My 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 TestinoThe more I photograph women, the less it is about transformation. Women are beautiful. All that really matters is enhancing that.
Mario TestinoIt's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.
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 Testino