--- title: "10 Photograph Quotes By Mario Testino" description: "10 Photograph quotes by Mario Testino. Plus more from Mario Testino and more Photograph sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/mario-testino-9405_giving_ive-been-criticised-for-pretty-smiley-ph_1816796.jpg" --- > [Ive been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! In my mind, I am always giving the image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/ive-been-criticised-for-pretty-smiley-photographs-but-at-least/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/mario-testino-9405_giving_ive-been-criticised-for-pretty-smiley-ph_1816796.jpg) > [The more I photograph women, the less it is about transformation. Women are beautiful. All that really matters is enhancing that](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/the-more-i-photograph-women-the-less-it-is-about-transformation-women/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/mario-testino-9405_beautiful_the-more-i-photograph-women-the-less-it_1945502.jpg) > [My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/my-pictures-are-my-eyes-i-photograph-what-i-see-and-what-i-want-to-see/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/mario-testino-9405_eye_my-pictures-are-my-eyes-i-photograph-wha_522779.jpg) > [I am trying to capture the women I photograph at their happiest. That is when they look their most beautiful. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/i-am-trying-to-capture-the-women-i-photograph-at-their-happiest-that/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/mario-testino-9405_am_i-am-trying-to-capture-the-women-i-photo_535015.jpg) > [My original idea was to photograph Princess Diana in her tiara. But then I thought, am I interested in seeing another picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/my-original-idea-was-to-photograph-princess-diana-in-her-tiara-but/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/mario-testino-9405_about_my-original-idea-was-to-photograph-princ_2805831.jpg) > [However spontaneous I hope a photograph will look, I always put a lot of thought into how I can make it happen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/however-spontaneous-i-hope-a-photograph-will-look-i-always-put-a-lot/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/mario-testino-9405_always_however-spontaneous-i-hope-a-photograph_2499989.jpg) > [A photograph can make you feel so many different things. When you look at war photographs of Vietnam, or something similar, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/a-photograph-can-make-you-feel-so-many-different-things-when-you-look/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/mario-testino-9405_anguish_a-photograph-can-make-you-feel-so-many-d_586730.jpg) > [I don't like a tormented photograph. Something attracts you in them, but the attraction isn't because she has a pot on her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/i-don-t-like-a-tormented-photograph-something-attracts-you-in-them/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/mario-testino-9405_attraction_i-don-t-like-a-tormented-photograph-some_2031618.jpg) > [I find that my entire life has come to me, and things happened without me planning them. You know, I never asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/i-find-that-my-entire-life-has-come-to-me-and-things-happened-without/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/mario-testino-9405_another_i-find-that-my-entire-life-has-come-to-m_702826.jpg) > [Most photographers go and photograph something that they see, that exists, and that somebody else has created - they document it. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/most-photographers-go-and-photograph-something-that-they-see-that/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/mario-testino-9405_decor_most-photographers-go-and-photograph-som_324501.jpg) ## Other authors on Photograph ## More by Mario Testino > [My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/my-favourite-words-are-possibilities-opportunities-and-curiosity/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/i-studied-law-economy-international-relations-communications-in-order/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [Some things happen by accident - embrace them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/some-things-happen-by-accident-embrace-them/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [Ultimately, I made my range wider because I wanted to suit each publication that I worked for. Talk about reinvention - I'm like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/ultimately-i-made-my-range-wider-because-i-wanted-to-suit-each/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [As photographers, we have to find our own identity, our own voice, our own vocabulary. And my question all the time is whether this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/as-photographers-we-have-to-find-our-own-identity-our-own-voice-our/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [Most photographers go and photograph something that they see, that exists, and that somebody else has created - they document it. But fashion photographers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/most-photographers-go-and-photograph-something-that-they-see-that/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/i-m-really-in-no-one-city-more-than-two-months-during-the-year-i-m/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [My favorite type of photography - apart from fashion photography - is journalism, which in a way documents something that exists in a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/my-favorite-type-of-photography-apart-from-fashion-photography-is/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/it-s-a-choice-there-are-two-different-sorts-of-photographer-those/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/when-i-had-photographed-prince-william-s-mother-i-brought-along-a-cd/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/my-pictures-are-my-eyes-i-photograph-what-i-see-and-what-i-want-to-see/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [I am trying to capture the women I photograph at their happiest. That is when they look their most beautiful. But I do understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/i-am-trying-to-capture-the-women-i-photograph-at-their-happiest-that/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [Even someone as photographed and aware of the camera as members of the royal family needs to feel completely comfortable if they are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/even-someone-as-photographed-and-aware-of-the-camera-as-members-of/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [At one moment, I thought that if I didn't do a picture in a certain way, then it wasn't a 'Mario Testino Picture.' And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/at-one-moment-i-thought-that-if-i-didn-t-do-a-picture-in-a-certain/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) > [A photograph can make you feel so many different things. When you look at war photographs of Vietnam, or something similar, it makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/a-photograph-can-make-you-feel-so-many-different-things-when-you-look/) [Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photograph/mario-testino/#itemlist", "name": "10 Photograph Quotes By Mario Testino", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ive been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! 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