In 1966, at 30 years of age, he was awarded the Gens d’Images for his books "Au hasard des femmes," and on prostitution, "La célébration des putains," and was profiled in a television program "Chambre Noir" hosted by Albert Plécy (founder of Gens d’Images) and Michel Tournier. The following year his work was selected for the survey show "Tendance de la jeune photographie française" at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. He was a member of the Paris photo club Les 30 x 40, where he was also one of the outspoken young guard, and there exhibited his photographs of the demonstrations of May 1968. His work appeared in Karl Pawek's 1968 second World Exhibition of Photography, devoted to women, and his solo exhibition was shown at FNAC. That year, he was photographer on an advertisement campaign for Olivetti in France, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium.