"I have always been interested in old BW photographs. Especially the ones where we can see how people lived, loved and suffered in the past. 

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I took a break from my modeling career to live in Mexico in 1999, and with my first camera started to immerse myself in the Mexican culture. I traveled from the northern Mexican desert to the southern tropical jungle, making my home base in the Yucatan white beaches of Tulum. 

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When I returned to Paris, I found that I had to readjust my life and select new subjects to photograph after years of being surrounded by the unique nature and colorful characters of Mexico. I learnt how to portray myself. The only way to express my feelings was through my self-portrait photography.

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I feel that the fashion industry, perhaps because of the financial crisis, is changing and becoming more open to realism in its imagery and approach. They are finally noticing the value of nature; that women should not try to be eternally young and that we can find beauty in the simplicity of things in life."

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