It was 1966 by the time I started taking pictures seriously and books, newspapers and magazines of the time were full of great pictures that helped to inspire me.

Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.

The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.

Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.

I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.

I had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.

You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.