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.

Sex doesn't sell as well as we thought. If we would not sell the Van Gogh and Co., it would be a very serious problem.

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.

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.

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.

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