Any Objections? - Hardcover

Testino, Mario; Gann, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714838160 ISBN 13: 9780714838168

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

A collection of bold, fun, vivid images giving an insight into the life of Mario Testino, one of today's top fashion photographers. Aimed at fashion and photography students, fashion lovers and the gay market. Includes fold-outs, colour and duotone photographs.

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Review

Fashion photographer Mario Testino takes pictures of what he sees--and what he sees most is models. His colour-drenched fashion work is well known to readers of magazines such as Vogue. He has a particular knack for catching famous posers off-guard--Naomi Campbell looking over her shoulder as her exceedingly low-cut dress is zipped up her back(side); Carla Bruni, backstage at Dior, fully made-up and fully unclothed, shielding herself from Testino's spotlight. Madonna, perhaps his most famous celebrity muse, dancing offstage with her brother. All of these images are vibrant and compelling. But Testino's strength as a photographer is truly revealed when he puts his lens to less glossy images: a man's torso, crisscrossed with sheet marks; a stark black-and-white dual portrait of two young Muscovites; goldfish swarming in a plant-filled tank; a crowded, bronzed South American beach. The hundreds of previously unpublished photographs that make up Any Objections? are reproduced on full pages of heavy, pearly paper, unfettered by captions (the photos are all easily referenced at the back of the book). If you don't think you'll be able to resist the urge to tear out the pages to hang them on the wall, you might consider buying an extra copy.

Review

"His first book... is an impressive tome of images culled from his charmed life. It's a travelogue of the people and places he has encountered, a glamorized vision of sex, the street and the absurd. It's Testino redefining his work and his image - pushing the parameters that little bit further."―Vogue

"Mario Testino's first book is jam-packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes photographs which provide an insight into the drive and inspiration that went into the creation of the familiar fashion editorials and advertising campaigns."―Harper's and Queen

Edition details

• Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714838160
• ISBN 13: 9780714838168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196