Photographer 5

Mario Testino
Mario Testino  is a Peruvian fashion photographer who has worked with many celebrities, his work has appeared in Vogue and Vanity Fair. His work captures several formal elements such as colour, shape, tone and form. I like his work because unlike the other photographers which i have done my extended research on, Mario captures the formal elements with models instead of objects. 

 This photograph is of two models who are showing the formal elements of tone, pattern and colour. I like the way in which the clothing of the two models contrasts as the girl in the suit is showing tone and it is dark clothing and this contrasts with the other patterned dress. The dress is showing colour and pattern as it is a very vibrantly coloured and patterned dress. I would like to incorporate this idea of one formal element like colour next to something duller because it makes the colour the focus of the photograph. 






This photograph is showing form and tone. It is showing form as there is shadowing around the neck, chest, and the way the hand is resting on the leg. It shows tone as you can clearly see there is a difference in colours other jackets and between the stool she is sitting on and the clothing which she is wearing. I like this photograph because it is simple yet captures both these formal elements so simply. I would like to incorporate some more work of models in my own work to use the element of form with people instead of objects as i feel it is more effective. There are also the formal elements of shape from the models necklace and the stool. 









This photograph of Miley Cyrus is showing the formal elements of tone, shape, line and form. Tone is shown as you can see there is colour originally on the car which she is sitting in and on the top which she is wearing and from her lipstick. Line is shown from her hair and the strap of the top. Form is also shown here as it shows shadowing on and around her face neck and chest. I would like to include some of this technique into my own work because i feel like it captures the natural happy expression of Miley as well as capturing the formal elements so simply.









 I feel this photograph represents the formal element of colour extremely well as it shows such a wide variety of bright and bold colours all extremely close together. I like the way in which all of the colours are similar to one another. I would like to bring some close ups into my work as i feel that they show the formal element just as  it is . I like the way the models eyes also show different colours and lines. 








I feel Mario's work has influenced me to want to increase my use of models when capturing the formal elements as i feel it represents them well and they show the formal elements easily as you can manipulate the models into showing the element in the way you want. This is a photograph which i took which was inspired by Marios work as i am using a model to show form. I like the way that half of Alex's face is covered by light as this heightens the element of form. i feel it is similar to Testinos work because of the composition and the way it shows a formal element through the use of a model. 

In summary i would like to continue using Mario Testino's style of shooting as i feel it is a good unique shooting style. I would like to do some studio shoots when capturing some of the formal elements .