All my photographs are about meetings and about coups de foudre - love at first sight. To do that type of photography, one must wipe the canvas clean to prepare for chance encounters, be open and aware to such moments, otherwise it becomes a cliché - already seen and expected.

There is a word we haven't used yet: virginity... To make a photograph, the plate must be virgin, but your eye as well.

Nowadays, photographers start out with ideas, and their photos become the expression of an idea. To my way of thinking, a photo should not depend on ideas, should go beyond ideas.

The wandering photographer sees the same show that everyone else sees. He, however, stops to watch it.

To live, to experience the world, to communicate with a camera, all these are interrelated and cannot be separated from everyday live.

The most important thing is to go out and see the stars, not to see them in books.

All my photographs are about meetings and about coups de foudre - love at first sight. To do that type of photography, one must wipe the canvas clean to prepare for chance encounters, be open and aware to such moments, otherwise it becomes a cliché - already seen and expected.