Daniel Berehulak

I'm still learning and I'm still growing as a photographer.

The photographers I worked alongside loved the news cycle and the hustle and getting that front page of the newspaper. But I wanted to be out in the field in conflict areas, documenting real life rather than political theater.

I have to force myself to remember that if I can't do my job, people's stories won't get told, and that helps me to focus on the task at hand.

At Getty, I would have 20 different options for the same kind of event rather than focusing on the one image that will summarize the story.

I suppose there is nothing regular about my life.

I have worked in 60 countries, covered wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and spent much of 2014 living inside West Africa's Ebola zone, a place gripped by fear and death.

The Japanese people have a strong connection with nature and the ocean and a huge respect for them.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

We don't do this kind of work for awards or to be recognised. We do this to share stories with the world.