Of course, I won't be abandoning photography, because it is my life.

Of course, I won't be abandoning photography, because it is my life.

My way of photographing is my way of life. I photograph from my experience, my way of seeing things.

I try with my pictures to raise a question, to provoke a debate, so that we can discuss problems together and come up with solutions.

I discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to take pictures of buildings. For the first time, I looked through a lens - and photography immediately started to invade my life.

When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest person I'd ever met. He told me it was necessary to trust my instincts, be inside my work, and set aside my ego. In the end, my photography turned out very different to his, but I believe we were coming from the same place.

The language that photography has is a formal language. Any photographer is doing something formal. If it's formal, then it must be an aesthetic way to communicate.