Mario Testino (Fashion)

Mario Testino born October 30, 1954 in Lima, Peru. In 1976 Testino moved to London, England to study Photography, without much money he funded himself by working as a waiter. He dyed his hair pink to help him get noticed as a photographer. 1982 he permanently moved to London. Testino had wrote fashion stories for Vogue, V, Gucci and Vanity. Celebrity subjects have most famously included Diana, Princess of Wales and her sons. Testino has take photos of many actresses, performers and models including Kristen Stewart, Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts Meg Ryan, Madonna, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Kate Moss, Elizabeth Hurley etc. Testino also enjoys photographing the Royal family. He has become one of the world's most well known and celebrated fashion photographers. He has contributed to the imagery to some of the most well known fashion houses including Burberry, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Versace, D&G and Estee Lauder. Testino has received royal recommendations from Prince of Wales, Prince Harry, Duke of Kent, Prince Nikolaos of Greece, Prince Willem-Alexander and Maxima of the Netherlands and many more. In 2011 he was presented with an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society and most recently on January 14th 2014 he received an OBE by the UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey.

This image I have taken isn't a studio shoot, it is a location shoot and by the looks of the image it seems to look like they have just come back in from a night out and they have walked back into a really posh hotel. Even though you can just see a bit of the foyer you can tell that it is a nice hotel. The way they are dressed you can tell that they are upper class because the way they are dressed and they both have a nice comfortable life. The way the lighting is set it doesn't look like the lighting is specifically on the subjects it looks like its lit just by standard lights like there would be in a hotel. Even though there is two people in the photo its seems that by the women walking a jaguar seem to be more of the main focus because it's not everyday you see someone walking a jaguar and its makes the photo stand out. The facial expressions they are pulling are both different for the male he is looking at the female thinking that she is looking fine this evening and it's like he is staring at her. Then the female has an expression that she is walking with confidence and she looks a bit cocky because she knows the guy is looking at her and she knows why he is looking because she is looking good.  He must have been a bit of a distance away because there is a lot in the shot so to get all of it in you have to bee a bit away but not to far away. You can't automatically tell this is a Testino because he doesn't have a specific style but then there is a celebrity in it with Scarlett Johansson and he likes to photograph celebrities. The only way you can tell it that it could be a Testino shoot because he adds a bit of class to his shoots and likes people to look classy and presentable.