BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

... I shot my first Miss in 1976.
On that day, I was crashing a party in a huge, luxurious hotel in Paris. I had heard there were free drinks and appetizers. As pathetic as that is, this is how how I got drawn into the staged drama, rehearsed suspense, fake tears and forced laughter of the wonderful world of pageantry.

To understand why otherwise classy girls would expose themselves (half naked, topless and completely nude were the main options), I attended every pageant I could find for the next few years: Miss Topless, Miss Europe Nude, Miss Intercamping, Miss Playgirl, Miss Hollywood, Miss Studio of Stars, etc.
You name it, with my camera, I was there.
I managed to capture some very unique, and compelling, photographs.
So, Marc Vilard (writer), and myself, created (with actual dialogue from real pageant contestants) an imaginary pageant night and decided to publish it as a book, Miss You, with all of the images that I had accumulated over those years.
And now, for the first time ever, you will be soon able to order custom fine art prints from the original negatives.