“My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see – and what I want to see.”
Peruvian photographer Mario Testino has shot some of the world’s most iconic faces, from Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Gisele Bundchen right down to Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Kylie Minogue. And after being chosen by Princess Diana to photograph her for Vanity Fair, just months before her untimely death, Mario has received countless commissions from other members of the Royal Family. In addition to his work appearing in top publications worldwide, Mario has crafted the imagery of leading fashion houses such as Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, and Versace and has had many successful exhibitions in galleries and museums. He’s so influential in the industry that he was awarded an honorary OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his services to “photography and charity.”
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WEBSITES:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mario-Testino
https://www.mariotestino.com/biography/
https://www.mariotestino.com/photography/latest-work/
https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/mario-testino-vogue-archive
BOOKS:
Reporting always : writings from the New Yorker
Vogue living : houses, gardens, people
To me, the magic of photography, per se, is that you can capture an instant of a second that couldn’t exist before and couldn’t exist after. It’s almost like a cowboy that draws his gun. You draw a second before or after, you miss and you’re dead – not them. To me, photography’s always like that 
