I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with.

The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution.

I struggle in life to find a sense of joy in things.

I have a database of all my works that I maintain to keep track of works and editions.

I am particularly interested in the way that the everyday realities of the world around us change these relations.

Quality and longevity are the primary criteria, along with repairability and ease of production.

I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of biotechnology and advertising. My practice is conceptual.