Xulio Villarino

Xulio Villarino is a Spanish photographer born on the 21st of July, 1969 who lives in Port of Bars, Mañón.

Villarino was born in Fazouro, Foz and began teaching himself the photographic techniques when he was 16 years old. He started working for the Spanish newspaper "La Voz de Galicia" in 1993, although he has contributed to other publications, including "El Semanal".

He has won numerous prizes, including:
* Luis Ksado, 1998
* Fuij Europress Photo Awards, 1999, Spanish Phase
* Ortega y Gasset, 2000
* Fuji, 2002 in the Travels category, 2003 in the News category

And has been shortlisted for:
*Injuve, 1999
*Luis Valtuena, 2000, 2001

External links

* [http://www.xuliovillarino.com/inicioingles/index2.htm Villarino's official website and biography] The main page of the above website contains full frontal nudity of pre-adolescent boys, with other sections containing further images of nudes
* [http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/inicio/index.htm Official La Voz de Galicia website in Spanish]