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

- Patrick Demarchelier

The movie that you'll be in is a new challenge. Photography is just the shot - one day, two days - and the next day you're gone.

- Patrick Demarchelier

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

- Patrick Demarchelier

With Dior Haute Couture, the dream is already there.

- Patrick Demarchelier

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 …

- Patrick Demarchelier

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, s…

- Patrick Demarchelier

Fashion is the opposite of the real, its worst enemy. Fashion photography is subversive; it makes you believe everything is true, whereas this could …

- Patrick Demarchelier

Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves.

- Patrick Demarchelier

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

- Patrick Demarchelier