The Nike Dunk High Premium was Bruno's favorite line as he already had 15 pairs of them. He bought the "Mork & Mindy" model in 2007 from a skate shop he was working at in Americana, a city two hours northwest of São Paulo, Brazil. He recalls the sneakers sat idle on display for several weeks after the launch. "No one wanted them, the color combination of red and silver was bizarre." They were based on a Robin Williams' extraterrestrial character from the american sitcom "Mork & Mindy". The price tag of these sneakers was worth half of his salary, but he decided to buy the relegated pair anyway. "I liked it a lot, my coworkers at the store thought I was retarded".

Soon after, Bruno quit that job and the occasional photography gigs became full time job. The costly red and silver kicks followed through lots of photo assignments, treated the the same way as his entire collection: he used it all [...]

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