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I photographed Alek Wek. She was amazing, and nobody knew about her then. It was a really strong photograph of her.

I'm not so interested in perfect, plastic beauty, and I think it translates in the girls I've shot over the years for Nars, from Guinevere to Iris to Mariacarla. I love those girls. I love the more interesting faces, with maybe a strange nose, not just the Texan blonde. By picking those girls, I think it's changed what I've seen in other campaigns.

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Working on fashion shows, you work with the designer and try to read his brain - what was in the creative process, what images did he have in his head?

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Having worked with so many of the geniuses, I'd learned so much. It's the best sort of photography school, to work with people like Penn or Avedon or Meisel.

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Kate Moss makes you dream. She has such a passion for art and the creative process.

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I was spoiled growing up in the 1970s because magazines were publishing the photographs of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin without compromise. You really felt that sense of freedom through their images.

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I love to collaborate with artists, like Guy Bourdin and Steven Klein, who don't have any boundaries.

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The '80s and '90s were the greatest time to be a makeup artist.

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