About Willie

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Willie Runte is a Brazilian photographer from Rio de Janeiro based in Manchester, England. He began his career immediately after receiving his Bachelors of Journalism in 2003. He is an expert in digital manipulation; working with a variety of photo enhancing software including Photoshop. He has shot for lifestyle, design, fashion and architectural magazines in Brasil and England and has also worked for a few companies such as Wella, and La Roche-Posay. Beginning as a photographer’s assistant, he worked with many international professionals such as Eddy Kohli, Jonathan Oakes, Reinaldo Smoleanschi, Luiz Garrido, Isabel Garcia, Milton Montenegro, and Photolink studios, which helped him not only to understand light amazingly well but also to comprehend the client’s needs and way of thinking.
Lately Willie has been awarded in many competitions including The Sun Rise Awards for best Overall Submission and The art of the city.
His latest work include the Sisters of Tansistors album, Littlewoods catalogue and many websites including the Mancunian company World Class service. Also he’s working on personal projects, shooting for Lime 09 studios and Design Upon Mersey as part of their first team of creatives.