Biography
- Born in Lima, Peru in 1954 to a traditional Catholic family, remote from the worlds of fashion and Hollywood.
- He attended the Catholic school Santa Maria Marianistas. As a child he wanted to be a priest.
- Testino studied Economics at Universidad del Pacífico followed by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and the University of San Diego.
- In 1976, he went to London to study photography after abandoning his studies of Economics.
- It was during apprenticeships at the studios of John Vickers and Paul Nugent that he made his first attempts as a photographer, inspired by how photography masters the society of their times.
- Testino looked to his experience growing up in Peru and his long teenage summers in Brazil for inspiration , which helped him to create a unique and personal photographic language. "I noticed an evolution in my work...when I tried to recreate my youth in pictures."
- He has documented subjects from A-list stars, muses, supermodels and artists, to subjects that he has encountered throughout his travels, from magnificent cities by night to mysterious landscapes and private parties.
- He is an artistic vocabulary that transgresses genders, mixes masculinity and femininity and suggests sensuality rather than sexuality.
- "Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring."
- "I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would dress like a fashion photo."
- "I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru."
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