I’ve been sent to some fairly chaotic places over the years. Industrial sites, remote landscapes, moving operations, workshops that feel more like engines than spaces.

They are not designed for beauty, yet that is what I have to find. There is always a great human thread running through the noise if you stay curious long enough to spot it.

Brazil is a good reminder of that. We were wrapping after a long hot stretch of filming and stills. Everyone was dusty and fading and the place didn’t exactly scream portrait of the year. Then we saw a painter in full protective gear with the most striking face. Those moments only appear if you stay open and keep looking around corners even when your body is telling you you’re finished.

I have this genuine interest in people, what they do, how they move, how they show up in their own environment. It lets me find portraits and moments in unlikely places, because I am always scanning for that spark.

Photography for me is a loop of anticipation, reaction, reflection and renewal. You spot something, you chase it, you get a version of it, and you know there is probably an even better moment waiting just out of sight. It keeps you moving and slightly restless in the best way.

Three decades in, the lesson that keeps proving itself is simple. Never walk away from a moment that feels alive. Revisit it. Push it a little further. More often than not, the magic shows up right after you think you’re done.

And through it all, I stay grateful. This work has taken me across the world and into lives and spaces I never would have entered otherwise. Clients who trust me enough to keep bringing me back are the reason I get to do this, and that trust is something I treat with real care.