The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.

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

I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.

I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.

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

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.