Walter Fernandes was born in 1979 in Luanda, the capital of Angola. He lives and works in Luanda and studied Social Sciences. Since 2002, he has worked in audiovisual media and has participated in various prize-winning advertising campaigns as a producer and photographer. He won the National Photojournalism Award in 2010, and currently works freelance from his digital photography studio (Estúdio PHOTO ATELIER) in Luanda.