I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.

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.

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 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.

Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already.

I did find a wonderful girl last year, but the photographs that we did were more about motorcars.