You definitely have an eye for drama. How do you come up with your stories?
It often starts with a location and then comes the story. I kind of let the location be the guide to the story. Sometimes it starts with the clothes and sometimes it's music or a film.
How much post processing work is done in Photoshop? Do you do this yourself?
As little as I need, but if it tells the story in a better way, I am not afraid of going away from the RAW file. I am not a documentary photographer, I work with feelings that I create on my own or with the model and has not much to do with reality; I think more like a musician or a painter would do. About the retouching, for most of the time I do it myself.
How has a background in art and painting influenced your photography?
Very much I think. I was totally obsessed with some of the great painters and what I realized was that all of them had one thing in common that really affected me: their use of colors and how they put them together. And the lighting, of course. It helped me to see colors that I actually didn't see before. The camera gives me everything I missed in paintings but I still prefer to paint with a thick brush, even though it's by using a camera.
I love your use of color, especially in Pont Alexandre. How do you achieve this prism-like effect?
Actually, I had a prism on my desk by coincidence while I was retouching. The sun came in and there it was, a ray of light. That's it.
What do you find beautiful?
The feeling of almost understanding a piece of art.
What advice would you give to others just starting out?
Look at pictures of the greatest photographers and try to understand why they affect you the way they do. Is it the light? The directing? The location? The colors? The model? The clothes? Whatever it is, be aware! Learn by doing.
Love In Vain
La Couer est une rebelle
Point Alexandre III
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