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using my equipment for a long time now and there’s a workflow that

I like, and I’m not bored with it yet. I don’t need to shake things up.

I’ve found my coal seam and I’m mining it.

MB Have you had much reaction to the B&W pictures?

BP Yes, it’s very interesting hearing them. They’ve all been quite

nice, but I don’t really hold much weight with what people say any

more. When you start off and someone says they like your images

• that’s great, we all need an audience. But there comes a time,

especially if you’re running tours regularly, that you get people

telling you different opinions about your stuff all the time, and

you suddenly find the reason why they like one of your images is

completely different from the reason you like it. You start realising

that it doesn’t really matter what other people think. You’ve just got

to do it because you like doing it. You’re doing it really for yourself.

So long as I’m still happy about where I’m going with my work

then that’s going to keep my enthusiasm. When I get people saying

they like things, that’s really nice, but I think I’m just doing it

because I’m doing it.

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