I am very attracted by bad taste-it is a lot more exciting than that supposed good taste which is nothing more than a standardized way of looking at things.

There are two dirty words in photography, one is art, the other is good taste

I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.

The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.

The desire to discover, the desire to move, to capture the flavor, three concepts that describe the art of photography.

I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.