Mario Testino, Let me in
Inside the circle: Behind-the-scenes photos of celebrities by the fashion world's favorite photographer
As one of the 21st century's most travelled, acclaimed, and influential fashion photographers, Mario Testino has unsurpassed access to the most magnetic stars of popular culture. For some time now he has been collecting a personal archive of off-screen moments, often snatched spontaneously before, during, and after more official sittings for Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Testino's many clients in the world of fashion. The result is a portrait not just of a generation of the most wanted and talked-about, but an invitation to be part of the backstage parties and unstaged moments of Testino's life. Sometimes offbeat, but always on the pulse, Let me in!, with Testino's eye for a modern kind of elegance liberated from conventional polish, is a new chapter from the photographer who has already made his mark with the books Any Objections, Front Row Backstage, Alive, Portraits, Kids, Diana Princess of Wales, and numerous exhibitions and publications worldwide.
Collector's edition features:
• Limited to 1,000 copies, each numbered and signed by the artist
• Packaged in a slipcase
Features include:
• Introduction by Michael Roberts, fashion director of Vanity Fair
• Foreword by Nicole Kidman
• 300 pages in color and black and white featuring more than 100 contemporary stars
About the photographer:
Peruvian-born Mario Testino travels extensively shooting for Vanity Fair, American, British, and French Vogue. Other clients include Burberry, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana and Michael Kors. His solo exhibitions have shown in galleries worldwide, and his work is held in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery and V&A Museum in London, and others. He holds the Medalha Tiradentes, the state of Rio de Janeiro's highest award.
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Mario Testino, Let me in
Ramakas, Micha
Hardcover, slipcase, 30.9 x 42.5 cm (12.2 x 16.7 in.), 306 pages $ 1000.00 Cannot be ordered online |
- Reviews (44 items)
"This Magnificent collector’s edition, published by TASCHEN, is limited to 1 000 copies each numbered and signed. It also has an introduction by Michael Roberts and foreword by Australian actress Nicole Kidman. The result is magnificent and very intimate series of electrifying images from a covered, secret, unaccessible, transgressive and closed world."
Style Monte-Carlo, Monaco, Monaco
Style Monte-Carlo, Monaco, Monaco
- Clippings (38 items)
Taste of Testino
Angeleno, United States, July 01, 2007
Angeleno, United States, July 01, 2007
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