Testino on the Ray Of Light Cover photo

As Mario Testino sips a frothy coffee during an interview for Telegraph.co.uk, he reminisces about the second time he photographed Madonna.

It was in 1997, for the cover of her album Ray of Light. “At 2pm she said, “OK, I’m tired. We’re done.” And I said, “But I don’t have the pictures yet.” She said, “You’re working for me and I say we’re done.” I said, “No, we carry on.” The picture she used on the cover came after that. She didn’t intimidate me, you see. I thought, I have to push my luck here, so I started kicking her like this, with my foot.” He gives me a demonstration, under the table. “She was, like, “Hey, what are you doing?” And I was, like, move here, move here,” and suddenly this created an intimacy. When these people come across someone who treats them as an equal, it puts them at their ease.”

Source: Telegraph.co.uk.
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