I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't want to be an artist.
Many people misunderstand me - I'm quite happy to be called a photographer. All of a sudden, the art world has caught up with photography, and they are trying to hijack us.
I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.
In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.
I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.
I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.
Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art was a way of reinventing myself.
I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.
When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.