Peering at people through a new lens

It was 1982 when Mario Testino first arrived in Beijing. He stayed a couple of days, working as a Glamour magazine photographer.

Beijing's cityscape then bustled with bicycles and people in blue Mao suits. But the dreary scenes didn't seem dull to the Peruvian fashion photographer.

Testino, who's among the world's most influential photographers, returned in 2011, working for Vogue.