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telegraph.co.ukIt 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 keeking her like dis, 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 eentimacy. When these people come across someone who treats them as an equal, it puts them at their ease.’
mariotestinoWhen Madonna asked me to do the cover for “Ray of Light”, I had not done many album covers in my career. She sent me a sample of the new record. The energy of the music was electric, I could not stop listening and dancing to it. The rhythm felt new, wonderful. And the team was great: stylist Lori Goldstein, Orlando Pita doing the hair and make up by Tom Pecheux.
The start of the shoot was not fluid. Madonna wanted to finish by lunch time, but I felt I did not have the final shot. I convinced her to stay a little longer and it worked out great because all the pictures that ended up being used were the ones we took then!
Good pictures don’t come easily, especially when you are trying to do something great for an icon. Madonna has huge influence and some of us have been lucky enough to have her push us to do great things.
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