I get up early and open my emails, write cheques and answer the phone; whatever needs to be done.

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

Photographs are interpretations of reality; as such, it is entirely subjective. Most photos are taken with an agenda, to sell something or to make a subject look better than it really is. Think of family snapshots - everyone is smiling and happy.

Unless it hurts, unless there’s some vulnerability there, I don’t think you’re going to get good photographs.

I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.

Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I'm a tourist. I'm a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be criticized of.

To ask people's permission to take their pictures? Sometimes it feels right to ask, but I will not ask, unless it is essential to do so. If you asked all the time, you would miss everything. With the exception of portraits, it is generally bad news if people are looking at the camera.