Many of your photos are part of the permanent collection of the National
Portrait Gallery, the United Kingdom’s official gallery for portraits of
historical British people. Your work is national history. How does this
feel?
I try not to think of it in those terms, but more about what I want to say about the
person I’m photographing, or what I can encourage them to reveal.
Are there any portraits of yours in the National Portrait Gallery that
stand out as favourites?
My favourites tend to be favourites because they are people I have felt a particular
connection with or even become friends with. I try to do that with everyone I
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