Mario Testino

Peruvian photographer · United Kingdom · Artists · Born 1954 · age 71

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Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer.

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2014Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward2012“I think if you are curious you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.”In their wordsOn evolving on your artistry in “Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super” in The Guardian (2012 Oct 20)Read the whole statement

“I've never wanted to call myself any sexuality, because I hate the idea of taking freedom away from you, and I think we all can be everything.”In their wordsOn his sexual orientation in “Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super” in The Guardian (2012 Oct 20)Read the whole statement

1954Born30 October 1954

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I think if you are curious you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.
2012, On evolving on your artistry in “Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super” in The Guardian (2012 Oct 20), Own words
I've never wanted to call myself any sexuality, because I hate the idea of taking freedom away from you, and I think we all can be everything.
2012, On his sexual orientation in “Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super” in The Guardian (2012 Oct 20), Own words
Social media makes photography available to the world so quickly that immediacy has become more important than quality.
On how social media has impacted fashion and photography in “Aussie model Gemma Ward interviews fashion photographer Mario Testino” in, Own words