Fernando Fernandes discusses landmark 2008 photoshoot

In the first episode of the new Globoplay documentary ‘Fernando Fernandes — Entre o Céu e o Inferno’, presenter and former model Fernando Fernandes discusses a landmark 2008 photoshoot with Peruvian photographer Mario Testino.

The session, which took place at the Hotel Fasano in Ipanema, involved a frontal nude photograph that Fernandes claims “broke the paradigms of fashion history” as it was the first frontal nude published by ‘Vogue’. The encounter began unexpectedly while Fernandes was playing ‘altinha’ on Ipanema Beach.

Testino described Fernandes as being “the closest to perfection” he had ever seen. The resulting publicity propelled Fernandes' international career, leading to a perfume campaign in Paris alongside models such as Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, and Eva Herzigová. This professional era preceded a 2009 car accident that left Fernandes paraplegic and led him to transition into adaptive sports.