At PDN, we’ve been fortunate to interview and learn from some of the most accomplished and thoughtful photographers of our time. In these excerpts from our archive of interviews, master photographers explain how they looked inward to better understand their motivations and their relationships with their subjects.

Jesse Dittmar explains how he photographed the cast and producers of Downton Abbey at a challenging location, on a tight schedule and budget.

In “The Secret Agent,” a six-channel video adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel, the prolific photographer/filmmaker uses opposing screens to present opposing perspectives.