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Mario Testino Biographie
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Mario Testino was born in Lima, Peru into a family of Irish, Spanish and Italian origins. He attended the American School of Lima and went on to study Economics at the Universidad del Pacifico, Law at the Universidad Catolica and International Relations at the University of San Diego, in San Diego, California. From Peru he moved to London and began his formal training in Photography.
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Mario continues to live in London, but he travels extensively shooting for American, British, French, and Italian Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue, and Vanity Fair. He has photographed many celebrities including Madonna, Kim Basinger, Liz Hurley, Gwyneth Paltrow, Janet Jackson, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Diana, Princess of Wales. He has also received special commissions to photograph The Prince of Wales, Prince Harry, and Her Majesty Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan.
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Mario Testino has contributed to the images of leading fashion houses such as: Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Valentino, Sonia Rykiel, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, Paul Smith, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Missoni, Burberry’s and Calvin Klein. He has photographed beauty and fragrance campaigns for Gucci, Clinique, Lancôme, Davidoff, Valentino and Shiseido.
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2008
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Starstruck, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands (England)
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2008
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Baby, De ideale mens verbeeld 1840 - heden, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
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2007
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Art Protects, Yvon Lambert - Paris, Paris
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2006
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Der Pirelli-Kalender: Provokation and Mythos, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
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2005
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Daumenkino, Kusthalle DUsseldorf, Dusseldorf
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2003
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'Mario Testino: Disciples', Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
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2002
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‘Mario Testino’, Charlotte Lund Gallery in Stockholm
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2002
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‘Mario Testino Portraits', The National Portrait Gallery London, UK. Travelled to: Palazzo Reale Milan, Italy, the Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
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2000
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‘Mario Testino’, Vedovi Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
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1999
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‘Mario Testino’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
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1999
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‘Mario Testino’, Visionaire Gallery, New York, USA
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1998
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‘Mario Testino’, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
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1998
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‘Mario Testino’, Fundaçao Armando Alvares Pentendo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1998
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‘Mario Testino’, The Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
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1997
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‘Mario Testino’, Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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| Littérature |
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2003
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‘Disciples’, interview with Julia Peyton-Jones, published by Timothy Taylor Gallery
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2003
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Gledhill, Ruth, ‘The Church is in Vogue’, The Times, 23 July, p. 13
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2003
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Smee, Sebastian, Güner Fisun, ‘For those of Catholic taste’, Metro, 22 July, p. 18
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2003
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Geldard, Rebecca, ‘Mario Testino: Timothy Taylor’, Time Out London, August 6-13, p. 56
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2003
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Hallett, ‘Mario Testino / timothy Taylor Gallery’, What's On in London, July 30, p. 24
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2001
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'Alive', published by Bulfinch
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2001
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‘Portraits’, published by the National Portrait Gallery (UK) and Bulfinch (worldwide)
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1999
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‘Front Row / Backstage’, published by Bulfinch
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1998
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‘Any Objections?’, by Phaidon Press
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