Mario Testino is an Peruvian Photographer born in Lema, he began his career in photography  in 1976 when he went to London to study photography, he funded himself by working as a waiter and died his hair pink to help him get noticed..
Testino has photographed for magazines such as Italian Vogue and Vanity Fair. His work has been published in many books such as;
Mario Testino, Portraits (Bulfinch Press, 2002)
Kate Moss by Mario Testino (Taschen, 2010)

Mario Testino has been one of my favourite photographers before I even started studying photography, I love his use of bold bright colours. Although this shoot is shot in a studio the use of vintage styling and colour was a very big influence on my project.