Mariano Vivanco (born 15 December 1975 in

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, Peru) is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer. He traveled the world with his family, who eventually settled down in New Zealand where his passion for photography took flight. Inspired by the likes of Steichen and Horst, Mariano moved to London in the year 2000 to pursue his career as a fashion photographer. Vivanco has since become one of the world's leading editorial photographers, regularly shooting for

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, Harper's Bazaar, Muse Magazine, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Hommes Nippon,

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, Numéro Homme, i-D, DSection Magazine, Hercules, and GQ. Often in black and white, his portraits, nudes, and editorial work (in both men's and womenswear) apply the principles of pure photography. Using simply light and shade, Vivanco renders visible the natural spirit of the sitter. His work has included actors, athletes, singers, and models.

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, Rihanna,

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, Eva Herzigova,

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, Chloë Sevigny,

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, Sir Paul Smith,

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, and

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among others have been his subjects. Currently the National Portrait Gallery, London displays three of his works: a portrait of a young Lily Cole, model, one of stylist (and frequent collaborator with Vivanco)

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, and one of choreographer Rafael Bonachela, (commissioned for '' i-D'' Magazine in 2004). Vivanco is also seasoned in the medium of film. He began with experimental videos having his models mime to his favorite songs. These soon translated into spots for

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and

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. He created a video piece for the

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menswear show in January 2011 featuring Rick Genest, known as "Zombie Boy". After keeping up a prolific output, and at the same time gaining a large social media following, in 2013 Vivanco was named as one of the ‘500 Most Influential People In Fashion’ by the Business of Fashion.

Early life

Mariano Vivanco was born in Lima in 1975, and was raised around the world, including

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, as well as the

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. He moved to

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in the year 2000. Vivanco got his start in the industry by making model portfolios, something he later turned into a book project, ''Ninety Five Chapel Market''. Within a few years Vivanco was regularly shooting for magazines around the globe.

Career

Vivanco got his start in the fashion industry by shooting portraits of models in

. After numerous shoots and gaining notice in the London fashion scene, he began to work more often for '' Dazed & Confused''. In 2001, while working for ''Dazed & Confused'', Vivanco met stylist

with whom he worked shooting several covers for the highly esteemed

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magazine. Vivanco has also published several books for the Dolce & Gabbana label: ''Calcio'' (2003), which was the first book of its kind to capture the emergence of the soccer superstar, ''Milan'' (2004), Nationale (2006) and Milan Family (2007). The 2011 publication ''Uomini'' has received international recognition. ''David Gandy by Dolce & Gabbana'' (a 2011 publication) reveals an intimate portrait of male model

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's career and his close relationship with the fashion house

(June 2011). In 2006, he was asked to shoot the French rugby team for the Dieux Du Stade Calendar for 2007. In 2007, Vivanco held his debut solo exhibition at the Print Space Gallery in east

, supported by '' Dazed & Confused''. Here, he exhibited two innovative editorial stories produced for Dazed entitled Cult and Artist. His second exhibition followed quickly, this time in Milan's Gold Restaurant. Here, he exhibited his images of the model

for

's 2008 calendar, which fused the classical ideal of

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with modern ideals of masculinity. Later, in 2008, Vivanco published Ninety Five Chapel Market. A retrospective look at his first years in

, documenting

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, David Gandy, and Lily Cole to name a few, at the start of their careers. The collection, named after his first London address, not only shows those early images and previewed the graphic style that would ultimately become his signature. In the fall of 2011, Vivanco photographed

for i-D magazine No.314. He shot model

for the

Fall/Winter 11/12 Eyewear Campaign as well as the cover and fashion editorial photoshoot for '' Attitude''. Vivanco also photographed Rick Genest for the

French fashion house revival in 2011. Vivanco, teamed with

and

produced a viral video titled "Anatomy of Change," featuring a remix of

's song "Scheiße." Later that year, Vivanco shot the pop chart-topping and fashion icon

for the

'' i-D'' magazine's Exhibitionist issue, featuring clothing from the

fashion house. In December 2012, Vivanco’s "Personal Project" was released, showcasing new nude work, accompanied by a short film which he also directed. In the book’s Foreword, stylist and fashion designer Nicola Formichetti writes: “He has the ability to strip a person down to their essence, allowing the sitter to speak and to flourish, whether they are dressed or undressed. ..I often refer to Mariano’s work as timeless, like a Renaissance painting, a Classic movie or sometimes a chaotic Opera.” Songstress Lana Del Rey also found herself in front of Vivanco’s lens for both British GQ - who declared her ‘Woman of the Year 2012, and in Numero Tokyo. In 2013, Vivanco photographed a historic collaboration with British artist

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and Rihanna for the 25th Anniversary of

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. He shows Rihanna reconfigured into a modern Medusa, complete with live serpents - pythons - twisting around her body. The images were released to the shock and acclaim typical of Hirst’s oeuvre, with the press describing them “as scary as they are beautiful.” Crowning 2013 was Vivanco’s inclusion one of the ‘500 Most Influential People In Fashion’ by the Business of Fashion. 2014 included more work with Rihanna, Victoria’s Secret Angel

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and other top models for ''Vogue Brazil''. Vivanco also captured the cover of British GQ with his shot of a sharp-suited Colin Firth. 2015 saw Vivanco work with rock-heiress Georgia May Jagger for numerous campaigns for eyewear giant

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, and shoot various other campaigns, including images for Cesare Paciotti and Joop. In 2016 Vivanco began a relationship with Bernheimer Gallery showing as a fine artist in

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, Munich Highlights, Art Geneve, and Masterpiece London. Top Model

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graced one of his numerous Vogue Russia spreads and covers. Next, Paris’s sexy ''Lui'' magazine called, and the sexy forms of Jasmine Sanders aka Golden Barbie, put his long experience in shooting nudes to good use. Industry bible ''WWD'' wrote about the release of his new photography book, ''Portraits Nudes Flowers'' (2016) in their Fashion Scoops and the retrospective collection of 15 years of work from early explorations to polished portraits was described as ‘an aria in monochrome’ by website Fucking Young. Early 2017 saw another ground-breaking collaboration with Rihanna, this time for the March issue of ''Harper’s Bazaar'' USA. Rihanna takes on the stylish mantle of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, and the subscriber’s cover features the star strapped onto a vintage airplane at several thousand feet above the Santa Paula airport in California. Vivanco captured the image from the door-less plane flying alongside. The April 2017 cover of ''British GQ'' features Vivanco’s photographs of heavy weight boxing champion Anthony Joshua.

References

External links

Official Website

Blog

Models.com

"Mariano Vivanco: A Portrait Of An Imagemaker by Lope Navo"

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