I like getting my ideas from the things of now. I am very conscious of the moment, of images that belong to this moment instead of another period. Fashion is really a reflection of our lives. You see women today and they don't do their hair up; they all wear their hair undone. So you have to reflect that in your photography .
Mario TestinoI like getting my ideas from the things of now. I am very conscious of the moment, of images that belong to this moment instead of another period. Fashion is really a reflection of our lives. You see women today and they don't do their hair up; they all wear their hair undone. So you have to reflect that in your photography .
Mario TestinoThe more I photograph women, the less it is about transformation. Women are beautiful. All that really matters is enhancing that.
Mario TestinoI usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.
Mario TestinoAs 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.
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.
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