His work has been published in Esquire, Life, and Look, amongst others. He is a full member of Magnum Photos since 1965 and has been working as a contributor to Time-Life Books for decades. A series of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at age 19 culminated in 1961 in his first published work: ‘Portrait of a Symphony’. A period of 3 years in Greece resulted in ‘A Greek Portfolio’, published in 1972 and which won awards at Arles and the Leipzig book fair. In 1995, the extraordinary ‘American Color’ was published. ‘A Greek Portfolio’ was reissued in 1999, followed by a major exhibition of his work at the Benaki Museum of Athens and his most recent publication ‘American Color 2’ in 2010. In 2003, Manos was awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence for his ‘American Color’ photographs, in earlier decades, amongst other prizes, he has won the New York Art Directors’ Award in 1966.