Which photographer or artist do you most admire?

Those who never managed to have their work recognised in their own lifetime but who carried on with it all the same.

What artwork, where money is no object, would you like to hang on your wall?

As I have always envisaged my walls being covered by a collection of works, I'm not sure I could pin it down to just one... I would love to own "Tricycle, Memphis" by William Eggleston though.

What is the worst commission you have ever had?

I couldn't really say I've had a bad commission. However I put far too much work into one job, compared to the amount I was paid for it. But then as I'm something of a perfectionist, it was my own fault really.

What is the best commission you have ever had?

It would have to be when I was part of the Poverty Ticker Project. It was a photographic project on Make Poverty History which took place whilst I was studying my Masters at the Royal College of Art. They sent 16 of us from the RCA to places around the globe to photograph poverty through artists eyes. It was a truly fascinating project and an enlightening experience.

Which famous artists, living or dead, would you invite to a dinner party?

Lee Miller, Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter, Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes. If I could include writers not involved in art I would invite Aldous Huxley and DH Lawrence.

When are you at your happiest?

When out in the mountains or when working on a project. Those moments when you forget yourself and are purely lost in what you are doing.

What is your most treasured possession?

My cameras

What book are you reading at the moment?

The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art by Mark Rothko and The Gothic Tales of the Marquis de Sade.

What made you laugh recently?

My girlfriend Jo. She makes me laugh all the time.

What really winds you up?

Dust on my Negatives and my housemates nicking my pens.

What would your dream project be?

Actually I think it would have to be a project I have already started. A series of portraits of other artists with their work, reflected in my Black Photographs. The dream is to have the means to continue the project, meeting and exhibiting alongside many great artists and working with them to produce what has the potential to be an inspirational body of work.

What do you do when not working?

I enjoy relaxing in discussion with Jo and going rock climbing or winter mountaineering with friends.

Where do you get your inspiration from?

Many places. I keep a notebook and do a fair bit of writing, thinking about art, reality, beauty and sight. Many things I read about or see in adverts or in the papers. Snippets of conversations I might have had months or even years ago. Much of my work is quite heavily based on the process of photography and this has a huge influence.

How you would you like to be remembered?

Without indifference

What music would you like played at your funeral?

I really don't know. It's not the sort of thing I go for... I have a friend who often laughs about the idea of having some music played by the Velvet Underground that's 17 minutes of white noise - just to piss everyone off. I quite like the idea, though I could never be that sadistic.