The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

The knack is to find your own inspiration, and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.

I go straight in very close to people and I do that because it's the only way you can get the picture. You go right up to them. Even now, I don't find it easy. I don't announce it. I pretend to be focusing elsewhere. If you take someone's photograph it is very difficult not to look at them just after. But it's the one thing that gives the game away. I don't try and hide what I'm doing - that would be folly.

Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.