I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation.

My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal.

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.

For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me.

Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my own photo library - all this keeps me quite busy!