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Mario Testino Quotes

The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting Picture Quote #1

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring Picture Quote #1

Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days Picture Quote #1

At the beginning of my career, as a boy from Peru in London, suddenly discovering British culture and society, I looked so much at the work of the photographers Cecil Beaton and Norman Parkinson, which seemed to represent a wonderful vanished grandeur of my new country Picture Quote #1

I studied law, economy, international relations, communications, in order to find what I would do. It’s the hardest thing, being 17 and trying to find what to do in life. You’ve explored so little. I’m lucky: My parents let me explore Picture Quote #1

Even someone as photographed and aware of the camera as members of the royal family needs to feel completely comfortable if they are to look their best Picture Quote #1

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There are never any absolutes in the fashion business: one day you may like black, and the next day you like colour. I think it’s a good lesson that we should never believe too much in any one thing - because the next day it’s out, and if we’re stuck to it, we’re out, too Picture Quote #1

A lot of photographers like models to be blank canvases - but bland girls don’t influence me. I don’t like playing with dolls; I like playing with people Picture Quote #1

Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality... I’m South American - we celebrate life Picture Quote #1

I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It’s a luxury to be able to choose what you do Picture Quote #1

I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost Picture Quote #1

I have no real training in the history of fine art or furniture; my eye just works by proportions. I react intuitively. In London, it’s all about color because the weather is so gray, and in that cold light they look beautiful Picture Quote #1

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Fine artists reflect, and then they act. Fashion photographers - we act, and then we reflect Picture Quote #1

At the end of the 90s, I was very bored with the usual models, so I discovered a new generation that impressed me with their fresh look. I still keep working with models like Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss, and I am still looking for new, interesting faces. Life is about discovery, and you should never stop searching Picture Quote #1

Most photographers go and photograph something that they see, that exists, and that somebody else has created - they document it. But fashion photographers have to create what they’re going to photograph. We have to go into the thought and build it up, get a girl, get a guy, get a situation, get the house, get the decor. It’s the meaning of the word photography: writing with light Picture Quote #1

Many people when I started didn’t believe I was a good fashion photographer, and probably they still think that Picture Quote #1

A fashion photographer is nothing without clothes and hair and makeup. And when I speak to other photographers, a lot of them can’t reference a picture by the designer. Me, I say, ‘The Balenciaga.’ And I go to the shows. I feel like it’s my business Picture Quote #1

I’m really in no one city more than two months during the year. I’m constantly having to readapt my eye to new locations Picture Quote #1

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In the South America of the forties and fifties, everyone was into beauty and glamour and fashion Picture Quote #1

When I had photographed Prince William’s mother, I brought along a CD of Dalida, a French singer, that we played on set all day to relax everyone. I decided to do the same thing for Catherine and William. The contrast of the contemporary informal music playing in the beautiful rooms with so much history caused a lot of laughter Picture Quote #1

I am trying to capture the women I photograph at their happiest. That is when they look their most beautiful. But I do understand that you have to make somebody feel completely comfortable in order to bring that out Picture Quote #1

When I see Kate Moss out and about, I think she looks more beautiful than when her hairdresser and make-up artist try and make her look like something else. And I remember when Madonna first asked Versace to book me to shoot a campaign with her, she came to see me wearing hardly any make-up, and she looked incredible Picture Quote #1

Some of my friends say that I only talk about myself. But it is funny: my house is covered in art but with nothing of my own, and when I’m working, I’m only thinking about what the client wants. So I don’t see it that way, but maybe it’s true. I mean, they are my friends Picture Quote #1

Oh my God, the graduate shows in London are so important! I still remember going to see John Galliano’s graduate collection - that was an event I’ll never forget Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Chic is nothing but the right nothing Picture Quote #1

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting (Mario Testino Quotes) Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring (Mario Testino Quotes) Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days. (Mario Testino Quotes) At the beginning of my career, as a boy from Peru in London, suddenly discovering British culture and society, I looked so much at the work of the photographers Cecil Beaton and Norman Parkinson, which seemed to represent a wonderful vanished grandeur of my new country. (Mario Testino Quotes) I studied law, economy, international relations, communications, in order to find what I would do. It’s the hardest thing, being 17 and trying to find what to do in life. You’ve explored so little. I’m lucky: My parents let me explore. (Mario Testino Quotes) Even someone as photographed and aware of the camera as members of the royal family needs to feel completely comfortable if they are to look their best. (Mario Testino Quotes) There are never any absolutes in the fashion business: one day you may like black, and the next day you like colour. I think it’s a good lesson that we should never believe too much in any one thing - because the next day it’s out, and if we’re stuck to it, we’re out, too. (Mario Testino Quotes) A lot of photographers like models to be blank canvases - but bland girls don’t influence me. I don’t like playing with dolls; I like playing with people. (Mario Testino Quotes) Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality... I’m South American - we celebrate life. (Mario Testino Quotes) I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It’s a luxury to be able to choose what you do. (Mario Testino Quotes) I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost. (Mario Testino Quotes) I have no real training in the history of fine art or furniture; my eye just works by proportions. I react intuitively. In London, it’s all about color because the weather is so gray, and in that cold light they look beautiful. (Mario Testino Quotes) Fine artists reflect, and then they act. Fashion photographers - we act, and then we reflect. (Mario Testino Quotes) At the end of the 90s, I was very bored with the usual models, so I discovered a new generation that impressed me with their fresh look. I still keep working with models like Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss, and I am still looking for new, interesting faces. Life is about discovery, and you should never stop searching. (Mario Testino Quotes) Most photographers go and photograph something that they see, that exists, and that somebody else has created - they document it. But fashion photographers have to create what they’re going to photograph. We have to go into the thought and build it up, get a girl, get a guy, get a situation, get the house, get the decor. It’s the meaning of the word photography: writing with light. (Mario Testino Quotes) Many people when I started didn’t believe I was a good fashion photographer, and probably they still think that. (Mario Testino Quotes) A fashion photographer is nothing without clothes and hair and makeup. And when I speak to other photographers, a lot of them can’t reference a picture by the designer. Me, I say, ‘The Balenciaga.’ And I go to the shows. I feel like it’s my business. (Mario Testino Quotes) I’m really in no one city more than two months during the year. I’m constantly having to readapt my eye to new locations. (Mario Testino Quotes) In the South America of the forties and fifties, everyone was into beauty and glamour and fashion (Mario Testino Quotes) When I had photographed Prince William’s mother, I brought along a CD of Dalida, a French singer, that we played on set all day to relax everyone. I decided to do the same thing for Catherine and William. The contrast of the contemporary informal music playing in the beautiful rooms with so much history caused a lot of laughter. (Mario Testino Quotes) I am trying to capture the women I photograph at their happiest. That is when they look their most beautiful. But I do understand that you have to make somebody feel completely comfortable in order to bring that out. (Mario Testino Quotes) When I see Kate Moss out and about, I think she looks more beautiful than when her hairdresser and make-up artist try and make her look like something else. And I remember when Madonna first asked Versace to book me to shoot a campaign with her, she came to see me wearing hardly any make-up, and she looked incredible. (Mario Testino Quotes) Some of my friends say that I only talk about myself. But it is funny: my house is covered in art but with nothing of my own, and when I’m working, I’m only thinking about what the client wants. So I don’t see it that way, but maybe it’s true. I mean, they are my friends. (Mario Testino Quotes) Oh my God, the graduate shows in London are so important! I still remember going to see John Galliano’s graduate collection - that was an event I’ll never forget. (Mario Testino Quotes) 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 Testino Quotes) 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 (Mario Testino Quotes) 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 Testino Quotes) Chic is nothing but the right nothing (Mario Testino Quotes) My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small (Mario Testino Quotes) 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 (Mario Testino Quotes)

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