As early as 1950, when he was only 20 years old, Henriques began selling pictures of New York City street scenes, and Coney Island amusements.

Henriques not only photographed her on location, but also at Yankee Stadium, Ebbets Field, at social functions, and in her apartment in New York.

[5] Henriques was also accredited to cover Khrushchev's visit with President Eisenhower at Camp David[6] and he captured images of the two leaders in vigorous conversation.

Henriques was on the podium, behind King, as he delivered his "Give Us The Ballot" speech to what was then the largest civil rights audience ever assembled in America.

[10] In 2020 Magnum produced "Solidarity", a special print sale to benefit the NAACP and one of Henriques' photos from the Prayer Pilgrimage was part of the collection.

[13] Henriques and fellow Magnum photographer Burt Glinn arrived in Cuba just as Fidel Castro's forces closed in on Havana in January 1959.

[14] Henriques captured images of a cigar-chomping Castro, his first press conference as prime minister, and pitching at a baseball game.

[15] His photo of Castro and his supporters led a 1963 New York Times Magazine essay on Cuba by Senator George McGovern.

[17] He maintained relations with sources in Cuba and was interviewed by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1964 regarding the Movimiento Democrata Cristiano, an anti-Castro organization on the island.

[34] He photographed a number of other notables for other projects including authors Margaret Case Harriman,[35] Jay Richard Kennedy,[36] and Cameron Hawley,[37] evangelist Billy Graham,[38] Mohawk activist Kahn-Tineta Horn,[39] and Marian Javits.