You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.

Dictators are interesting, no?

I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group.

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

Choosing sepia is all to do with trying to make the image look romantic and idealistic. It's sort of a soft version of propaganda.

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.

I do read many of the photography magazines from the UK and abroad.