Mariano Vargas The Contract and the Model Certificate of Authenticity on the back (revise the pictures) ca 49x40cm including the mat and ca 32x24cm picture Considered one of the most influential photographers of erotica of his generation, Mariano Vargas has enjoyed international fame since his beginnings in 1991 and draws the better part of his inspiration from the great masters of the Renaissance. Although certain contemporary elements clearly disturb their interpretation, it is difficult for the spectator to differentiate between painting and photography in this savvy combination of purity and insolence. His ‘tableaux’ have been exhibited in Spain, Florida, and Colombia. Peter Hankfield is one of the best photographers of the 20th as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Philippe Halsman, Elliott Erwitt, Annie Leibovitz or Robert Capa, he was considered an icon of 20th century culture like Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons or Banksy.