Mario Testino quotes
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“Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring”
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“The more I photograph women, the less it is about transformation. Women are beautiful. All that really matters is enhancing that”
-- Mario TestinoSource : "What do you give the girl who has everything? A session with Mario" by Daisy Garnett, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2007.
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“I had the right amount of detachment to go back and really appreciate what I had grown up with. There’s a particular style that is very Peru that you don’t see anywhere else; it’s got so many different imprints. When you mix Incan minimalism with the heavy, ornate Spanish Baroque, it is very interesting.”
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“I waited a long time, an hour or two, to make that picture perfect. But I wasn't totally satisfied. Then, when I'd finished the shoot, they were about to leave and they suddenly hugged in front of a radiator. I took my camera and that was the picture that ran everywhere - it was spontaneous emotion you could see they were completely in love.”
-- Mario TestinoSource : "Kate & William’s Engagement Photo Was ‘Spontaneous Emotion,’ Says Photographer" By Rebecca Adams, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2014.
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“My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.”
-- Mario TestinoSource : "Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super". Interview with Aaron Hicklin, www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2012.
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“My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.”
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“I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.”
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“I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would dress like a fashion photo.”
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“There is something about Prince William and Prince Harry that brings real modernity to the British royal family. They are also very open, human, and kind, and this is what I have tried to capture in the pictures I have taken of them as well as in my pictures of Prince William and Catherine.”
-- Mario TestinoSource : "Mario Testino: Princess Diana Is My Favorite, Took My Career To Another Level" by Hilary Moss, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 27, 2011.
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“Some things happen by accident - embrace them.”
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“My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.”
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“Ive been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! In my mind, I am always giving the image to the sitter.”
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“The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has changed in recent years. It is a subject that has come into focus: The masculine image, a man’s personal style, changing attitudes to the male face and body,”
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“My favorite type of photography - apart from fashion photography - is journalism, which in a way documents something that exists in a very precise moment, that didnt exist in a moment before and will not exist ever again. This has influenced my work a lot - I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.”
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“Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days.”
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“I was amazed by this person who, even though she had everything, would go to feed the homeless and visit sick children and Aids victims. It was like a fairy tale. Who was she really? Why did she do this? She was trying to find love. I wanted the world to see her kindness, her humility: I think she realised that would be her way.”
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“No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that they are doing nothing except erasing their magic.”
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“My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity,”
-- Mario Testino
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