food, drink & still life photography
Feb 2007
Jose Manual Vidaurre was born in Segovia, Spain and soon moved to Venezuela. While in Caracas, he left his engineering studies to become a self-taught commercial photographer and retoucher, moving more recently first conventional and now digital.
He now works for US and international clients from his studio in Miami, where he he resides.
Clients include Procter & Gamble, Citibank, Texaco, Seagrams, Nestle, Bacardi, Anheuser-Busch, American Express, Mattel, Kellogs, Duracell, Del Monte, Honda, Ford, Heinz, SC Johnson, Gatorade, Absolut, Nabisco, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, Kraft, Knorr, Max Factor, Pantene, Secret, Hilton, CocaCola, Unisys, General Electric, Sony, Show Business, Rolex, Quaker, Siemens, Fanta, Unilever, Oreo, Lux, NCR and Pirelli.
In 2004, he won IPA Photographer of the Year in Special Effects.
He also has a list of 49 award certificates and trophies from three
continents including The London International Advertising Award,
The New York Festivals, FIAP, The Color Awards and Creativity
Annual among others.