I wasn’t a talkative person, my images spoke for me, they expressed my sensibility, my thoughts.
Today, I’m less frequent in airport waiting rooms and on back roads.
I organize my images by year, subject, material and format.
I rediscover the ones that brought me luck and helped me forget my sorrows.
I’m amazed, I doubt, I smile, I rage, I want to rediscover everything all over again.
I submit to my friends and family a selection of what I feel are my best photos.
With pleasure, they encourage me to accept, to give new life to my images by presenting them to the public, so that I can go back to photographing.
The image is my destiny, happiness is in the image.
Raymond Depardon, February 2024
