Which photographer or artist do you most admire?
Rinko Kawauchi.
What artwork, where money is no object, would you like to hang on your wall?
Jetty, Peter Doig, 1994.
What is the worst commission you have ever had?
Shooting show homes. Probably because the interiors felt so soulless.
What is the best commission you have ever had?
Getting a bursary from the National Media Museum in 2008 to develop my series "Belonging".
Which famous artists, living or dead, would you invite to a dinner party?
Johannes Vermeer, Katsushika Hokusai, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman and Sophie Calle.
When are you at your happiest?
When I can escape the city to the coast or countryside.
What is your most treasured possession?
Family albums.
What book are you reading at the moment?
Phantastes, George MacDonald.
What made you laugh recently?
The new Coen brothers film, Burn After Reading.
What really winds you up?
Commuting in London.
What would your dream project be?
Artist in Residence at the V&A Museum of Childhood.
What do you do when not working?
Sleep.
Where do you get your inspiration from?
Remembered spaces, fairytales, mythology, fiction, paintings.
How you would you like to be remembered?
Fondly.
What music would you like played at your funeral?
Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians.
