I did extensive research on media and anorexia and found out that the fashion magazines are to blame in a way. They project an image of a woman that …

- Oliviero Toscani

Some people look at a picture for thirty seconds, some for years. It doesn't really matter because a picture is like life. You take out of life as mu…

- Oliviero Toscani

Communication has always been at the service of power. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel for the Pope. Is it not an advertisement for the Churc…

- Oliviero Toscani

Communication, that's what I do. Advertising is the best way to communicate because you reach a lot of people. I still cant understand though, why pe…

- Oliviero Toscani

Pictures put you in front of a reality that most of the times you don't want to see, don't want to know about, don't want to get involved.

- Oliviero Toscani

You ask me about my ex-wife? That is not polite. But I will answer. I got another wife now. Much younger, much nicer, much prettier. And so much more…

- Oliviero Toscani

Women from fashion magazines, they hate other women. They like to tell other women they are ugly and often it works. Women's magazines are mostly abo…

- Oliviero Toscani

A photograph permits a first viewing, and then an individual reflection. It solicits participation, and encourages individuality in interpretation. T…

- Oliviero Toscani

I'm a photographer and my pictures are used in advertising campaigns. But I don't do advertising. Do you hear me? I take pictures. I'm not an adverti…

- Oliviero Toscani