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 you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream.

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.

Fashion is the opposite of the real, its worst enemy. Fashion photography is subversive; it makes you believe everything is true, whereas this could not be more false. It is the opposite of a mirror, a deformation.

Every day is a dream, every day I spend with my wife.

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 love my dog. Actually, the best portrait I did was of my dog.