![]() ![]() Now, in a restored 19th-century mansion in the Barranco District of Lima, a quiet room in the MATE museum pays tribute to Diana. She died later that same year, two months after the images were published. ![]() The photos were the last official portraits taken of Diana before her death. ![]() The princess, according to British fashion and art journalist Meredith Etherington-Smith, called it one of the happiest days of hers. The photographer later called the photo shoot one of the greatest experiences of his life. Not the cooped-up royal with the weight of the world on her paparazzi-plagued shoulders. Testino revealed a different, often hidden side to Diana: modern, unrestrained, smiling, sexual. The sitting, commissioned for Vanity Fair, would have a profound impact on Testino, Diana, and thousands, if not millions, of people around the world. In 1997, Peruvian-born Mario Testino-one of the world’s most influential fashion and portrait photographers-came face-to-face with Diana, Princess of Wales. Tucked away from the rest of the photographic displays, it’s a shrine-like testament to the late Princess Diana and the power of photography. The Diana Room is a permanent exhibition at the Mario Testino Museum (MATE) in Lima, Peru. ![]()
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