Jean-François Dubos: The Man Who Gave Paris Photo a Chance

What type of collector are you? Collecting involves desire and wonderful encounters… That's a rather egotistical approach. What I can say is that I need to see and live with the works I own. It's very frustrating to have 150 photos stored away in a cupboard. I buy on sight above all, which probably explains why my collection is so eclectic. It contains drawings, lithographs, sculptures and paintings as well as photographs, though they make up the bulk. Nor is there any theme: it probably conveys a range of emotions at a given moment. Undeniably, there's a large dose of compulsion involved: if I don't buy on the spur of the moment, the desire passes. I remember buying a Gérard Garouste at the Durand-Dessert gallery on a whim… That was a financial risk for me at the time. When did you make your first buys? I was a student, and it was various lithographs by…