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 BoubatSometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer is like a cloud, pushed all around, always dependent on the exterior world. That's what I sometimes feel as a pain and an error.
Edouard BoubatTo live, to experience the world, to communicate with a camera, all these are interrelated and cannot be separated from everyday live.
Edouard BoubatI think that the photos that we like were made when the photographer knew how to disappear. If there were a secret, certainly that would be it.
Edouard Boubat