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Patrick Demarchelier

Patrick Demarchelier (French pronunciation: [pat.ʁik de.maɾ.ʃə.lje]; born 21 August 1943) is a French fashion photographer.

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

Digital, Fast, Film, World

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

Camera, Cameras, Dog, Perfect, Portrait, Pose

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.

Challenge, Challenges, Day, Past, Pictures, Thinking

Sex doesn't sell as well as we thought. If we would not sell the Van Gogh and Co. , it would be a very serious problem.

Sex, Would Be, Serious, Van, Problem

I don't take the camera out with me. My eyes are the camera for me every day.

Camera, Cameras, Day, Eye, Eyes, Take

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.

Years, Cameras, France, Passport, Local, Havre

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

Eye, Cameras, Firsts, Camera, Work

Fashion is the opposite of the real, its worst enemy. Fashion photography is subversive; it makes you believe everything is true, whereas this could not be more false. It is the opposite of a mirror, a deformation.

Photography, Fashion, Real, Worst, Everything, Deformation

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

Dream, Fashion, Inspire, Photographer

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.

Inspiring, Photography, People, Moment, Photo

I love my dog. Actually, the best portrait I did was of my dog.

Dog, I Love My Dog, Love, Portrait, Portraits

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.

Answer, Dog, Favourite, Mean, Think, Thinking

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.

Day, Gone, Movie, Next Day, Photography, Two

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

Like, New Work, Past, Stop, Tomorrow

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.

Finals, Intimacy, Looks, Love, People, Saw

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

Day, Dream, My Wife, Wife

With Dior Haute Couture, the dream is already there.

Already, Dior, Dream, Haute, Haute Couture

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, study it and figure out why you don't like it. You'll learn from your mistake.

Mistake, Picture, Pictures, Study, Worry