Since the first shot, others have followed, with major players such as Selena Gomez, Zendaya, Blake Lively, but also Justin Bieber. You can find them on his Instagram account. It was created in 2014 and was inspired by Kate Moss standing on the back stage of a shoot with a towel and her hair hidden by a terrycloth turban. One of his most popular projects is “ The Towel Series“.

His career is full of successes and awards. Princess Diana for Vanity Fair by Mario Testino Mario Testino began a long journey alongside the royal family. In 1997 he was commissioned to photograph Princess Diana for her famous Vanity Fair cover.

This marked the beginning of his climb into the world of fashion, glossy magazines and major awards. The turning point came in 1983 when his work appeared for the first time in Vogue. The beginning is not easy for anyone, not even for him who lived in a modest flat and earned his living by shooting young models. At the age of 22 he moved to London to begin his career in photography. He was born in 1954 in Lima, Peru, from an Irish mother and an Italian father. Through a kaleidoscope of guises, these portraits define a period in which men's changing role, style and appearance has never escaped Testino's eye and impeccable intuition.Mario Testino is considered one of the greatest fashion photographers. David Beckham, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards feature for the courage they have taken in redefining male identity. Studies of Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Jude Law and Colin Firth are as candid as they are curious. With Josh Hartnett for VMAN (2005), Testino evokes the fall of Helmut Berger in the abyss of Luchino Visconti's The Damned. Costume, tradition, gender play, portraiture, photojournalism, and fashion collide as Testino observes masculinity in all its modern manifestations: through the dandy and the gentleman, the macho and the fey, the world-famous face to the unknown passerby.Įvery photograph represents a unique point of view, and a new visual connection between photographer and sitter. In SIR, his largest book to-date, the influential photographer presents over 300 photographs in his search to define the allure of men.įeaturing an essay by Pierre Borhan, an interview with Patrick Kinmonth, and many previously unpublished works from Testino's archive of thousands, this book traces the evolution of male identity over the past three decades. It is a subject that has come into focus: The masculine image, a man's personal style, changing attitudes to the male face and body.'įrom Rio to London, Cusco to Seville, Mario Testino is renowned for his free-spirited chronicles of dress and demeanor. 'The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has changed in recent years. Man in Focus: A gallery of men from photography's maestro

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