Fantasy isn't something I put into the pictures; I don't try and inject them with a sense of play. But it's about being an honest photographer; a photograph is as much of a mirror of the photographer as it is the subject.

I like capturing stuff that is disappearing - that’s the point of photography. What I am photographing is an imaginary place that never existed, but is connected to something that has already been.

You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?'

It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them look effortless.

I don’t believe in originality. You take inspiration from whatever moves you and you find your voice in those things.

I know the world that I am painting is not a reality. It is a whim, an entertainment to provoke something in people, whether as escapism or relief. I think that is very valid.

Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period of challenging myself with a complicated idea to currently challenging myself with the idea of simplicity.