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{{Short description|Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Mario Testino<br><small>[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small>
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| caption = Testino in September 2007.
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| birth_name = Mario Eduardo Testino Silva
| birth_name = Mario Eduardo Testino Silva
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|October 30, 1954}}
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|30 October 1954}}
| birth_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
| birth_place = [[Lima]], Peru
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| nationality = [[Peruvian people|Peruvian]]
| training = {{ubl|[[University of the Pacific (Peru)|Universidad del Pacífico]]|[[Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru]]|[[University of San Diego]] |(attended)}}
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| field = [[Fashion photographer]]
| training = [[University of the Pacific (Peru)|Universidad del Pacífico]]<br />[[Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru]]<br />[[University of San Diego]]
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'''Mario Eduardo Testino Silva''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] <!-- Honorary OBE --> [[Royal Photographic Society#Distinctions and qualifications|HonFRPS]] (born 30 October 1954) is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer. <ref name="nytimes_com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/style/sexual-harassment-in-fashion.html| title=Sexual harassment in fashion |work=The New York Times |date=3 March 2018 |last1=Bernstein |first1=Jacob |last2=Friedman |first2=Vanessa |last3=Schneier |first3=Matthew |accessdate=6 October 2022}}</ref>
'''Mario Testino''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25741987 BBC]</ref> (was born on October 30, 1954) is a [[Peruvian]] [[fashion photographer]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/08/03/testino.mk2.bio/ Fashion's favorite snapper always in vogue], [[CNN.com]].</ref> His work has been featured in magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' and ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. His career highpoint came when he was chosen by [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], for her ''Vanity Fair'' photoshoot in 1997. Testino has been regularly employed by the British royal family ever since.


His work has featured internationally in magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]], [[V (American magazine)|V Magazine]],'' ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and ''[[GQ]].'' He has also created images for brands such as [[Gucci]], [[Burberry]], [[Versace]], [[Michael Kors (brand)|Michael Kors]], [[Chanel]], [[Stuart Weitzman]], [[Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)|Carolina Herrera]] and [[Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder]]. Alongside his practice as a photographer, Testino has also worked as a creative director, guest editor, museum founder, art collector and collaborator, and entrepreneur.<ref name="Biography">{{Cite web|title=Biography|url=http://mariotestino.com/biography|website=mariotestino.com|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Testino's World: A Revealing Look Inside a Photographer's Private Art Collection - Artphaire|url=http://www.artphaire.com/testinos-world-revealing-look-inside-photographers-private-art-collection|website=Artphaire|access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino {{!}} The Business of Fashion|url=http://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/mario-testino|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Super Mario World|date=15 October 2014 |url=http://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/bof-500/super-mario-testino-world|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> His professional work as a photographer has been dogged by numerous accusations of sexual harassment and assault, including from his subjects.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside the Fashion World's Dark Underbelly of Sexual and Financial Exploitation|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/fashion-models-sexual-abuse-financial-exploitation-unsafe-sets-1235648697/|date= 20 June 2023}}</ref>
[[Aaron Hicklin]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' described him as "the world's most prolific magazine and fashion trade photographer".<ref name="Hicklin">{{cite news|last=Hicklin|first=Aaron|title=Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/oct/21/mario-testino-interview-fashion-photography|accessdate=21 October 2012|newspaper=The Observer|date=21 October 2012}}</ref> His persistence in shooting [[Gisele Bündchen]] is widely credited with elevating her to supermodel status.<ref name="Hicklin"/>

[[Aaron Hicklin]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' described him as "the world's most prolific magazine and fashion trade photographer".<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last=Hicklin |first=Aaron |date=October 21, 2012 |title=Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/oct/21/mario-testino-interview-fashion-photography |access-date=December 1, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Testino was born and grew up in [[Lima]] into a well-to-do Roman Catholic family.<ref name=":3" /> He was the eldest of six children and is of Spanish, Italian, and Irish descent.<ref name="britannica.com">{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino biography|url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Mario-Testino|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> He attended a Catholic school, Santa Maria Marianistas. As a child he wanted to be a priest.<ref name="Farndale">{{Cite news |last=Farndale |first=Nigel |date=24 February 2009 |title=Mario Testino: 'it's not all glamour' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/4733443/Mario-Testino-its-not-all-glamour.html |access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref>
Testino was born and grew up in Lima, the eldest son of a businessman. He was one of six children in a [[middle class]] family.<ref name="Hicklin"/> When he was young he wanted to be a [[priest]].{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} Testino studied [[economics]] at [[University of the Pacific (Peru)|Universidad del Pacífico]].{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Testino studied economics at [[University of the Pacific (Peru)|La Universidad del Pacífico]]<ref name="Farndale" /> followed by the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru|Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru]] and the [[University of San Diego]].

In 1976, he went to London to study photography after abandoning his studies of Economics, Law and International Affairs.<ref name="britannica.com"/> It was during apprenticeships at the studios of John Vickers and Paul Nugent that he made his first attempts as a photographer. Living in a humble shared house that had been converted from a hospital, without much money,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino: 'I was always better at photographing men'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/apr/03/mario-testino-i-was-always-better-at-photographing-men|website=The Guardian|access-date=1 September 2015|first=Nadja|last=Sayej|date=3 April 2015 }}</ref> he funded himself by working as a waiter. He had his hair dyed pink which helped him get noticed as a photographer<ref name="Farndale" /> and took inspiration from British celebrity fashion photographer [[Cecil Beaton]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino on Cecil Beaton's portraits of the Queen at the V&A|date=7 January 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/8971298/Mario-Testino-on-Cecil-Beatons-portraits-of-the-Queen-at-the-VandA.html|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> London was a city that allowed him to flourish expressively without the restrictions he felt were imposed on him in Peru.<ref name=":3" />


His work first appeared in ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Mario Testino| date=11 February 2014 |url = http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/mario-testino-biography|access-date = 1 September 2015}}</ref>
He is one of six children born to an Italian father and an Irish mother. He attended the Catholic school Santa Maria Marianistas. Testino attended the [[University of the Pacific (Peru)|Universidad del Pacifico]], the [[Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru]] and the [[University of San Diego]].


During the early 1990s, Testino looked to his childhood growing up in Peru and his teenage summers in Brazil for inspiration,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino returns home to focus on the beauty of Peru|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/apr/29/mario-testino-lima-return-england-photograhy|website=The Guardian|access-date=1 September 2015|first=Dan|last=Collyns|date=29 April 2014 }}</ref> which helped him to shape his photographic language.
In 1976 he went to [[London]] to study [[photography]]. Living in an unconverted floor of a hospital, without much money, he funded himself by working as a [[waiter]]. He had his hair dyed pink which helped him get noticed as a photographer.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|author=Art Photography |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/4733443/Mario-Testino-its-not-all-glamour.html |title=Mario Testino: 'it's not all glamour' |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date= 2009-02-24|accessdate=2011-10-31 |location=London}}</ref>
In 1982 Testino moved permanently to London.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}


==Career==
==Career==
Testino has become one of the world's best-known and most celebrated fashion photographers. He has documented subjects from A-list stars, musicians, supermodels and artists as well as subjects he has encountered throughout his travels. His work has been featured in magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]], [[V (American magazine)|V Magazine]], [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]], [[GQ]], [[LOVE (magazine)|LOVE]], [[Allure (magazine)|Allure]]'' and ''[[VMAN|VMan]]''. Eighteen exhibitions and more than 16 books have been published on his work. [[Suzy Menkes]], ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'s'' International Editor explains, "Testino's skill is first and foremost to catch the moment and to bring out the humanity in his subjects".<ref name="Menkes">{{Cite news|title=Mario Testino: 30 Years Behind the Camera|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/fashion/03iht-rmario03.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 October 2011|access-date=2 September 2015|issn=0362-4331|first=Suzy|last=Menkes}}</ref>
Testino has shot fashion stories for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'',<ref>[http://www.vogue.co.uk/whos_who/Mario_Testino/ Biography], ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.</ref> ''[[V (American magazine)|V]]'', Gucci, and ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. Celebrity subjects have most famously included [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] and her sons. Also more recently [[Prince William]] and [[Catherine Middleton]] on the occasion of their engagement in December 2010. Other subjects have included many actresses such as [[Kim Basinger]], [[Kristen Stewart]], [[Cameron Diaz]], [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], [[Julia Roberts]], [[Meg Ryan]], and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], models such as [[Claudia Schiffer]], [[Gisele Bündchen]], [[Elizabeth Hurley]], and [[Kate Moss]], performers such as [[Janet Jackson]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Britney Spears]], and [[Lady Gaga]], and public figures like [[Margaret Thatcher|Baroness Thatcher]]. Living in London, he continues to photograph the [[British Royal Family]] as well as shooting campaigns for [[Burberry]], [[Gucci]], [[Michael Kors]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder]], [[Valentino SpA|Valentino]] and [[Versace]].<ref>{{citation | title= Phillips de Pury Announces Its First Ever Selling Show | publisher=ARTINFO | date= December 16, 2005 | url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/9205/phillips-de-pury-announces-its-first-ever-selling-show/| accessdate=2008-04-23 }}</ref> He and fashion stylist [[Carine Roitfeld]], the former editor of French ''Vogue'', are credited for drawing significant attention to the house of Gucci through provocative ad campaigns in the mid-1990s, which, along with Tom Ford's designs, eventually led to the revival of Gucci as a major fashion house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tendances-de-mode.com/en/2007/09/21/400-mario-testino |title=Mario Testino - Fashion Icon |publisher=Tendances-de-mode.com |date=2007-09-21 |accessdate=2011-10-31}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thefashiontime.com/2009/05/carine-roitfeld-talks-jeans-mistresses-gucci-ads-and-more/ ]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref> He photographed [[Rihanna]], for V Magazine.


Some of Testino's most recognizable work derives from his portraits of royals, most famously, his series with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Masters of Photography: Mario Testino|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/03/testino200803|access-date=2 September 2015|first=David|last=Friend|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=March 2008 }}</ref> Commissioned for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' he said: "[Diana] opened a door for me because I then started photographing the royal families of Europe extensively ... this brings out my love for tradition, for a way of showing family and the longevity of people".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mario Testino|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323741004578418481342344010|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2 September 2015|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Testino was also the official photographer for portraits of the [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Duke]] and [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Duchess of Cambridge]] on the occasion of their engagement in December 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Picture of Happiness: Mario Testino on Photographing the Royal Engagement Portrait|date=21 January 2011 |url=http://www.vogue.com/870391/picture-of-happiness-mario-testino-on-photographing-the-royal-engagement-portrait/|access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref> In July 2015, he took the official photographs of the [[British royal family]] after [[Princess Charlotte of Cambridge]]'s christening at [[Sandringham House|Sandringham Estate]]. He has photographed many other royal families in a similar fashion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25741987|title=Mario Testino awarded honorary OBE|work=BBC News|date=15 January 2014 }}</ref>
Testino has become one of the world's most well known and celebrated fashion photographers. His work has been featured across the globe in magazines such as ''Vogue'', ''Vanity Fair'' and ''V'', and he has crafted and contributed to the imagery of leading fashion houses such as Burberry, Gucci, Versace, [[Calvin Klein]], Dolce & Gabbana, [[Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A.|Salvatore Ferragamo]], Estee Lauder and Michael Kors, among others. As well as having published seven books of his work and edited one other dedicated to contemporary art and artists from his native Peru, Mario Testino has had many successful exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world.


Testino's collaboration with [[Tom Ford]] and fashion stylist [[Carine Roitfeld]] on provocative advertising campaigns in the mid-1990s is widely credited to have led to the revival of [[Gucci]] as a major fashion house.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tendances de Mode - Actualité, Tendances et Conseils de mode|url=http://www.tendances-de-mode.com/en/2007/09/21/400-mario-testino|website=tendances-de-mode.com|access-date=2 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831125032/http://www.tendances-de-mode.com/en/2007/09/21/400-mario-testino|archive-date=31 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2002, The National Portrait Gallery in London staged the landmark exhibition “Portraits” by Mario Testino that to date remains its second most successful exhibit. For ten years it had the highest attendance of any exhibition ever to be held there. Over the next four years the exhibition went on tour to Milan, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Boston.


[[Anna Wintour]], editor-in-chief of American ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' stated that "Fashion photography is this uneasy mix of art and commerce and I think nobody understands this better than Mario".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9kUljPTpss |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/T9kUljPTpss |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018|title=YouTube.com|website=[[YouTube]] |date=25 September 2014 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Release - Omnibus|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/01_january/08/mariotestino.shtml|website=bbc.co.uk|date=8 January 2002}}</ref>
Testino has also received royal commissions, including The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, Prince Harry, The Duchess of Cambridge, Diana Princess of Wales, The Duke of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Prince Nikolaos of Greece, Prince Willem-Alexander and Maxima of the Netherlands, Prince Haakon Magnus and Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and Her Majesty Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan.


[[Aaron Hicklin]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' described him as "the world's most prolific magazine and fashion trade photographer".<ref name="Hicklin">{{cite news|last=Hicklin|first=Aaron|title=Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/oct/21/mario-testino-interview-fashion-photography|access-date=21 October 2012|newspaper=The Observer|date=21 October 2012}}</ref> His persistence in shooting [[Gisele Bündchen]] and [[Kate Moss]] is widely credited with elevating their supermodel status.<ref name="Hicklin"/> Testino started the ‘Towel Series’ on his Instagram account in 2013, featuring influential people, including musicians, actors and models wearing only towels. The series became widely replicated by his followers on the social platform<ref>{{Cite web|title=#towelseries hashtag on Instagram • Photos and Videos|url=https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/towelseries/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> and highly in demand among celebrities.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Claire|first=Marie|date=25 May 2016|title=Mario Testino Towel Series|url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/mario-testino-towel-series-38463|access-date=19 March 2021|website=Marie Claire|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=V100: Mario Testino's Towel Series For Instagram|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/v100-mario-testinos-towel-series-for-instagram-2/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=V Magazine}}</ref>
In 2011, Testino was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The [[Royal Photographic Society]].<ref>http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Honorary-Fellowships Accessed 14 January 2014</ref> These are awarded to distinguished persons having, from their position or attainments, an intimate connection with the science or fine art of photography or the application thereof. He was presented with an honorary OBE on 14 January 2014 by UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey. <ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-renowned-photographer-mario-testino-awarded-honorary-obe Accessed 14 January 2014</ref>


Testino was nicknamed the "[[John Singer Sargent]] of our times" by Terence Pepper, photography curator at the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] in London.<ref name="Menkes"/> The Gallery's 2002 ''Portraits'' exhibition attracted more visitors than any other show in the museum's history at the time. For ten years it had the highest attendance of any exhibition ever to be held there. Over the next four years the exhibition toured globally.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Portrait Gallery - Mario Testino: Portraits|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/about/press/mario-testino-portraits2|website=npg.org.uk|access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref> Testino’s work has been exhibited in museums around the world, including the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin (''Undressed'', 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Testino, Undressed Newton, Unseen Pigozzi, Pool Party|url=https://helmut-newton-foundation.org/en/ausstellungen/testino-newton-pigozzi/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=HELMUT NEWTON FOUNDATION|language=en-US}}</ref> the Shanghai Art Museum (''Private View'', 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.mariotestino.com/cv/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.mariotestino.com|language=en-US}}</ref> and the National Portrait Gallery in London (''Portraits'', 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino: Portraits - National Portrait Gallery|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2002/mario-testino-portraits|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.npg.org.uk}}</ref>
Testino have also done several covers for music albums, most notable the cover for [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]'s album ''[[Youthquake (album)|Youthquake]]''.


More than 17 books of his photography have been published, including ''Ciao'', ''Sir'', ''MaRIO DE JANEIRO Testino'', and ''Kate Moss by Mario Testino'', all published by TASCHEN;<ref>{{Cite web|last=TASCHEN|title=Mario Testino. Maestro de la fotografía. Libros TASCHEN|url=https://www.taschen.com/pages/es/search/mario-testino|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.taschen.com|language=es}}</ref> as well as Alta Moda and Pasito a Paso, published by Museo MATE<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alta moda – MATE.pe|url=https://mate.pe/publications/alta-moda/?lang=en|access-date=19 March 2021|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pasito a paso – MATE.pe|url=https://mate.pe/publications/pasito-a-paso/?lang=en|access-date=19 March 2021|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A Beautiful World|url=https://www.mariotestino.com/photography/personal-projects/a-beautiful-world/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.mariotestino.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
==MATE==
2012 will bring the realisation of Testino’s next project, MATE, an Association in his home of '''Lima, PERU,''' his country of origin, that carries his name with a mission to promote culture to both local and international audiences through artistic programmes.


Testino's personal art collection has been the subject of two exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Mario Testino's shrewd eye for art-Telegraph|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/32595/mario-testinos-shrewd-eye-for-art.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140506131333/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/32595/mario-testinos-shrewd-eye-for-art.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 6 May 2014|access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref> The first, ''Somos Libres''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.art-agenda.com/announcements/186663/n-a|title=art-agenda|website=www.art-agenda.com}}</ref> in 2013 was at [[MATE - Museo Mario Testino]] in Lima, Peru. The second installation in 2014, ''Somos Libres II''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinacoteca-agnelli.it/visit/5692/somos-libres-ii-2/|title=Pinacoteca Giovanni and Marella Agnelli SOMOS LIBRES II|website=www.pinacoteca-agnelli.it}}</ref> took place at the [[Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli]] in [[Turin]], Italy. His relationship with fine art developed through frequent visits to galleries and artists studios,<ref name="Biography" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The secret diary of Mario Testino: What the world's most glamorous|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-secret-diary-of-mario-testino-what-the-worlds-most-glamorous-photographer-saw-859682.html|website=The Independent|date=5 July 2008 |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> and he has collaborated to create works with artists such as [[Keith Haring]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Face/Keith Haring And Mario Testino Fashion Spread|url=http://testpressing.org/2011/05/the-face-keith-haring-mario-testino-fashion-spread|website=testpressing.org|access-date= 7 October 2015}}</ref> [[Vik Muniz]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=VikMuniz|url=http://vikmuniz.net/news|website=vikmuniz.net|access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> [[John Currin]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Currin|url=http://www.sadiecoles.com/biographies/john-currin|website = www.sadiecoles.com|access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> and [[Julian Schnabel]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Spaß am Set ist wichtig|url=http://www.zeit.de/kultur/kunst/2010-09/mario-testino|newspaper=Die Zeit|access-date=7 October 2015|first=Von Holger|last=Christmann|date=29 September 2010 |language=de}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Testino has been honored for his contributions to many charitable causes and organizations, including the [[Elton John AIDS Foundation]]. Testino has been lauded with a number of awards and recognitions for his achievements and charitable work, including a Doctor Emeritus from the University of the Arts, London, the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award, the Medalha Tiradentes from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Grand Cross Order of Merit from the city of Lima, Peru. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the [[Royal Photographic Society]] in 2011.<ref>http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Annual-Awards-2011</ref>


Testino was presented with an honorary [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] on 14 January 2014 by UK Culture Minister [[Ed Vaizey]] in recognition of his career and charity work.<ref name=":5">{{cite news|title=World-renowned photographer Mario Testino awarded honorary OBE|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-renowned-photographer-mario-testino-awarded-honorary-obe|access-date=29 April 2015|publisher=UK Department for Culture, Media & Sport|date=14 January 2014}}</ref>
In his role as a [[Save the Children]] ambassador he helped to raise funds to build the El Salvador Clinic in the Pueblo Nuevo District, Chincha, in his native Peru. The clinic was built for children with Tuberculosis in the area badly affected by the devastating earthquake, which hit the coast of Peru in August 2007. It measured 8 on the Richter scale and the Pueblo Nuevo District was one of the hardest-hit areas in the province, with almost 100,000 houses destroyed and 1,200 schools damaged. The El Salvador clinic was entirely funded from the sale of a single print from Mario Testino’s iconic portraits of Princess Diana. He has also helped to raise money to build a clinic in a [[Moscow]] children’s hospital specialising in [[cancer]]. It is a cause close to his heart since his brother died from the disease at the age of 10. Testino does not consider himself a saint, though he says, "But doing these charitable things has made me feel that I have got some of the priestly instinct back. I know people who have everything and all they do is complain and bicker. Give off negative energy. When you try and do something positive it helps others but also makes you feel better about yourself." He auctioned one of his prints of [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana]] for [[£]]100,000.<ref name="telegraph"/>


In 2011, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The [[Royal Photographic Society]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Fellowships|url=http://www.rps.org/awards/history-and-winners/honorary-fellowships|publisher=Royal Photographic Society|access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref> These are awarded to distinguished persons having, from their position or attainments, an intimate connection with the science or fine art of photography or the application thereof. In this same year ''GQ'' also awarded Testino the Man of the Year Inspiration Award.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Video: Mario Testino's speech|date=29 March 2012 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/home/winners-2011/video-emma-watson-presents-to-mario-testino|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
In 2008 Testino donated a sitting at Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball. It went for a staggering £800,000, bought by a Ukrainian businessman. The ball raised funds for AIDS victims, another charity which is close to his heart.<ref name="telegraph"/>


In Latin America, he has been awarded The Grand Cross rank of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service in Peru (25 May 2010)<ref name=":2" /> and The Tiradentes Medal in Brazil (2007).<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title = IN YOUR FACE . Mario Testino|url=http://www.faap.br/hotsites/mario-testino/about-mario-testino.asp|website=faap.br|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
In July 2012 he opened his first not-for-profit association in Barranco, Lima. The association has been named 'MATE' and will act as a dynamic platform for Peruvian art and will hold a permanent exhibition of his works.


Within the fashion and entertainment industry, he received the Walpole Ward for services to the luxury industry (2009),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Testino Honoured|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2009/11/17/walpole-awards-winners|date=17 November 2009|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award (2005)<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Highlights|url=http://lovebeverlyhills.com/articles/view/rodeo-drive-walk-of-style|website=lovebeverlyhills.com|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> and the British Style Award (2003).<ref name=":9" />
In April 2014, Testino became President of the Board of [[World Monument Fund]]'s affiliate office in Peru.


To raise awareness of the value and beauty of cultural heritage all around the world, Testino has launched his most ambitious project yet: "A Beautiful World".<ref name=":1" /> The new body of work shines a unique spotlight onto the rich cultural heritage of traditional communities and people around the world.
Testino openly identifies as [[Pansexuality|pansexual]].<ref name="Hicklin"/>


===Selected clients===
==Bibliography==
''[[Allure (magazine)|Allure]],'' [[Burberry]], [[Calvin Klein (fashion designer)|Calvin Klein]], [[Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)|Carolina Herrera]], [[Roberto Cavalli]], [[Chanel]], [[Cîroc]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder]], [[Etro]], [[House of Fabergé|Fabergé]], [[Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.|Ferragamo]], [[Furla]], [[Gap Inc.|Gap]], ''[[GQ]],'' [[Gucci]], [[Givenchy]], ''[[Harper's Bazaar]],'' [[Hugo Boss]], [[Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers|Iguatemi]], [[Lancôme]], [[LOEWE (brand)|Loewe]], [[The Macallan distillery|The Macallan]], [[Massimo Dutti]], [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes Benz]], [[Michael Kors]], [[Missoni]], Ochirly, [[Ralph Lauren]], [[Revlon]], Stefanel, St John, [[Stuart Weitzman]], [[Shiseido]], [[Shanghai Tang]], [[Sonia Rykiel]], [[Tod's]], [[Trussardi]], ''[[V (American magazine)|V Magazine]],'' [[Valentino (fashion designer)|Valentino]], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' [[Versace]], ''[[VMAN]], [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] (''American, Brazilian, British, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish editions), [[Wolford]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino CV|url= http://www.mariotestino.com/cv|website=mariotestino.com|access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref>


===Books===
===Works and exhibitions===
:''See: [[List of works and exhibitions by Mario Testino]]''
* ''Any Objections?'', [[Phaidon Press|Phaidon]] Inc Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0-7148-3816-0

* ''Front Row Back Stage'', [[Bulfinch Press]], 1999. ISBN 0-8212-2632-0
== Sexual assault and harassment accusations ==
* ''Alive'' Bulfinch Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8212-2736-X
In January 2018, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published an article in which Testino was accused by 13 male assistants and models who worked with him of sexual harassment, exploitation, and assault. Models Roman Barrett, Jason Fedele and Ryan Locke complained about his behaviour during campaigns in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/mario-testino-bruce-weber-harassment.html| title=Male Models Say Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Sexually Exploited Them |work=The New York Times |date=13 January 2018 |last1=Bernstein |first1=Jacob |last2=Friedman |first2=Vanessa |last3=Schneier |first3=Matthew |accessdate=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/mario-testino-and-bruce-weber-models-claim-fashion-vogue|title=Mario Testino and Bruce Weber 'sexually exploited models' |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 January 2018 |accessdate=6 October 2022}}</ref> Subsequent to the allegations (which extended to photographer [[Bruce Weber (photographer)|Bruce Weber]]'s conduct) [[Condé Nast]] announced they "will not be commissioning any new work with them for the foreseeable future."<ref name=forsee>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/15/media/mario-testino-bruce-weber-conde-nast/index.html |title=Vogue publisher drops Bruce Weber and Mario Testino over misconduct allegations |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=15 January 2018 |last=Stelter |first=Brian |accessdate=6 October 2022}}.</ref>
* ''Mario Testing: Portraits'', Bulfinch Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8212-2761-0

* ''Kids'', [[Scriptum Editions]], 2003. ISBN 1-902686-34-9
Further allegations were reported by ''The New York Times'' against Testino in 3 March 2018. Four of the five new allegations described their incidents occurring during or after 2010. Testino has denied all allegations. The total number of people publicly accusing Testino of sexual assault rose to 18.<ref name="nytimes_com" />
* ''Visionaire No. 46: Uncensored'', [[Visionaire Publishing]], 2005. ISBN 1-888645-54-7

* ''Diana, Princess of Wales'', [[Taschen]], 2007. ISBN 978-3-8228-4930-9
On 3 April 2024, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' published an interview on [[Alan Ritchson]] wherein the [[Reacher (TV series)|Reacher]] star comments on prior allegations against Testino and [[Bruce Weber (photographer)|Bruce Weber]] reported by ''The New York Times'':<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alan-ritchson-interview-reacher-faith-stardom-mental-health-1235864260/|title=The High Highs and Low Lows of Alan Ritchson|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=3 April 2024|last1=Gardner|first1=Chris|accessdate=4 April 2024}}</ref>
* ''Let Me In'', [[Taschen]], 2009. ISBN 978-3-8228-4416-8
<blockquote>Some of the stories were just like mine. I was just starting to build a platform and get my voice in the business, and I wondered, ‘Should I say something?’ Because all of the stories that those models were telling were my own. It’s all true.</blockquote>
* ''Lima, Peru'', [[Damiani]], 2009. ISBN 88-89431-92-X

* ''Rio De Janeiro'', [[Taschen]], 2009. ISBN 978-3-8365-1858-1
==Philanthropy==
* ''Kate Moss by Mario Testino'', [[Taschen]], 2010. ISBN 978-3-8365-2506-0
Testino has been honoured for his contributions to many non-profit causes and charitable organizations through various awards and recognitions. In 2010, he was appointed one of the highest honours in his native country, The Grand Cross Order of Merit in Peru, and became President of the Board of [[World Monuments Fund]] Peru in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino: Peru and me, World Update|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01zk0rf|website=BBC|date=22 May 2014 |access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref>

In his role as a [[Save the Children]] ambassador he helped to raise funds to build the El Salvador Clinic in the [[Pueblo Nuevo District, Chincha]] in his native Peru. The clinic was built for children with [[tuberculosis]] in the area badly affected by the devastating earthquake, which hit the coast of Peru in August 2007. The El Salvador Clinic was entirely funded from the sale of a single print from his portraits of [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]], auctioned for £100,000.<ref name="Farndale"/>

He helped to raise funds for [[Natalia Vodianova]]'s [[Naked Heart Foundation]] to build a playground in a Moscow children’s hospital specializing in cancer. It is a cause close to his heart since his brother died from the disease at the age of 10.<ref name="Farndale"/>

In July 2013, Testino opened his first non-profit association in Barranco, Lima.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} [[Museo Mario Testino]] was established to act as a dynamic platform for Peruvian art through the cultivation and promotion of culture and heritage.<ref name=":4" />

Testino restored a 13,000 sq. ft. mansion built in 1898, which is home to a permanent exhibition of his work alongside a temporary exhibition space for Peruvian and international artists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Museo Mario Testino|url=http://www.mariotestino.com/articles/mate-museo-mario-testino|website=www.mariotestino.com|access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Art Gallery Find: MATE Museo Mario Testino Lima|url = http://www.meltingbutter.com/art-gallery-find-mate-museo-mario-testino-lima|website=Melting Butter| date=21 June 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>

==Recognition and awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year !!Award or event !!Notes !!Location
|-
|2017
|Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur || for services to culture, French residences || Lima, Peru<ref>{{Cite web|title = British Vogue|url = http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/mario-testino-legion-d-honneur-paris|date=14 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|Clio Fashion & Beauty Lifetime Achievement Award || 57th Annual Award Show || New York City<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clio Awards|date=September 2016 |url=https://clios.com/news/2016-lifetime-achievement-award-recipient-mario-testino|access-date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|Business of Fashion Global VOICES Award || for outstanding achievement in fashion and exemplary impact on the wider world, Business of Fashion VOICES || Oxfordshire, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Business of Fashion|date=3 December 2016 |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/voices/bof-voices-2016-dinner-party-gala|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|International Center of Photography Infinity Award || Special Presentation || New York City<ref>{{Cite web|title=Infinity Awards|url=http://www.icp.org/infinity-awards|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire || in recognition of services to photography and charity || London, UK<ref name=":5" />
|-
|2014
|Best Photographer in the World Award || Spanish ''Vogue'' || Madrid, Spain<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino awarded Best Photographer of the World – Madrid|url=http://www.demotix.com/news/5035372/mario-testino-awarded-best-photographer-world-madrid#media-5035248|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924004542/http://www.demotix.com/news/5035372/mario-testino-awarded-best-photographer-world-madrid#media-5035248|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|AmfAR Inspiration Award || || São Paulo, Brazil<ref>{{Cite web|title=amfAR: Inspiration Gala São Paulo 2012: The Foundation for AIDS Research: HIV/AIDS Research|url=http://www.amfar.org/in-the-spotlight/event-details/the-inspiration-gala-s%C3%A3o-paulo-2012|website=amfar.org|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|British ''GQ'' Man of the Year || Inspiration Award || London, UK<ref name=":6" />
|-
|2011
|El Museo del Barrio Lifetime Achievement Award || || New York City<ref>{{Cite web|title=El Museo Del Barrio Honors Mario Testino|url=http://ninunina.com/2011/05/29/el-museo-del-barrio-honors-mario-testino|website=ninunina|date=29 May 2011|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society || || Bath, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Fellowships - RPS|url=http://www.rps.org/awards/history-and-recipients/honorary-fellowships|website=rps.org|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120173646/http://www.rps.org/awards/history-and-recipients/honorary-fellowships|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|Moët & Chandon Étoile Award || || London, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moët & Chandon Etoile Awards|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/09/20/moet--chandon-etoile-awards|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Gold Medal || || New York City<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gold Medal Gala {{!}} Queen Sofía Spanish Institute - New York|url=http://spanishinstitute.org/about/gala|website=spanishinstitute.org|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|The Grand Cross rank of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service in Peru || || Lima, Peru<ref name=":2" />
|-
|2009
|Walpole Award for services to the luxury industry || || London, UK<ref name=":0"/>
|-
|2008
|ASME National Magazine Award || “Best Fashion Cover” for the September 2007 edition of ''Vanity Fair'' || New York City<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contests/2008-winners-finalists|title=Best Cover Contest 2008 Winners & Finalists|date=2008|access-date=1 September 2015|website=magazine.org}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|Commitment Award || United Nations and Women Together || New York City<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino. Todo o Nada {{!}} Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza|url=http://www.museothyssen.org/microsites/exposiciones/2010/testino/biografia_en.html|website=museothyssen.org|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|Hero Award || Aid for Aids || New York City<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|-
|2007
|The Tiradentes Medal || ||nowrap| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<ref name=":7" />
|-
|2005
|Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award || || Los Angeles, California<ref name=":8" />
|-
|2004
|Doctor Emeritus of the University of the Arts London || || London, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino - Deckchair Dream Artist - Royal Parks Foundation|url=http://www.supporttheroyalparks.org/explore/deckchair_dreams/artists/255_mario_testino|website=supporttheroyalparks.org|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|British Style Award || || London, UK<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title=Mario Testino And Alek Wek, The Lycra British Style Awards 2003, Held...|date=16 September 2010 |url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/mario-testino-and-alek-wek-the-lycra-british-style-awards-news-photo/104165548|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|''Elle'' Style Award || || London, UK<ref>{{Cite web|title = Italian photographer Mario Testino attends the 'Lycra British Style ...|date=30 March 2004 |url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/italian-photographer-mario-testino-attends-the-lycra-news-photo/3154751|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|}


==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.huaral.pe/mario-testino-publicara-fotos-de-peru-en-revista-vogue/ Mario Testino publicará fotos de peru en revista Vogue]
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* [http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/revealed/testino/ Profile] from [[CNN.com]]
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.morgenpost.de/content/2007/07/01/biz/908186.html Profile] from ''[[Berliner Morgenpost]]'' {{de icon}}
* {{FMD photographer|mario-testino}}
* [http://themusingsofondolady.blogspot.com/2009/04/mario-testino-dianas-favourite.html Mario Testino: Diana's Favorite Photographer]
* [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20448360,00.html Five Things to Know About Mario Testino]


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Latest revision as of 12:58, 1 December 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Testino and the second or maternal family name is Silva.
Mario Testino
OBE
Testino in 2014
Born
Mario Eduardo Testino Silva

30 October 1954 (1954-10-30) (age 70)
Lima, Peru
Education
Known forPhotographer
Websitemariotestino.com

Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS (born 30 October 1954) is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer. [1]

His work has featured internationally in magazines such as Vogue, V Magazine, Vanity Fair and GQ. He has also created images for brands such as Gucci, Burberry, Versace, Michael Kors, Chanel, Stuart Weitzman, Carolina Herrera and Estée Lauder. Alongside his practice as a photographer, Testino has also worked as a creative director, guest editor, museum founder, art collector and collaborator, and entrepreneur.[2][3][4][5] His professional work as a photographer has been dogged by numerous accusations of sexual harassment and assault, including from his subjects.[6]

Aaron Hicklin of The Observer described him as "the world's most prolific magazine and fashion trade photographer".[7]

Early life

[edit]

Testino was born and grew up in Lima into a well-to-do Roman Catholic family.[7] He was the eldest of six children and is of Spanish, Italian, and Irish descent.[8] He attended a Catholic school, Santa Maria Marianistas. As a child he wanted to be a priest.[9]

Testino studied economics at La Universidad del Pacífico[9] followed by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and the University of San Diego.

In 1976, he went to London to study photography after abandoning his studies of Economics, Law and International Affairs.[8] It was during apprenticeships at the studios of John Vickers and Paul Nugent that he made his first attempts as a photographer. Living in a humble shared house that had been converted from a hospital, without much money,[10] he funded himself by working as a waiter. He had his hair dyed pink which helped him get noticed as a photographer[9] and took inspiration from British celebrity fashion photographer Cecil Beaton.[11] London was a city that allowed him to flourish expressively without the restrictions he felt were imposed on him in Peru.[7]

His work first appeared in Vogue in 1983.[12]

During the early 1990s, Testino looked to his childhood growing up in Peru and his teenage summers in Brazil for inspiration,[13] which helped him to shape his photographic language.

Career

[edit]

Testino has become one of the world's best-known and most celebrated fashion photographers. He has documented subjects from A-list stars, musicians, supermodels and artists as well as subjects he has encountered throughout his travels. His work has been featured in magazines such as Vogue, V Magazine, Vanity Fair, GQ, LOVE, Allure and VMan. Eighteen exhibitions and more than 16 books have been published on his work. Suzy Menkes, Vogue's International Editor explains, "Testino's skill is first and foremost to catch the moment and to bring out the humanity in his subjects".[14]

Some of Testino's most recognizable work derives from his portraits of royals, most famously, his series with Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997.[15] Commissioned for Vanity Fair he said: "[Diana] opened a door for me because I then started photographing the royal families of Europe extensively ... this brings out my love for tradition, for a way of showing family and the longevity of people".[16] Testino was also the official photographer for portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the occasion of their engagement in December 2010.[17] In July 2015, he took the official photographs of the British royal family after Princess Charlotte of Cambridge's christening at Sandringham Estate. He has photographed many other royal families in a similar fashion.[18]

Testino's collaboration with Tom Ford and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld on provocative advertising campaigns in the mid-1990s is widely credited to have led to the revival of Gucci as a major fashion house.[19]

Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue stated that "Fashion photography is this uneasy mix of art and commerce and I think nobody understands this better than Mario".[20][21]

Aaron Hicklin of The Observer described him as "the world's most prolific magazine and fashion trade photographer".[22] His persistence in shooting Gisele Bündchen and Kate Moss is widely credited with elevating their supermodel status.[22] Testino started the ‘Towel Series’ on his Instagram account in 2013, featuring influential people, including musicians, actors and models wearing only towels. The series became widely replicated by his followers on the social platform[23] and highly in demand among celebrities.[24][25]

Testino was nicknamed the "John Singer Sargent of our times" by Terence Pepper, photography curator at the National Portrait Gallery in London.[14] The Gallery's 2002 Portraits exhibition attracted more visitors than any other show in the museum's history at the time. For ten years it had the highest attendance of any exhibition ever to be held there. Over the next four years the exhibition toured globally.[26] Testino’s work has been exhibited in museums around the world, including the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin (Undressed, 2017)[27] the Shanghai Art Museum (Private View, 2012)[28] and the National Portrait Gallery in London (Portraits, 2002)[29]

More than 17 books of his photography have been published, including Ciao, Sir, MaRIO DE JANEIRO Testino, and Kate Moss by Mario Testino, all published by TASCHEN;[30] as well as Alta Moda and Pasito a Paso, published by Museo MATE[31][32][33]

Testino's personal art collection has been the subject of two exhibitions.[34] The first, Somos Libres[35] in 2013 was at MATE - Museo Mario Testino in Lima, Peru. The second installation in 2014, Somos Libres II[36] took place at the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin, Italy. His relationship with fine art developed through frequent visits to galleries and artists studios,[2][37] and he has collaborated to create works with artists such as Keith Haring,[38] Vik Muniz,[39] John Currin[40] and Julian Schnabel.[41]

Testino was presented with an honorary OBE on 14 January 2014 by UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey in recognition of his career and charity work.[42]

In 2011, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The Royal Photographic Society.[43] These are awarded to distinguished persons having, from their position or attainments, an intimate connection with the science or fine art of photography or the application thereof. In this same year GQ also awarded Testino the Man of the Year Inspiration Award.[44]

In Latin America, he has been awarded The Grand Cross rank of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service in Peru (25 May 2010)[5] and The Tiradentes Medal in Brazil (2007).[45]

Within the fashion and entertainment industry, he received the Walpole Ward for services to the luxury industry (2009),[46] the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award (2005)[47] and the British Style Award (2003).[48]

To raise awareness of the value and beauty of cultural heritage all around the world, Testino has launched his most ambitious project yet: "A Beautiful World".[33] The new body of work shines a unique spotlight onto the rich cultural heritage of traditional communities and people around the world.

Selected clients

[edit]

Allure, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Carolina Herrera, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel, Cîroc, Dolce & Gabbana, Estée Lauder, Etro, Fabergé, Ferragamo, Furla, Gap, GQ, Gucci, Givenchy, Harper's Bazaar, Hugo Boss, Iguatemi, Lancôme, Loewe, The Macallan, Massimo Dutti, Mercedes Benz, Michael Kors, Missoni, Ochirly, Ralph Lauren, Revlon, Stefanel, St John, Stuart Weitzman, Shiseido, Shanghai Tang, Sonia Rykiel, Tod's, Trussardi, V Magazine, Valentino, Vanity Fair, Versace, VMAN, Vogue (American, Brazilian, British, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish editions), Wolford.[49]

Works and exhibitions

[edit]
See: List of works and exhibitions by Mario Testino

Sexual assault and harassment accusations

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In January 2018, The New York Times published an article in which Testino was accused by 13 male assistants and models who worked with him of sexual harassment, exploitation, and assault. Models Roman Barrett, Jason Fedele and Ryan Locke complained about his behaviour during campaigns in the 1990s.[50][51] Subsequent to the allegations (which extended to photographer Bruce Weber's conduct) Condé Nast announced they "will not be commissioning any new work with them for the foreseeable future."[52]

Further allegations were reported by The New York Times against Testino in 3 March 2018. Four of the five new allegations described their incidents occurring during or after 2010. Testino has denied all allegations. The total number of people publicly accusing Testino of sexual assault rose to 18.[1]

On 3 April 2024, The Hollywood Reporter published an interview on Alan Ritchson wherein the Reacher star comments on prior allegations against Testino and Bruce Weber reported by The New York Times:[53]

Some of the stories were just like mine. I was just starting to build a platform and get my voice in the business, and I wondered, ‘Should I say something?’ Because all of the stories that those models were telling were my own. It’s all true.

Philanthropy

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Testino has been honoured for his contributions to many non-profit causes and charitable organizations through various awards and recognitions. In 2010, he was appointed one of the highest honours in his native country, The Grand Cross Order of Merit in Peru, and became President of the Board of World Monuments Fund Peru in 2014.[54]

In his role as a Save the Children ambassador he helped to raise funds to build the El Salvador Clinic in the Pueblo Nuevo District, Chincha in his native Peru. The clinic was built for children with tuberculosis in the area badly affected by the devastating earthquake, which hit the coast of Peru in August 2007. The El Salvador Clinic was entirely funded from the sale of a single print from his portraits of Princess Diana, auctioned for £100,000.[9]

He helped to raise funds for Natalia Vodianova's Naked Heart Foundation to build a playground in a Moscow children’s hospital specializing in cancer. It is a cause close to his heart since his brother died from the disease at the age of 10.[9]

In July 2013, Testino opened his first non-profit association in Barranco, Lima.[citation needed] Museo Mario Testino was established to act as a dynamic platform for Peruvian art through the cultivation and promotion of culture and heritage.[13]

Testino restored a 13,000 sq. ft. mansion built in 1898, which is home to a permanent exhibition of his work alongside a temporary exhibition space for Peruvian and international artists.[55][56]

Recognition and awards

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Year Award or event Notes Location
2017 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur for services to culture, French residences Lima, Peru[57]
2016 Clio Fashion & Beauty Lifetime Achievement Award 57th Annual Award Show New York City[58]
2016 Business of Fashion Global VOICES Award for outstanding achievement in fashion and exemplary impact on the wider world, Business of Fashion VOICES Oxfordshire, UK[59]
2015 International Center of Photography Infinity Award Special Presentation New York City[60]
2014 Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of services to photography and charity London, UK[42]
2014 Best Photographer in the World Award Spanish Vogue Madrid, Spain[61]
2012 AmfAR Inspiration Award São Paulo, Brazil[62]
2011 British GQ Man of the Year Inspiration Award London, UK[44]
2011 El Museo del Barrio Lifetime Achievement Award New York City[63]
2011 Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society Bath, UK[64]
2011 Moët & Chandon Étoile Award London, UK[65]
2011 Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Gold Medal New York City[66]
2010 The Grand Cross rank of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service in Peru Lima, Peru[5]
2009 Walpole Award for services to the luxury industry London, UK[46]
2008 ASME National Magazine Award “Best Fashion Cover” for the September 2007 edition of Vanity Fair New York City[67]
2008 Commitment Award United Nations and Women Together New York City[68]
2008 Hero Award Aid for Aids New York City[68]
2007 The Tiradentes Medal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[45]
2005 Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award Los Angeles, California[47]
2004 Doctor Emeritus of the University of the Arts London London, UK[69]
2003 British Style Award London, UK[48]
2003 Elle Style Award London, UK[70]

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