Can you share with us your major likes and dislikes? How do these preferences affect your art and your process?
I like quality, simplicity, and integrity. I dislike bureaucracy, incompetence, and smelly cheese. My process is far from simple, so when we get to the end of making a piece I try to look at it with a fresh simple perspective - does it work? Personally, I think my best work has purity and simplicity. It's an x-ray of a car and you can see the engine... No degree in art history is required to get where I'm coming from.
What do you enjoy surrounding yourself with?
Music, music, and more music. I get lost in the music and can really cut out all the (bad) noise and concentrate.
When we can't find you in your art studio, where are you most likely to be?
Walking the dogs, being with my kids, avoiding the wife...
Who is your biggest supporter in life?
My wife! I owe her everything. She gave me faith in my own ability. Before I met my wife, I was just a chancer really; now I'm a married chancer.
Who is the person you admire the most, and what is the defining human trait that they possess that makes you admire them so?
Muhammad Ali. He was an example of a man with integrity. He stood by his beliefs, a black man in a white world, a pacifist in a time of war, and supremely talented and entertaining. The word "inspiring" was made for Ali.
What has been the proudest moment in your artistic career? What about the biggest disappointment?
My proudest moment was my retrospective exhibition at Fotografiska Stockholm, the world's largest photography museum 120,000 visitors in eight weeks, and they all paid to get in! It was the real deal. I even got to show Kate and Wills around.
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