Alive
Published, 2001
In Alive, Mario Testino shares moments to savor from all of his travels: exotic locales, magnificent cities by night, mysterious landscapes & private soirees. All are peopled by the lovely models, celebrities & friends that make up this glittering world. Among those friends is actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who contributes a charming foreword. Like Testino's fashion work, the candid photographs in Alive (almost all unpublished) are full of energy, radiant color, & humorous juxtapositions. Alive is a marvelous collage of Testino at his best--pure joie de vivre from one of the most sought-after & charismatic photographers of our time.