Mario Testino



Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS (born October 30, 1954) is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer.

Quotes

 * I think if you are curious you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities. People close doors all the time, but I look at some pictures I take today and think they are so much better than pictures I took 10 years ago because I haven't stopped growing, and I don't ever want to stop growing.
 * On evolving on your artistry in “Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super” in The Guardian (2012 Oct 20)


 * 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. I understand that at moments you have to define it, but my sexuality has been so wide and open, and that's what's influenced my way of working. I think it's given me freedom, my sexuality.
 * On his sexual orientation in “Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super” in The Guardian (2012 Oct 20)


 * Social media makes photography available to the world so quickly that immediacy has become more important than quality. Not many people appreciate the quality that comes with experience and most are happy with seeing something now. Consumption makes it all come and go very fast, so there’s no need to elevate things.
 * On how social media has impacted fashion and photography in “Aussie model Gemma Ward interviews fashion photographer Mario Testino” in news.com.au (2016 Mar 20)


 * I always say we’re like doctors, we fashion photographers — we get given problems and we solve them…
 * On handling a complicated photographic production in “Aussie model Gemma Ward interviews fashion photographer Mario Testino” in news.com.au (2016 Mar 20)