I had the luck to come into the studio at a wonderful time, we were shooting major campaigns (Dior, Hermes, Oscar del la Renta),  printing books (Made in France, Portraits) and we were working on a major retrospective of his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was wonderful watching him direct and delegate through all that work.  He spent every day working and thinking about his craft. The funny thing is, with all the time spent together, on trips or around the lunch table or at sittings he rarely spoke about "photography", He spoke often and passionately about literature or the theater (his big love) or politics, but photography came up sparsely and really only to convey a feeling he wanted to get in an image on instructions before a sitting.

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