I had the great fortune to be working in Provence this week and managed to squeeze in a quick trip to Arles for the Rencontres des Arles, the big French photo festival. Christian Lacroix was born in Arles and hosted this years festival, it had a fab fashion slant. The giants were there, and on a beautiful night in the ancient Roman theatre Paolo Roversi and Peter Lindbergh bantered about the differences in the way they work. Paolo, the master of the simple, the 'artisan of photography with his simple collection of chairs, backdrops and lights and big polaroid camera on a tripod works almost exclusively in his studio creating dream like fashion. Peter, is the master of the decor, the big cinema styled photo shoots shot on site at Cinecitta, Paramount studios, wtih cinema styling lighting and a 35 mm camera to capture th action. I didn't learn any great intimate secrets about these two but it was enough to hear their voices and feast my eyes open them and their work after loving them from afar for so many years.. 
