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" Chanel is everywhere. Pick up a magazine. You'll find Chanel all over it. That's the imprint that she had. I mean, she did so much. "
She
You
Find
" Chanel is here forever. She changed fashion, she changed culture, and she changed how people dress. "
Fashion
She
People
" Growing up in a cold place, in Southern Ontario, Woolrich was a brand of choice for us because it was always warm and comfortable. The parka with the fur on it was standard fare for us. It's extraordinary that they have kept up with the times. Beyond the parka, they have changed, and they have some pretty hip, cool items which I wear. "
Brand
Place
Growing Up
" I always considered, with every shoot, I was on trial; every time I pick up my camera and start out on the relationship, I am at degree zero. There is no coasting. "
Start
Camera
Time
" I believe Photoshop is in some way the contemporary darkroom, the creative area that all photographers have available today. "
Believe
Creative
Way
" I consider myself very lucky. I'm known for photographing celebrities, but, in a nutshell, my first love is photography. "
Love
Photography
Myself
" I did photograph Angelina Jolie up in Vancouver when she was making 'Life Or Something Like It', and they gave me the drawings they wanted me to photograph of her up there, but she didn't really care for them that much, and ultimately they weren't even used. "
Life
Care
Me
" I have a genuine philosophy. I do not want to make negative pictures about people, and so I do everything I can to help make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. That is what is going to control your picture, because you are alone if your subject is not with you. And that's the simple answer to getting a good picture. "
Good
Simple
Alone
" I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them. "
People
Photograph
Talk
" I'll photograph weddings, friends - I'm not too good for anything. "
Anything
Friends
Good
" It's fundamental to succeed in coming into contact with your subject. Whether it's a big Hollywood star or a passer-by in the street, it makes no difference. "
Difference
Street
Succeed
" I will refine somebody in a minor way, but I don't want to totally change them. I don't want them to look like plastic dolls. "
Like
Want
Look
" Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work. "
Work
Important
People
" The misfortune is that many people, men and women, think that the perfect face has no flaws, no pores in the skin; and that gives unrealistic levels of esteem. Somebody feels they're not right because they haven't got that type of refinement. "
People
Men
Women
" Whatever I did in 1960, half a century ago, I couldn't do that today and enter the field. The field has changed so much, you have to adapt to the times whatever you're doing. That's the reality of life: you have to be a different person today than you had to be then. "
Reality
Life
Doing
" When you look at my pictures, you are seeing my life. "
You
Life
Look
" When you put an individual on the cover of a big picture magazine, like 'Life of Look', their career skyrocketed. As a photographer, you were very empowered; people came to you, bowing to you and what you represented. "
Career
Look
Life
" You must adapt to the situation. This is where the pictures come from. "
Pictures
You
Adapt
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