Work is your life, itโs not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days.
Mario TestinoMy favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.
Mario TestinoMy favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.
Mario TestinoMy favorite type of photography - apart from fashion photography - is journalism, which in a way documents something that exists in a very precise moment, that didnt exist in a moment before and will not exist ever again. This has influenced my work a lot - I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.
Mario TestinoNo! 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 nothing except erasing their magic.
Mario TestinoI had the right amount of detachment to go back and really appreciate what I had grown up with. Thereโs a particular style that is very Peru that you donโt see anywhere else; itโs got so many different imprints. When you mix Incan minimalism with the heavy, ornate Spanish Baroque, it is very interesting.
Mario Testino