Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves.

My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.

I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.

Take pictures all the time. Don't worry if you take a bad photograph; you learn more by taking a bad picture than a good one. If you don't like it, study it and figure out why you don't like it. You'll learn from your mistake.

I love digital, but the only problem is less intimacy. People look at the screen right away. Before, nobody saw the picture before you saw the final picture. There was more privacy in a way.

I don't take the camera out with me. My eyes are the camera for me every day.

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