Jose Manuel Vidaurre was born in Segovia, Spain. In 1983, while living in Venezuela, he left his pursuit of a degree in electronic engineering to become a completely self - taught commercial photographer and retoucher. In December 2001 he was awarded “Alien of Extraordinary Ability status (E11)” by the U.S. Department of Justice, and with it permanent residency in the USA.
He has been selected in Germany by Luerzer's Archive publisher for the book "200 BEST ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHERS WORLDWIDE", and he has a long list of 59 award certificates and trophies from three continents including The London International Advertising Award, The New York Festivals, FIAP, IPA, The Color Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris and Creativity Annual among others. Jose Manuel has also been selected by Kingston Technologies for the program "Icons of Photography".
Partial list of clients and brands include Miller, Procter & Gamble, Coca Cola, Bacardi, Pepsi Cola, Citibank, Texaco, Seagrams, Nestle, American Express, Mattel, Kellogs, Duracell, Del Monte, Equal, Honda, Ford, Heinz, SC Johnson, Gatorade, Absolut, Warner Lambert, Schering Plough, Aga, Nabisco, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, Kraft, Knorr, Max Factor, Pantene, Secret, Hilton, Tropiburger, Unisys, General Electric, St. Pauli Girl, Sony, Shick, Rolex, Tecate, Quaker, Siemens, Fanta, Unilever, Oreo, Lux, Oster, Old Parr, NCR, Bavaria S.A., Constacia Group, Anheuser-Busch, Parmalat, United Destillers, Pirelli, Brahma, Something Special, Head, Telcel-Bellsouth, Artibel, etc.
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