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When I see this picture I feel scared because the picture seems a bit scary like a dark like the person in the photo has a dark soul or a black heart which is really deep and the person has no identity because the face is covered with streaks or lines.

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This picture is was taken by Mario Testino for Vogue India, May 2017 issue in the picture it has Kendal Jenner and well known model she is in a palace in India where the photoshoot took place the place has a lot of details in the decor with the blue and white tiles which have floral detailing in them there are pillars like the one she’s leaning on while she is voguing. In this shot he uses the rule of thirds in terms of placement by placing her at the bottom right of the an imaginable grid , he also uses spacing like you can see there’s nothing on top and beside her he was showing the details and design of the palace to show how beautiful it is the is also the use of contrast she is wearing a black dress which makes her stand out more cause the room has a lot of cool colours and black is very noticeable because it is the darkest colour in the picture. Finally I love this picture because of his use of contrast between the model and background he found a place to put her were she won’t look off for example if she was put in the in corner it won’t really compliment because she will be sucked into the picture, there’s nothing I can say that disrupts his pictures and I won’t want to change anything there because the photo was well planned with the term of contrast, balance and the use of rule of thirds.

MARIO TESTINO

October 30th 1954

Lima,Peru

Brief Biography

He is a Peruvian fashion photographer who has shot with many high end magazine cover from Vogue to Vanity fair to the famous men’s magazine GQ. And he has a lot shot campaigns for Gucci, Lancôme , Chanel and the also famous Michael Kors. He grew up wanting to be come a priest due to the fact he come from an Upper class catholic family with him being the eldest of of six children, he went to catholic schools in Santa Maria Marianistas, he moved on to study economics with the hope to become a lawyer. In 1976 he moved to London to study photography leaving all his economics and law behind and was an apprentice for John Vickers and Paul Nugent where he made his first attempts in photography. He wasn’t leaving a very luxurious life in England without money he lived on the floor of a hospital so he funded himself by being a waiter and with his hair dyed pink that made him more noticeable by photographers, his inspiration was a British celebrity photographer Cecil Beaton. While in London he discovered more of himself than in Peru because he had a lot of restrictions there he used most of his childhood in a Peru and summers in brazil to gain a lot of inspiration that helped him crest his photographic ways and styles which lead to his first ever cover which was Vogue 1963. After his cover his world began to change from being an apprentice to being one of the most famous fashion photographers who took pictures of A-listers , Musicians and supermodels one of the Vogue editors made a comment about his work saying “ Testino’s skill is first and foremost to catch the moment and bring out the humanity in his subjects”. He also took photos of Princess Diana that’s were his love for tradition and a way of showing family longevity of people.

About his Work

He is a fashion photographer who as said before captures the moment that brings out his humanity in his subjects, he is mainly into fashion photography and doing campaigns for high end brands. He created his own form of art by creating a series called the towel series where he gets A-listers to pose for him wearing nothing but a towel on with different positions and styles and also shooting other covers but mainly for Vogue you see a lot of creative thinking , arrangement and a lot of planning taken to capture a lovely photograph mind you all his works have one thing that is eye catching that leaves a print in your mind.

Awards

Best Photographer in the world Award Spanish Vogue 2014

AmFAR Inspiration Award São Paulo Brazil 2012

British GQ Man of the Year Inspiration Award, London , Uk 2011

Clio Fashion & Beauty Lifetime Achievement Award: 57th Annual Award show New York 2016

His Works