My dog, Puffy. The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.

For me, the new pictures are what I'm thinking about every day. The past is the past, no? Every day is a new challenge.

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.

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.

When people ask me which is your favourite portrait, they expect it to be Diana, or someone famous. But the answer is my dog, Puffy. They think I mean Puff Daddy. No, it is the dog.

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

My dog, Puffy. The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.