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.

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

...what I try to do is a good bad picture. I work it out very carefully, and then I do something that looks as if it went wrong.

I have always avoided photographing in the studio. A woman does not spend her life sitting or standing in front of a seamless white paper background. Although it makes my life more complicated, I prefer to take my camera out into the street... and places that are out of bounds for photographers have always had a special attraction for me.

You should feel that, under the right conditions, all women would be available.

Genius and taste don't go together.

It's quite true that what I am aiming at, even when I take portraits, is to get a scandalous picture. I would love to be a paparazzo.