Mario Testino (Photographer)

Mario Testino is one of the world’s most influential photographers. His cultural and commercial zeitgeist has made him a much sought after creative partner in the fashion and beauty industry today. His work has been featured across the globe in magazines from Vogue to Vanity Fair and he has contributed to the success of many leading fashion and beauty houses through advertising campaigns, from Burberry and Gucci to Dolce & Gabbana and Versace.

Testino has had many exhibitions of his photography in museums and galleries around the world. In 2002 The National Portrait Gallery in London opened his exhibition, Portraits by Mario Testino, which is still their highest attended exhibit on record. It then travelled to Milan, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Tokyo, Mexico City and Lima. In 2010, Testino was invited by the renowned Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid to exhibit his work, one of the few living artists to have done so. He has also been invited by the prestigious Museum of Fine Art in Boston, USA, to exhibit in a new show due to open in October 2012; his first museum show in the United States of America.

As a portrait photographer he captures the actors, beauties and worldwide celebrities of the moment, as well as receiving royal commissions from The Prince of Wales, Prince William, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Diana Princess of Wales, and Her Majesty Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan.

In addition to his work in the world’s greatest magazines, Mario Testino has published 10 books of his photography, including MaRio de Janeiro Testino, a tribute to the city and its people that have inspired him so much. His most recent book, Kate Moss by Mario Testino, is a collection of photographs taken of his close friend and muse during their twenty year relationship.