Mario Testino

Mario Testino (with Kate Moss ), 2007

Mario Testino (born October 30, 1954 in Lima , Peru ) is a portrait and fashion photographer living in London . Outside of the fashion scene, his name is little known, but many of his works are still among the most famous photographs. According to ZEIT , he is "probably the most famous fashion photographer in the world."

Life

Mario Testino mainly works for all the important fashion magazines, such as Vogue or Vanity Fair . He has also photographed campaigns for almost all of the major fashion labels. This includes, for example, the Versace label . Here Testino drew himself a. a. 1994 responsible for a campaign with pop singer Madonna . Another well-known series of photos by Testino was published in 1997 by Vanity Fair magazine. It was a cover story about Princess Diana . The recordings were later published as a book in connection with an exhibition that opened at Kensington Palace in November 2005 .

Campari engaged Mario Testino to photograph Hollywood star Jessica Alba in 12 different motifs for the 2009 company calendar. For Testino it is already the second work for Campari: In 2007 Salma Hayek stood in front of the lens as a calendar motif for the photographer.

In 2012, Testino opened the non-profit cultural organization Mate in his hometown of Lima , which promotes the works of Peruvian artists. A year earlier he was awarded honorary membership by the Royal Photographic Society . In his strategic and creative work on campaigns such as books, Testino is supported by his own agency Higher + Higher .

In September 2017, a large part of the photographer 's collection will be auctioned at the London auction house Sotheby’s . The proceeds will go to the Mate Museum in Lima.

As part of #MeToo , harassment allegations were made against Testino in January 2018 in the New York Times , which led Condé Nast , Burberry and Michael Kors to suspend their collaboration. Testino denies the allegations.

Exhibitions

• 2014: Works from the Mario Testino Collection . Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli , Lingotto , Turin .
• 2014: Extremes . Yvon Lambert Gallery , Paris.
• 2015: In Your Face . Exhibition halls at the Kulturforum , Berlin .
• 2017: Undressed . Museum of Photography, Berlin .

literature

• Party by Mario Testino. (Stern Portfolio), teNeues Buchverlag, 2000, ISBN 3-570-19252-0 .
• Front Row. Back stage. teNeues Buchverlag, March 2001, ISBN 3-8238-0556-8 .
• Portraits. Bulfinch Press, April 2002, ISBN 0-8212-2761-0 .
• Any objections? Phaidon Verlag Berlin, July 2004, ISBN 0-7148-3884-5 .
• Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana by Testino. Taschen Verlag, December 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4930-8 .
• Let me in. Taschen Verlag, March 2007, ISBN 978-3-8228-4416-8 .
• Kate Moss by Mario Testino. Taschen, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-8365-2506-0 . New edition 2014: ISBN 978-3-8365-5069-7 .
• Rio de Janeiro. Taschen, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-8365-1858-1 .
• Private view. with a foreword by Karl Lagerfeld and an introduction by Jennifer Allen . Taschen Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8365-3948-7 .
• Mario Testino. SIR. Taschen, Cologne 2015. ISBN 978-3-8365-5345-2 .

Web links

Commons : Mario Testino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ZEITmagazin : Mario Testino would like to portray the Queen , from January 20, 2015, accessed on April 6, 2016.
2. ↑ Publisher website: Diana Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace , accessed April 6, 2016.
3. ↑ vogue.co.uk
4. ↑ rps.org
5. ^ Higher and Higher, LLP , accessed April 6, 2016.
6. ↑ Felicitas Rhan: From Peru all over the world. Sotheby's is auctioning Mario Testino's collection for the benefit of the Mate Museum in Lima . In: FAZ of September 2, 2017, p. 15.
7. ↑ ZEIT ONLINE: #MeToo: Models accuse star photographers of sexual harassment . In: The time . January 14, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed July 31, 2019]).
8. Jump up ↑ Jacob Bernstein, Matthew Schneier, Vanessa Friedman: Male Models Say Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Sexually Exploited Them . In: The New York Times . January 13, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 31, 2019]).
9. ^ Jacob Bernstein, Vanessa Friedman, Matthew Schneier: Many Accusations, Few Apologies . In: The New York Times . March 3, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 31, 2019]).
10. ↑ Inga Griese: Allegations of abuse: You too, my friend Mario Testino? January 15, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed July 31, 2019]).
11. ↑ Condé Nast: Male Models Accuse Photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber of Sexual Misconduct. Retrieved July 31, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Rosie Fitzmaurice, Business Insider: Vogue, Burberry, and Michael Kors have stopped working with iconic photographer Mario Testino following sexual misconduct allegations. Accessed July 31, 2019 . 
13. ^ National Museums in Berlin: Mario Testino. In your face
14. ^ National Museums in Berlin: Mario Testino. Undressed
15. ↑ Agata Waleczek: mario testino on unattainable ideals of beauty and a lot of bare skin . In: iD of June 7, 2017, accessed on September 1, 2018