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 clichรฉ - already seen and expected.
Edouard BoubatThere is a word we haven't used yet: virginity... To make a photograph, the plate must be virgin, but your eye as well.
Edouard BoubatTo live, to experience the world, to communicate with a camera, all these are interrelated and cannot be separated from everyday live.
Edouard BoubatBecause I know war... because I know the horror, I don't want to add to it. .........After the war, we felt the need to celebrate life, and for me photography was the means to achieve this.
Edouard Boubat