![]() 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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