What sparked your interest in photography ? 

My mother had a camera and she bought me a kit to develop film .
That got me very interested .

 Which photographers do you admire ? Walker Evans , Lewis Hine . Raymond Meeks, Josef Sudek. 

Where did you train / study ?
Trained in London with around 13 photographers doing a variety of work but mostly advertising . I studied a masters in photography at The University of Westminster . 

Who were your early teachers or mentors ? Paddy Pendergast took me into the Air corps to see the photo section of the Irish Military . At that time they were mapping the country using a plane fitted with very large format roll film camera . They would also be responsible for photographing prisoner head shots and doing large military group shots as well as lots of other stuff .Theo Bergstrom taught me so much about how to light in his London studio, he was a great teacher, photographer and person . 

What are your artistic influences ?
Atget, Walker Evans ,Tarkovsky , Irving penn, John Wooden , John Cassavetes, Lewis hine , Vittorio Storaro , Johan Cruyff ,David Byrne , Leo Messi, David Bowie , Andra Pirlo, Clive Woodward , Van Morrison , Rembrandt , Walter Murch , David Hockney , John Claridge ,William Eggleston, Roe Ethridge , Hoyte van Hoytema, Roger Deakins, Emmanuel Lubezki, Ang Lee, Chris Doyle just to name a few. 

What was the most satisfying moment on a job ?
-Chilling in the sand dunes listening to the art director telling stories of the glory days of advertising .
-Getting a letter of thanks from a client at the end of a project was a nice surprise . Laughing my head off while photographing my assistant Hu in his boxers in the street in Brooklyn for a job. 

 Have you made any memorable mistakes ?
Yes . On my very first job. I was wearing a wool jumper that my aunt knitted for me while loading film in the darkroom and the tiny natural fibres came off and onto the film. All the shots had to be retouched. That was a big deal then.

What’s the best advice you’ve received ?
Don’t make the same mistake twice (Alex Ferguson)

What recent art works inspired you ?
Gravity and The Revenant two films shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, The Films IDA, Her and Mud and The Vertical Ray of the Sun. The Queen of Ireland and 100 Mornings by Conor Horgan. Eamon Doyle’s Books. 

If weren’t a photographer what might you be doing ?
Cinematography or Chef .