![]() He is royalty at front rows, on speed dial with stars and designers alike, and, if you were to visit his Wikipedia profile, his career highlights and achievements alone will take you days to scope out. Possessing the dual superpowers of being a creative genius whose three-decade-long career has also earned him much commercial success, his significance is unparalleled□. And this unique vision has secured his singular position in the fashion firmament-as the su□per hero of fashion and celebrity photography. Mario Testino’s images sizzle with a heady sensuality that is guaranteed to create a stir. ![]() Words cannot legitimise the impact of his work. Not even when it is an image of the late Princess Diana, dazzling with her cheekbones and chutzpah in a one-shoulder gown, immortalised in my mind forever. Not even when a bare-bodied Kate Moss is staring at me for the umpteenth time, invoking a provocation only she can. His photographs do not speak a thousand words to me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vogue India editor Priya Tanna meets the ace photographer in Jaipur to discuss how he finds beauty in everything. Visceral and often voyeuristic, iconic lensman Mario Testino’s hard-bodied portraits have made him fashion world royalty. ![]()
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