Self Portrait as my Brother Richard Wearing, 2003 This is the final image of Self Portrait as My Brother Richard Wearing. It was based on a photo my mother took – it’s the only image in the series that looks to the genre of snapshot photography. As soon as I had seen this snap taken in 1990, I wanted to base a work on it – it was so cool, with a real feeling of the moment, of being young and getting ready for a big night out. And in 2003, the room was exactly how it was back in the 90s. This is one image that people find hard to believe is me – some people have gone so far as to say they think I Photoshopped my eyes into old images. I do try and leave quite a bit of space around the eyes so you can see it's a mask. If you look closely at this you can see tell-tale signs, but from a distance it’s not the first thing that jumps out at you, although I do believe it holds a sense of the uncanny that makes you think there's something more going on.

Photograph: Courtesy the artist and Maureen Paley, London