher, project manager, creative director and all-around plate-spinner.
He aspires to bring compassion, creativity and professionalism to every project, whether brainstorming in an executive meeting or behind a camera in a swarm of bees.
With a wellspring of creative depth, energy and innovation, he ultimately aims to adhere to a core tenet of storytelling, which is to show people themselves so that we might better appreciate one another.
He’s based on the rugged Oregon Coast and open to travel, which he adores.
When he’s not writing about himself in third person, he’s probably hiking, cycling, climbing or surfing.
SELECT CLIENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Crocs Footwear
Dallas Advocate Magazines
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Observer
D Magazine
Fort Worth Weekly
Human Rights Campaign
HollywoodReporter.com
Houston Chronicle
Houston Press
International Herald Tribune
Matador Network
Modern Luxury Dallas
NBC Universal
New York Times Lens Blog
SF Weekly
TexasMonthly.com
Texas Observer
Time Magazine
Travel Texas
Variety.com
Village Voice
Visit Florida
Visit North Carolina
Willamette Week
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Runner-up, Society of Professional Journalists NW Excellence in Journalism Award, Portrait Photography, Willamette Week, 2022
Winner, Dallas Bar Association Stephen Philbin Award for Features in Legal Reporting, Dallas Observer, 2017
Runner-up, AAN AltWeekly Award for Original Photography, circulation 50,000+, Dallas Observer, 2017
Winner, IFPA/SAPA Award for Original Photography, Advocate Magazines, 2013
Recipient, Mayborn School of Journalism Super Alum Award, University of North Texas, 2013
Honored, Mayborn School of Journalism Teaching Partner, University of North Texas, 2013
Finalist, AAN AltWeekly Award for Original Photography, circulation 50,000+, Dallas Observer, 2012
Inductee, Kappa Tau Alpha, 2010
Recipient, Mayborn School of Journalism Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award, University of North Texas, 2010
TEACHING AND SPEAKING
Visual Media Adviser, Oregon State University, 2023-2024
Judge, Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Photo Contest, 2024
Judge, Midwestern State University, College Media Photo Contest, 2023
Judge, National Press Photographers Association, Monthly News Clip Contest, 2020
Guest Speaker, University of North Texas, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2011
Guest Speaker, Brookhaven College, 2019, 2017, 2016
Guest Speaker, Society of Professional Journalists, NPR-affiliate KERA, 2018
Photojournalism Panelist, Eastfield College, 2018
Adjunct Professor of Photojournalism, University of North Texas, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Photojournalism Panelist, University of North Texas, 2015
Guest Speaker, Withers Elementary School, 2015
Guest Speaker, Southern Methodist University, 2013
EDUCATION
University of North Texas, Master of Journalism, Photojournalism, 2010, summa cum laude, Kappa Tau Alpha
University of North Texas, Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing, 2003
