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.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

Photography is, by its nature, exploitative. It's whether you use this process with a sense of responsibility or not. I feel that I do so. My conscience is clear.

For those aspiring to make a living from travel photography, it's a sad fact that the boring shots are the shots that are going to make you money.

In the '70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography.

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.