My 20 years in advertising certainly weren't a distraction from my fascination with photography, they were an amazing investment in working with great people (and great photographers) and especially in learning about both the power of simplicity and the power of the idea. When I got my first job as an art director at Saatchi & Saatchi in the early 80's, I invested in an Olympus XA, manual focus, manual exposure, Zuiko lens and one of the best compacts I have had. Since then I have never been anywhere without a pocket camera because, as they say, the most valuable camera you own is the one you have with you. My photography is mainly about spontaneous, unplanned, found (although actually I think they are 'given') moments that just happen and are beautiful or poignant or funny. And I hope that as a collection it can be seen that it is the power of the idea that runs through my work. I have been a full time photographer since 2005. And I don't just shoot with a pocket camera…