Raul's award winning photographs have appeared on covers and in such magazines as Time, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Vogue, InStyle, Glamour, and Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine to name a few. Several of his portraits are collected in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D. C. He received the National Publications Design Award for his Time cover of Carl Sagan.

Raul has shot for numerous fashion accounts including: Joe Boxer, Sue Wong, J. Crew, Glamour, Self Magazine. He has shot countless music people including: Rod Stewart, Van Halen, The Cars, Devo, David Byrne, The Bangles, Dolly Parton, Rick James, James Taylor, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Raul has received a Gold Key National Award for Hotels Interiors Photography for the Nikko Hotel. He has also shot for the InterContinental Hotel chain and Exclusive Resorts.

Raul has won a Clio Award for Directing a Public Service Announcement.