One of Britain’s most internationally renowned photographers, Lord Snowdon began his career in 1951 as an apprentice and went on to become a photographer for the Sunday Times, Vogue and the Telegraph magazine among others. He has photographed everything from fashion models to urban life, but is probably best known for his portraits of celebrities and royalty. 'This rocking horse belonged to my great grandfather and I decided to put it out in the garden and photograph my [one-year-old] grandson Rex on it. He's such a good age to photograph and I just thought it was rather a nice background. I only took one or two practice shots. I've used Polaroid forever, since it first started, we all did, and I don’t know what one would have done without it and its immediacy. I think it's very sad that this could be the end of Polaroid, I don't know what we're going to do without it. I keep all my Polaroids in a book now, it's great fun to look back.'Photograph: © Lord Snowdon