It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

I left school on my 15th birthday.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.