8th Place Award in the “Black Lives Matter” category. Photo by Elaine Baca, United States.

Elaine Baca

Award-winning photography by Elaine Baca

Elaine Baca is an award winning documentary birth and family photographer in Dallas, TX. Her ongoing work surrounding black women in birth and systemic racism has gained national recognition. Beyond her career as a photographer, she is a wife and mom, a retired military kid and a taco enthusiast.

The Documentary Family Awards is an international competition in search of the insightful and meaningful ways that documentary photographers explore the interpretation of family.