" He's a real fellow traveller. He arrives with his photos from Normandy, where he was born, and I found him very touching : he showed me pictures of social housing taken in Le Havre, very simple photos, and I saw straight off that he was authentic, he had incredible potential. We became close friends at once and I suggested he should come and live at my place. He joinded Magnum before I did; it was him and Guy Le Querrec who got me to make the move. He's someone I like very much : a great lover of photos, film and books, and a photographer you can't ignore. "

Raymond Depardon.