As photographers, we have to find our own identity, our own voice, our own vocabulary. And my question all the time is whether this vocabulary is limited, like our own vocabulary that goes from A to Zed, or whether this vocabulary can carry on growing. And to me, I hope that it carries on growing.
Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring - Mario Testino
Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring
- Mario Testino
The more I photograph women, the less it is about transformation. Women are beautiful. All that really matters is enhancing that. - Mario Testino
The more I photograph women, the less it is about transformation. Women are beautiful. All that really matters is enhancing that.
I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it. - Mario Testino
I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.
My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doo… - Mario Testino
My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doo…
Some things happen by accident - embrace them. - Mario Testino
Some things happen by accident - embrace them.
No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that they are doing… - Mario Testino
No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that they are doing…
I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would d… - Mario Testino
I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would d…
Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days. - Mario Testino
Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days.
I had the right amount of detachment to go back and really appreciate what I had grown up with. There’s a particular style that is very Peru that you… - Mario Testino
I had the right amount of detachment to go back and really appreciate what I had grown up with. There’s a particular style that is very Peru that you…
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