By default, I am a travel photographer. I work on a combination of commissions and personal projects that take me around the world.

All photography is propaganda.

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

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've got a good one.

You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.

I am what I photograph.

There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve.

I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.

Every phase of a film has to go against what was done in the previous one.

Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

I need a sample of your blood,' said Kira. Marcus raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't know we'd reached that stage of our relationship.

The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all.

I dare you to try to shortcut success! It's not going to happen! There are no shortcuts to success!

I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.

We like the imperfect because it reminds us of ourselves.