Xulio Villarino is a Spanish

photograph A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are now create ...

er born on the 21st of July, 1969 who lives in Porto de Bares,

Mañón Mañón (), also registered in the past as ''Maañón'' , is a municipality in north-western Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Ortegal. Ferrolterra's population represents th ...

. Villarino was born in Fazouro,

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and began teaching himself the photographic techniques when he was 16 years old. He started working for the Spanish newspaper ''

La Voz de Galicia ''La Voz de Galicia'' ( en, The Voice of Galicia) is a Spanish daily newspaper owned by the Corporación Voz de Galicia. ''La Voz'' is highest circulation newspaper in Galicia and the eighth-highest circulation general-interest daily newspaper ...

'' in 1993, even though 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

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

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