Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality… I’m South American – we celebrate life. Mario Testino Read Quote
In the South America of the forties and fifties, everyone was into beauty and glamour and fashion. Mario Testino Read Quote
I said to my mother, ‘When you see my name in ‘Vogue,’ I will have arrived.’ Mario Testino Read Quote
I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It’s a luxury to be able to choose what you do. Mario Testino Read Quote
When you’re nice, people like you and will want to work with you. But it can mean that they take you for granted. Mario Testino Read Quote
The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting. Mario Testino Read Quote
Ultimately, I made my range wider because I wanted to suit each publication that I worked for. Talk about reinvention – I’m like the Madonna of photography. Mario Testino Read Quote
South America was not really that open – you had to fit in, and I didn’t fit in. I was different – my tastes, my point of view – were a bit weird, and I found in Britain a sense of calm, that I could just be. Mario Testino Read Quote
My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small. Mario Testino Read Quote