About me
Willi Nothers
discovered his passion for photography in school during a photography-workshop. After school a Hi-8 videocamera
found the way into his backpack, next to his skateboard. When the young man not has been working in his apprenticeship,
he was outside with his friends to do what he loves and lives – skateboarding and in the early days also wakeboarding
and exploring the citys around him, never without his video camera. In the age of 17 he started snowboarding, he got
addicted to the mountainsport and lifestyle. That means to him a lot of journys between his home in the mid-west of
germany and the austrian and swiss alps. Finally he spend two full winter seasons in the austrian alps.
Don´t call him a freak or a nerd, but all this new digital media possibilitys growing fast in the late 90´s navigated
Willi´s life in a new direction.
Willi still loves till this day every recordbuttom-push and every single trigger he did with his video and
photocameras. Finally it was the thrill to freeze the millisecond and tell a story with one single picture that makes
him found his way as a photographer.
Read his Bio to come to know more about his way:
Born 1978
| 1994 - 1998 | education: certificate of appranticeship „Stuckateur“, vocational diploma in enginering |
| 1999 | freelance photo and content writing, Rheinische Post / Rheinberg |
| 2000 | freelance cameraman, production for VIVA Cologne client: E&P Reisen - Big Star Boarderweek in Val Thorens, France |
| 2000 – 2004 | digital media designer at VSH (today - TV Fabrik), Duisburg camera-cut-editing and assistance / acoustic engeneering for life TV and imagefilm – prodction clients: WDR, ARD, ZDF, Premiere Sport and Thyssen-Krupp, Bayer SIG etc. |
| 2004 – 2007 | assistance of projectmanagment at Rothkopf und Huberty advertising agency - Düsseldorf - client: Reemtsma (Drum-Tabaco) live communication at music festivals in germany |
| 2007 | freelance photographer: photo projects-skateboarding with publications in diverse skateboard magazines in europe |
| 2008 | projekt assistant - Rebel Media, Berlin client: Suzuki Automobile / project: Suzuki WRC Global tasks: photo documentation / vip care / technical conversion / technical teamleader |
| 2009 – 2013 | projekt managment at Rothkopf & Huberty advertising agency, Düsseldorf clients: Reemtsma (JPS, Gauloises), Converse, H&M tasks: technichal leader, photo reportage about live communication at music festivals in germany |
| 2009 - 2010 | stuff photographer at La Famiglia snowboardvideo–production in austria, switzerland, finland and rumania interviews, tourstorys and photographs in diverse european snowboard magazines |
| 2010 – 2014 | photography assistance with diverse photographers - Michael Quack - Christoph Pforr - Norbert Kramer |
| 2011 – 2014 | freelance photographer at Bildschoen – Berlin / region Düsseldorf diverse freelence projects |
Projects:
| 1998 – 2000 | skateboard – videoproduction „Fight Back“ concept, production, editing |
Exhibition:
| 2009 | converse „The Compound“ live-gallery at Southside Festival, Tuttlingen audiance: ca. 50.000 converse „The Compound“ live-gallery at Melt Festival, Gräfenheinichen audiance: ca. 20.000 |
| 2010 | Brettwochen-group exhibition, carhartt store, Düsseldorf |
| 2012 | Hotel ARTlon, Rheinberg, collaborative-creative project topic: streetart and skatebaording |
| 2013 | picture-gallery „Flingern at Night“ Düsseldorf |
Awards:
| 2013 | international photography competition „Redbull Illume Finalist Top 250“ |
Feel free to contact Willi in german or english for different kind of PDF portfolio, booking, general question about
project´s and shooting´s, or/and sale of any photos you see on this website and also on his journal -
www.made-by-will.blogspot.com