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.

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

Film is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast.

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.

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

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

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.