Patrick Demarchelier

Photographer

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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.

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.

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.

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

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

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.

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.

I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.

Only amazing designers think of the truly new.

Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.

When you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream.

Photography is an accident.

Photographers have to make the clothes look fantastic; that's why we get paid.

Photographers have to make the clothes look fantastic; that's why we get paid.

I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.

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 don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.

Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.

Only amazing designers think of the truly new.

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