Mary McCartney

“I can whistle really loudly. You know the two-fingered whistle? That. People are usually really surprised that I can do it.”

“Ive always loved Jamaica as its weather is so different from that in England. Theres something lovely, too, about walking along the beach in the evening, with sand between your toes, the sound of waves lapping and the breeze rustling the leaves.”

“Interrupting people mid-sentence is my worst habit. I cant help myself. I get overexcited in the middle of a conversation and I just butt in.”

“If I eat too righteously, I turn to crisps and crappy chocolate bars.”

“Most people feel uncomfortable in front of a camera. They find it very hard to be themselves.”

“My dad, hes quite fun - he likes those unexpected pictures as well, so hell mess around and go wandering with me to get his picture taken.”

“Thats part of what I love about photography - the images I like are the ones that look the most relaxed, but a lot of skill goes into making them look that that relaxed.”

“I often know what my subject is and what my location is. I know my start and my end, and the rest I leave up to the relationship.”

“Im always looking and watching people and how they behave and wondering how they got where they are.”

“Through food, Ive become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity.”

“I have a really early childhood memory of being in a darkroom with Mum when I was four or five.”

“My mum was quite a wanderer. She had a real sense of adventure and a cheekiness to her, which is something I like and that I try to take into my style of work.”

“Mum always had a camera with her on her shoulder, so I just thought everyone took pictures. Sometimes shed set her camera for us and wed take the pictures.”

“I got a Leica film camera and just started wandering the streets. What really touched my heart were those unexpected and unplanned moments of life observed.”

“To have a beautiful sandy beach in Scotland seems like such a contradiction.”

“The things that you dont plan are always things that give you that extra buzz.”

“After leaving college I got a job as a photo editor. Then, looking through my mum's photo archive inspired me to take it seriously.”

“I love kissing. I love kissing my husband, I love kissing my kids, I love kissing my horse. I dont like kissing dogs - I see what they sniff.”

“You know, Im directing a documentary about the history of Abbey Road Studios at the moment, so Ive been taken back to those times. There is a photograph of me aged three months on one of the sofas in the studio, so I was there before I can remember being there.”