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Today A Lot Of Things Are So Celebrity-oriented; It's Only Because It's Celebrity And The Photograph Is Lost. To Me It's Important To Have An Image That Is A Photograph First, Not About Necessarily Who That Person Is.

Generally, The French Highly Promote Culture And The Arts, And Photography Is In Their Blood.

I Did Grow Up Next Door To Steve Mcqueen, Who Was A Very Famous Movie Star At The Time, But As A Kid It Didn't Impress Me. We Always Had Great Fun With Him. He Would Take Us Out On Sundays On His Motorcycles, Riding Around In The Desert; He Was Like A Second Father.

It's Important To Let Your Subjects Be Themselves.

Actually, When I First Started Dabbling In Photography, I Was Still Working For My Parents As A Salesman.