From the moment the tourist enters the site, everyone has to be photographed in front of every feature of note.... The photographic record of the visit has almost destroyed the very notion of actually looking.

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

Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.

Dictators are interesting, no?

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.

I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I am washing up.