I don't regret the numerous pictures of Brigitte Bardot, but I'd rather have a good photograph of my father.

- Raymond Depardon

When the American documentary filmmaker Donn Alan Pennebaker wanted to do a film on Dylan, Dylan asked him what he'd already done, and Pennebaker ans…

- Raymond Depardon

I think photography was inside me. Once I found it, it became stronger than me and I took refuge in it.

- Raymond Depardon

The subject isn't always a help to the photographer, it's like handcuffs.

- Raymond Depardon

It is necessary to like loneliness to be photographer

- Raymond Depardon

I'm coming from journalism, but at the same time I'm tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness, a belief that you can still …

- Raymond Depardon

I like to be on my own when I look at my contact sheets, because I'm often disappointed... But as years go by we become proud of our old contact shee…

- Raymond Depardon

The photographer is filled with doubt. Nothing will soothe him.

- Raymond Depardon