There's a particular style that is very Peru that you don't see anywhere else; it's got so many different imprints. When you mix Incan minimalism with the heavy, ornate Spanish Baroque, it is very interesting. — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
Being Peruvian means to come from the farthest place possible to get to Europe. Peru is the land of the Incas. It was the capital of South America; it was where the Spanish founded their empire and took over the… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
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… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I made my range wider because I wanted to suit each publication that I worked for. Talk about reinvention - I'm like the… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
As photographers, we have to find our own identity, our own voice, our own vocabulary. And my question all the time is whether this… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
Most photographers go and photograph something that they see, that exists, and that somebody else has created - they document it. But fashion photographers… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
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. — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
My favorite type of photography - apart from fashion photography - is journalism, which in a way documents something that exists in a very… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject. — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
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… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see. — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
I am trying to capture the women I photograph at their happiest. That is when they look their most beautiful. But I do understand… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
