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ART & DESIGN

MARIO

TESTINO
   “The Man Who Makes
        Models Super”

                                                                                                     “Fashion photography is
                                                                                                     this uneasy mix of art and
                                                                                                     commerce and I think
                                                                                                     nobody understands this
                                                                                                     better than Mario.”

                                                                                                                Vogue Editor-in-Chief
                                                                                                                          Anna Wintour

F  or Mario Testino,                                           His first model work appeared in
   the transition from a                                       Vogue in 1983. Since then his work
   well-situated Peruvian                                      has been featured internationally in
   Catholic boy studying                                       magazines such as V Magazine, Vanity
Economics, Law and International                               Fair, GQ and of course, Vogue.
Affairs to renowned fashion and
portrait photographer came about
when he moved to England in 1976.

              Photo: Aaron Hicklin, Suisse and Mario Testino.

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