Choice Quote by Mario Testino

“It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.” quote by Mario Testino — Download Open image

“It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.”

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