Artists like  Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Albert Watson and Annie Leibovitz have impressed me deeply. They combine perfect technique with a very personal insight on people and places. My strongest inspirations are the people that come to my studio. When we start shooting together I try to create an atmosphere that gives the person in front of the camera the feeling that I help them to see themself. I do not think that I take a picture - I think that the pictures are coming to us and I have the task of catching them at the right moment.

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