THE LATE BLOOMER

YOU CAME FROM A PREVIOUS CAREER THAT WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT TO PHOTOGRAPHY. WAS IT CLEAR TO YOU WHEN MAKING THE CHANGE THAT YOU NEEDED TO GAIN A FORMAL EDUCATION IN PHOTOGRAPHY?

It was very clear for me, particularly due to my circumstances. I first became interested in photography when I was 15 and I studied photography at secondary school back in the days of film. I wanted to be a photographer but my father didn’t consider photography to be a career. He wasn’t supportive of it and at that stage I didn’t fight hard