ELLEN VON UNWERTH - PLAYFULLY EROTIC

Ellen von Unwerth is a photographer and director who specializes in erotic femininity, but she first started her career as a fashion model for a decade. Her style is mainly the sexual and playful version of fashion and beauty photography.

Bringing her experience and creativity as a fashion model, she found fame photographing Claudia Schiffer for Guess? Jeans, launching her commercial career and leading to many of her works being published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Interview, The Face, Arena, Twill, L'Uomo Vogue and I-D.

Publishing several photography books, you can see her work as the covers of different musicians including Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope [1997], Britney Spears' Blackout [2007], Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics [2006] and Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits [2008] and Rihanna's Rated R [2009].

Her resume includes directing short films for fashion designers and music videos for pop artists. Ellen von Unwerth has also directed commercials and web films for Revlon, Clinique, and Equinox amongst others that feature celebrities.

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MARIO SORRENTI - CAPTURING IN THE FLESH

Mario Sorrenti is a photographer and director best known for his nude photo spreads in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.

Coming from a background of artists and photographers, he self taught himself first using personal black and white images assembled in dense diaries. This caught of the eye of art director Phil Bicker which led to his first advertising commissions with the Calvin Klein brand.

Mario has worked campaigns and directed commercials for Calvin Klein, most notably Kate Moss for the Calvin Klein Obsession ads. Other work on his resume include Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Lancome, Benetton, and Paco Rabanne.

Mario Sorrenti's style is basic experimentation where his fascination lies with the process of making images.

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MARIO TESTINO - A ROYAL FASHION PROPHET

Mario Testino is a Peruvian fashion photographer who initially wanted to become a priest. In school, he was very good at math so he studied economics in college where he stood out for his flamboyant appearance wearing pink flares and platform heels with pink hair.

Moving permanently to London to pursue photography, he began shooting fashion stories for Vogue, V, and Vanity Fair. Mario has also help contributed to the imagery of leading fashion houses such as Gucci, Versace, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Salvatore Ferragamo, Hugo Boss, Miu Miu, Michael Kors, Shiseido, Estee Lauder, and more. Besides shooting famous figures and celebrities, his most famous celebrity subjects are Princess Diana, the British Royal Family, even landed the honor of photographing the engagement pics of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Besides fashion, Mario is an ambassador for the Save the Children foundation. He helped raise money to build a playground in a Moscow's children hospital specializing in cancer, a disease his brother died from when he was 10 years old. Also in Lima, he opened a children's clinic to help victims from the 2007 earthquake. Testino has been honored by many charities and organizations including the Elton John Aids Foundation. He sees his work as not something to be bragged about..."But doing these charitable things has made me feel that I have got some of the priestly instinct back. I know people who have everything and all they do is complain and bicker. Give off negative energy. When you try and do something positive it helps others but also makes you feel better about yourself."

You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille