Mario Testino - Hair and Make-up

Mario Testino is a fashion photographer from Peru who's work largely features in fashion magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair. Here Testino has used make-up, colouring and background to make these portraits appear unusual. The lighting used is studio lighting, and there are hardly any shadows cast on the model's faces. This almost makes them appear two-dimensional, but the colour of the eye-shadow adds some contour. The flowers around the edge have been photoshopped in to replace any background and to take up the negative space, framing the models with more colour. The hair of the models has also been coloured making it appear almost psychedelic.