The world from a balloon

The photographer Rankin, whose career began at Dazed & Confused magazine, answers questions from the readers of The Independent, such as, Could you be a war photographer? No. God, no. I'd shit my pants. I wanted to be a war photographer when I first started at the London College of Printing, but I realised pretty quickly that I was a portrait photographer. But I don't think I would find roughing it difficult, although I'm more used to five-star hotels these days. I'm anti-war—all war—and I think that everybody should be. I would rather photograph the world from a balloon.