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 is currently based in London, though he travels extensively shooting for Vanity Fair, American, British, French and Italian Vogue and GQ. Other clients include Estee Lauder, Burberry & Versace. Galleries around the globe from Japan to Italy to the USA have featured his solo exhibitions and his work is held in collections of many institutions worldwide, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, V&A Museum in London and New York University. Mario is an Honorary Doctor of the University of the Arts London and has recently received the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award for his outstanding contribution to the world of fashion and entertainment.
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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 $ 700.00 ISBN: 978-3-8228-4416-8 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
- Reviews (45 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."
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In with the crowd
V Magazine, United States, March 01, 2007
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