Walter Fernandes
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Walter Fernandes
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Was born on the 3rd of February, 1979, in Luanda, Angola.
After finishing the Social Sciences course at the Pre-University College, he began his career as a production assistant.
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He entered one of the most outstanding media agencies in Angola at that time, Link Comunicação e Imagem. It was at Link that Walter Fernandes first came into contact with photography and video, and a year later he became a production assistant in Maianga Productions. In 2003 Walter Fernandes began to work in the Executive Center advertising agency where for the next five years he learned all about Advertising and Image and won the first prizes in advertising, including those for best advert (twice) and best outdoor ad.
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In 2008 Walter Fernandes decided to try for an independent career as a photographer. His participation in the book “Angola, Património Histórico e Cultural” (Angola, Historical and Cultural Heritage), at the invitation of Laya Libros SA, stands out especially during this period.
He has worked for South African Group Media 24 during 5 years producing photographic content.
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2009 was an especially important year in his career when, at the invitation of the company Score Media, Walter Fernandes took on the coordination of the Department of Photography of the publications Expansão, Revista Estratégica and Revista Luxos.
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International recognition of his talent and work was marked by the invitation from World Press Photo and BESA (Banco Espírito Santo Angola) in September of the same year to take part in a UNESCO Project on Sustainable Development in Modern Society.
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Throughout this commission, Walter Fernandes had the opportunity to work with other African photographers, and it was his responsibility to develop the theme Megacities in Luanda, under the auspices of the UNESCO committee for the Earth Sciences.
The result of this project was shown for the first time to the public in an exhibition in the Planet Earth Summit – Lisbon 2009. In Angola the Exhibition was held in the provinces of Luanda, Huambo and Benguela, and, internationally, at the UNECO Summit for Sustainable Development (in the headquarters of the United Nations in Paris, France, New York, USA, Stockholm and Upssala in Sweden). This project also gave rise to the publication of a book with the same image
In 2010 Walter Fernandes competed for the “Maboque” Prize in the Photojournalism category, and was voted best photographer of the year, thus celebrating his 8 year career as a professional photographer.
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In 2011 he opened his photo and video studio - Photo Atelier - working with companies and institutions in the corporate and institutional segment for 5 years.
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In 2012 invited by Miguel Hurst begins the project for a photography book on the architecture of Angolan cinemas with the Goethe Institut Angola, the project was launched in 2015 in Luanda and in 2016 in Lisbon, followed by a series of exhibitions in different universities in Germany.
In 2015 begins a new route with Media Rumo SA - Deptº. de Fotografia - which launches Mercado e Vanguarda publications and relaunches Rumo magazine. In 2017, within Media Rumo, he embraces another challenge as managing director of MR Consulting.
In 2017 he attended the Business Management Program at ASM / AESE, working for 2 years in the consulting and communication segment.
He currently serves as Media Rumo's Multimedia Director.
