Mario Testino

Mario Testino is widely recognised for his celebrity photography, what I love about Testino is that he manages to capture the feeling of fame and fortune within his pictures, they epitomise a certain kind of accessible, star- friendly, flashy and trashy glamour. I have seen pictures of his exhibition in The National Portrait Gallery in 2002, where he hung celebrity images all over the wall. Each photo as bright and captivating as the other, the images appear to be fighting with one another to grab your attention, much like reality. Testino manages to apply and encorporate high fashion photography for many different ad campaigns, for example his most recent photograph of Kate Moss for the London 2012 campaign "40 Artists,
40 Days"; the idea and execution of this photo only further highlights his creative energy.

You will notice throughout Testinos images although each and every photograph looks vibrant and unique, many of them have one thing in common-the use of primary colours. I think he likes to use these constraints to push his creativity and try to produce equally unique pictures within these confinements.

His work is often fun and playful, I love the art direction behind these "Working Girls" photographs. They remind of the traditional spot the difference pictures but with a modern, controversial, high end fashion twist.