Photographers discuss the role of age - in pictures

Wolf Suschitzky: Michael Caine on the set of Get Carter, 1970. Suschitzky says: 'You have to make use of luck and be open to what's going on around you' Photograph: © Wolf Suschitzky

Olivia Bee: Untitled. Bee says: 'I think that as long as you keep progressing organically, realise your mistakes and try not to make the same ones again – as long as you keep going – it's fine' Photograph: © Olivia Bee

Max Pinckers: She Will Use the Birds - from the series The Fourth Wall, 2012. Pinckers says: 'Going to a new place, you can get out of the routine and get ideas you can pursue' Photograph: © Max Pinckers

Vanessa Winship: She Dances on Jackson - produced thanks to the Henri Cartier-Bresson International Award and published by MACK. Winship says: 'I guess it's a question of trying to keep the language alive and moving, not static' Photograph: © Vanessa Winship

Brian Griffin: Cat's tail. Griffin says: 'Photography is the one major talent I have, and I have this opportunity to exercise it. This is what drives me to take pictures' Photograph: © Brian Griffin

Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin: War Primer 2, 2011 - published by MACK. Broomberg says: 'I don't feel like we've ever had a career path ... We've worked hard and consistently, and the concerns of our work have remained steady, but the type of output and strategies have changed' Photograph: Diana Stainton/© Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin