The swinging 60’s| Hold on, wasn’t Patrick Lichfield there

Lichfield worked with many of the world’s most famous and glamorous faces, from royalty and fashion models to sporting legends and cinema stars. His informal, sometimes playful approach helped him to create portraits that offer a glimpse into worlds and personalities often hidden from public view.

 

Imagination| Science and creative arts come from the same place

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

― Albert Einstein

Mario Testino| The man who makes models super

One of fashion’s most sought-after snappers, Mario Testino was born in 1954 in Lima, Peru. He came to London in 1976, took a flat in an abandoned hospital near Trafalgar Square, and began selling portfolios (for £25, including hair and make-up) to wannabe models. Today he is best known for his highly polished, exotically bright ad campaigns and his exquisitely styled photographs of the couture scene all of which carry a deceptive air of nonchalance. Now at the top of his profession, Testino has shot Madonna for Versace as well as photographing the late Diana, Princess of Wales for her famous Vanity Fair cover in 1997. His popularity with designers and fashion editors stems as much from his professionalism and good nature as his unerring ability to take beautiful pictures which sell clothes.