Patrick Demarchelier Quotes
When people ask me which is your favourite portrait, they expect it to be Diana, or someone famous. But the answer is my dog, Puffy. They think I mean Puff Daddy. No, it is the dog.
When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.
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.
I love digital, but the only problem is less intimacy. People look at the screen right away. Before, nobody saw the picture before you saw the final picture. There was more privacy in a way.
My dog, Puffy. The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.
Film is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast.
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 and photographing weddings.
For me, the new pictures are what I'm thinking about every day. The past is the past, no? Every day is a new challenge.
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.
Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.
