Eric Minh Swenson

Eric Minh Swenson, also known as EMS, (born 1971) is an American photographer, photojournalist and filmmaker, born in Honolulu, Hawaii,{{cite web|last1=Wyman|first1=Chris|title=PRO PORTRAIT: Photographer and Videographer Eric Minh Swenson. Capturing the art of creating art.|url=http://www.getthefive.com/articles/the-eye-candy/pro-portrait-photographer-and-videographer-eric-mi/|website=Get the Five|publisher=Five Thot|accessdate=22 April 2015}} best known for his films on artists and exhibition. He has also focused on Southern California fine artists. {{cite web|title=f64 Productions ERIC MINH SWENSON|url=https://vimeo.com/f64productions|website=Vimeo.com|accessdate=25 May 2018}}

He has also made over 1500 short films which document artists and their processes, as well as their gallery and museum exhibitions. Subjects have included Chris Burden, Peter Shire, Cheech Marin, Lisa Adams, Gisela Colón and Don Bachardy.{{cite web|title=Take1 Art Series|url=http://thuvanarts.com/take1.html|website=Thuvanarts.com|publisher=Thuvanarts|accessdate=22 April 2015}}

Swenson has written, directed and produced four feature length narrative films and a documentary, Mana. Mana was shot on Hawaii's Big Island and explores how the ocean and family affect the lives of ten Southern California male artists.{{cite web|last1=Lucas-Zenk|first1=Carolyn|title=Documentary on S. California artists being filmed on Big Isle|url=http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/local-news/documentary-s-california-artists-being-filmed-big-isle.html|website=West Hawaii Today|publisher=Oahu Publications|accessdate=22 April 2015}} The filming concluded with an exhibition at Gallery MELD on Pawai Place in Kailua-Kona. Mana has screened at film festivals,{{cite web |title=2014 Documentaries |url=http://www.spiffest.org/docs/ |website=SPIFF |publisher=San Pedro International Film Festival |accessdate=22 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111121050/http://www.spiffest.org/docs/ |archivedate=11 November 2014 }}{{cite web|last1=Lucas-Zenk|first1=Carolyn|title=Documentary on S. California artists being filmed on Big Isle|url=http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/local-news/documentary-s-california-artists-being-filmed-big-isle.html|website=West Hawaii Today|publisher=Oahu Publications|accessdate=22 April 2015}} museums,{{cite web|title=Laguna Art Museum Screens MANA Movie Today at 10:00am|url=http://southocbeaches.com/2014/11/08/laguna-art-museum-screens-mana-movie-today-at-1000am/|website=South OCBeaches|date=8 November 2014 |accessdate=22 April 2015}}{{cite web |title=Print MOAH and The BLVD Cinemas Screen the California Premier of MANA: A Film Produced by MOAH Curator Andi Campognone |url=http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/Home/Components/News/News/4146/1952?npage=38&arch=1 |date=19 June 2014 |website=City of Lancaster |access-date=10 July 2018}} and internationally.{{cite web|title=Mana in Naples|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://napoli.bakeca.it/dettaglio/associazioni-attivita-culturali/mana-in-naples-78vx102395153&prev=search|website=Bakeca|publisher=Bakaeca|accessdate=22 April 2015}}