Swide Magazine by Dolce&Gabbana

If you've been following Swide, you'll have noticed we've been brushing up on our doggie paddle with the Italian swim team - the latest stars of Dolce & Gabbana's fall/winter 2010 underwear campaign. We catch up with fashion photographer behind the camera...

Responsible for transforming the swimmers into poster-sized underwear models is international fashion photographer Mariano Vivanco. We caught up with him poolside to find out how the campaign started, his inspirations and why you shouldn't mention water polo...

Mariano Vivanco is a fashion photographer whose rich cultural heritage informs his unique aesthetic. Originally from Lima, Peru, he now divides his time between London and New York, regularly shooting for internationally renowned magazines such as, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Nippon, Vogue Homme Nippon, Numero, Another Magazine, Man About Town, Allure, Details, GQ Italy, L'Uomo Vogue, 10 and 10 Man.

Before we go any further - ladies & gentlemen, a moment for Mariano please - for he is the photographer responsible for bring to life the now mythical calendar featuring male model David Gandy for Dolce & Gabbana in 2008. The calendar fused the classical ideal of Michelangelo's David with modern ideals of masculinity.

Vivanco has also published four books for Dolce & Gabbana: Calcio (2003), which was the first book of its kind, to capture the emergence of the soccer superstar, Milan (2004), Nationale (2006) and Milan Family (due for release). In 2006, he was also asked to shoot the French rugby team for the Dieux Du Stade Calendar for 2007.

In 2008, Mariano published Ninety Five Chapel Market. A retrospective look at his first years in London, documenting the likes of Sienna Miller, David Gandy and Lily Cole to name a few, at the start of their careers and has worked with the likes of Eva Mendes, Dita von Teese, Cillian Murphy, Rupert Friend, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova and Sir Paul Smith.

Capturing the swimmers athletic and healthy bodies, sculpted by intense training and discipline, the new Dolce & Gabbana Underwear advertising campaign for Summer 2009 features five swimmers from the Italian National team, who will also represent the tri-coloured flag in the next World Swimming Championships which will take place in Rome from July 17th.

The campaign is set in the swimming pools of the historical Circolo Aniene di Roma.

Swimmers Emiliano Brembilla, Paolo Bossini, Alessandro Terrin, Mirco Di Tora and Nicola Cassio feature as the new stars.

See more backstage footage from the shoot here www.swide.com/Backstage-with-the-Italian-swim-team

Plus see an exclusive interview with his team-mates - Nicola Cassio www.swide.com/Nicola-Cassio--Interview & Alessandro Terrin www.swide.com/Alessandro-Terrin--The-world-champion-swimmer, Mirco di Tora www.swide.com/Mirco-Di-Tora--Exclusive-Interview and Paolo Bossini www.swide.com/Paolo-Bossini--Exclusive-interview-with-the-Olympic-swimmer.

With special thanks to Mariano Vivanco

To see more of his work click on www.marianovivanco.com

 

Source & Photo Credit: Dolce & Gabbana

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