The Most Famous
PHOTOGRAPHERS from Peru
This page contains a list of the greatest Peruvian Photographers. The pantheon dataset contains 105 Photographers, 1 of which were born in Peru. This makes Peru the birth place of the 21st most number of Photographers behind Sweden and Iran.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Peruvian Photographers of all time. This list of famous Peruvian Photographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mario Testino (1954 - )
With an HPI of 48.03, Mario Testino is the most famous Peruvian Photographer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS (born 30 October 1954) is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer. His work has featured internationally in magazines such as Vogue, V Magazine, Vanity Fair and GQ. He has also created images for brands such as Gucci, Burberry, Versace, Michael Kors, Chanel, Stuart Weitzman, Carolina Herrera and Estée Lauder. Alongside his practice as a photographer, Testino has also worked as a creative director, guest editor, museum founder, art collector and collaborator, and entrepreneur. His professional work as a photographer has been dogged by numerous accusations of sexual harassment and assault, including from his subjects. Aaron Hicklin of The Observer described him as "the world's most prolific magazine and fashion trade photographer".
Pantheon has 1 people classified as photographers born between 1954 and 1954. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living photographers include Mario Testino. As of April 2022, 1 new photographers have been added to Pantheon including Mario Testino.
