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.

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.

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the 80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise Britain.

My black-and-white work is more of a celebration and the color work became more of a critique of society.

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.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.