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I have always avoided photographing in the studio. A woman does not spend her life sitting or standing in front of a seamless white paper background. Although it makes my life more complicated, I prefer to take my camera out into the street... and places that are out of bounds for photographers have always had a special attraction for me.

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I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right …

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There are two dirty words in photography, one is art, the other is good taste

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Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already.

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They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposur…

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I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.

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In my vocabulary there are two bad words: art and good taste.

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It's quite true that what I am aiming at, even when I take portraits, is to get a scandalous picture. I would love to be a paparazzo.

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What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To have taboos, then to ge…

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My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.

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