Lesson Number One: Pay Attention To The

It's The Hardest Thing In The World To Take The Mundane And Try To Show How Special It Is.

I Didn't Want To Be A Woman Photographer. That Would Limit Me. I Wanted To Be A Photographer Who Was A Woman, With All The World Open To My Camera.

I Have Been Poor And I Wanted To Document Poverty; I Had Lost A Child And I Was Obsessed With Birth; I Was Interested In Politics And I Wanted To Know How It Affected Our Lives; I Am A Woman And I Wanted To Know About Women.

I Look For A Sense Of Reality With Everything I Did. I Didn't Work In A Studio, I Didn't Light Anything. I Found A Way Of Working Which Pleased Me Because I Didn't Have To Frighten People With Heavy Equipment. It Was That Little Black Box And Me And £5 Worth Of Film In My Pocket Or Maybe It Was Only £2 In Those Days.

I Love The Idea I Can Go Off With A Single Camera And A Few Rolls Of Film Unencumbered... I Was Not Interested In The Illusion Of Reality, I Wanted To Get Close To What Was Happening.