Mario Testino is a 59-year-old Peruvian fashion photographer known for his work in magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair. A career highlight was photographing Princess Diana for Vanity Fair in 1997, after which he was frequently hired by the royal family. Testino also shoots celebrities like Kate Moss, Lady Gaga, and members of the royal family. He most recently photographed Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement announcement in 2010.

1. Beck Harpin
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2. Mario Testino (age 59) is a Peruvian fashion photographer, who was born in Lema,
Peru on the 30th October 1954. He is a famous fashion photographer, whose work has
been featured in many magazines such as’ Vogue’ and ‘Vanity Fair’. His career high
point was when he took a photograph of Princess Diana for the ‘Vanity Fair’ magazine
in 1997. Ever since Princess Diana’s photoshoot, Mario Testino has been employed
many times by the Royal family. 1976, Mario Testino went to London to study
Photography, but was employed as a waiter to keep himself going financially. Near this
time, he had his hair dyed pink, so that he would be noticed as a photographer. Testino
has shot photographs for fashion stores, such as Gucci, Vogue and Vanity Fair. He also
shoots photographs for celebrities, which varies from members of the royal family to
Kate moss, Kristen Stewart, Catherin Zeta-Jones, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Britney
Spears and Lady Gaga. More recently, Mario Testino Shot photographs for the
engagement of Prince William and Catherin Middleton during December 2010, when
they announced their engagement.
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5. The medium that has been used to create this
photograph is Digital Coloured Photography. The
subject of the photograph is a woman, and it shows a
close up of her face. This is a portrait photo, which
represents the theme of fashion, and this is portrayed
through the style of the photograph. This photo has
been digitally manipulated, as you can see that the
saturation has been adjusted to make the photograph a
lot lighter, and to make it have a white appearance. A
shade of pink has been added to the photograph, to
create a soft subtle affect. The lighting used in this
photograph is significant because it creates the
shadows around the woman’s face, and creates a good
affect.
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6. The medium that is used to create this photograph is
digital colour photography. This image was taken by
Testino in 2010, when Prince William and Kate
Middleton announced the news of their engagement to
the public. This image is mainly focused on Kate
Middleton, and the ring that she is wearing on her
finger. The top of Prince William’s head is cut out of
the image to make Kate seem more in focus. The way
that Kate Middleton’s hair is laid out, and the angle
that her eyes are looking, draws you into the image and
all of the focus is on her. The ring that is in focus on
her finger, represents the engagement that they have
just announced. The light in this image is natural and is
shot from the side, to create a soft and subtle look to
the photograph. This photograph is landscape,
containing only 2 people with no backgrounds, which
means that the photograph was taken with a wide
aperture and at about 1/100th of a second shutter
speed.
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7. The medium that was used to create this photograph
was black and white photography. The subject of this
photograph is Kristen Stewart. This photograph
shows a close up of her face, and is a portrait shot.
The fact that it is a portrait shot shows us that the
aperture was set as wide, and that the shutter speed
would’ve been set to about 1/100th of a second. The
lighting used in this image is angled, to create a
shadow on the side of her face, and the contrast
between the two sides of her face make the right side
and parts of her hair stand out more than the rest of
her. The features on her face stand out as they are set
in focus, and appear to be very sharp, such as her jaw
bone… it is very in focus and gives a sharp affect.
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