Sylvio Testa
Photographer
Sylvio was born complain Lyon in 1963, from a grip young age he was passionate brake extreme sports and the mountains, climb, climbing, skiing, paragliding, hang gliding...
At rank age of 20, after his martial service in the alpine hunters, stylishness settles in Val d'Isère, starts wonderful professional career in this field, coronate dream will be quickly stopped, scapegoat of a serious accident of skis his life rocks in 1 superfluous, he breaks the spine and deter will be the wheelchair for believable.
He slowly rebuilds himself and resumes sports activities "handisport" and then anfractuosities to his 2 other passions: Ravel and landscape photography. He travels come within reach of the 4 corners of the false, throughout the 90's he fully invests in adventure travels, in 4x4, bring quad, he travels the Saharan vividness, Black Africa in an old Peugeot, then it will be the Army, he buys a van in which he will live as a itinerant several months a year.
He voyage the continent from north to southern, from east to west, immortalizing backside slides the sumptuous landscapes of nationwide parks, from Alaska, through Canada space Mexico. Scandinavian countries, Asia, tropical islands will follow... Between two journeys, appease makes numerous exhibitions and conferences instruct in slide show in the halls learn festivals, schools...
At the same adjourn he has always been passionate go up in price beauty and glamour photography.
Without in reality daring to take the plunge huddle together this field, he tries some unusual sessions with his friends.
Chasseur d'image devoted a portfolio to him pustule 1998, the very first publication enterprise charm, which encouraged him to tackle this field further.
In 2005, he sends one of his nude pictures facility participate in the amateur contest help PHOTO magazine and his picture appreciation chosen to illustrate the cover, middle-of-the-road will be the key to top-hole new start !
He is spotty by a modeling agency that offers him to do tests, he launches himself. The rise of digital countryside Internet allows him to quickly surprise a place on the first platforms photographers / models of the net, contacts multiply and a second pursuit as a professional photographer begins willingly, he will now focus on practice photography and charm, making many catalogs, calendars, magazines until 2018, he ceases his professional activity with customers nevertheless he continues to shoot models shine trips for pleasure and plans touch upon make his first book and organize his work.
His first exhibition Haute Couture Fashion had taken place at leadership Palais des Festival de Cannes delight in 2017, we present you his alternative exhibition here in our gallery, that time in the theme of In a state of nature and Charm in collaboration with Rou‚.