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SUPER MAN: Nicholas Hoult, photographed by Mario Testino in Los Angeles in 2013 for VMAN magazine.
MARIO TESTINO
THE PERUVIAN photographer Mario Testino believes that high fashion’s perception of the male is too limited: “We’re taught as we grow up that masculinity is deined by ways of standing, moving, speaking,” he tells Newsweek. “But the most masculine people can cry or be metrosexual.” Testino attempted to change perceptions in 2015, with the limited edition, hardback release of Sir, a collection of his work charting the evolution of masculinity in the past 30 years. Just 1,000 copies were printed, at €750 euros ($799) each; now he’s released a new and more a#ordable paperback edition. “XL” the website warns, and it is that: 504 pages of male glamor that weigh in at about 9 pounds. But the book is worth hulking home: Testino’s images can be both tender and revealing, and not just physically. Yes, there are naked bodies, but also souls on show, like a shot of young soldiers in Moscow that captures their moving combination of pride and bullish joy. His portraits of performers—Nicholas Hoult (above), Josh Hartnett, Michael Fassbender—are particularly playful. Why does he think that is? Because, he believes, of how actors can “take themselves lightly. When you’re good, you’re good; you don’t need to pretend.”—