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I was in Tate Britain, and I saw the man trailing his raincoat, looking at the Constable painting that’s in the second photo here. He moved on and I didn’t get the shot, but then I saw him walking past a painting of ships, and that did nicely.

The two people sitting in Tate Britain and looking at John Constable’s painting Salisbury Cathedral were interesting. She was an American cow-girl by her dress. I took a photo of her with my phone when she was standing, struck by the harmony of colour between what she was wearing and the painting.

This is a man in a gallery in New York. I was so taken with his face and hat that I was determined to get a photo. In that moment I didn’t care who saw what or who said what: I wanted that photo.

I did a similar thing in a gallery in London and a woman who worked at the gallery came striding over and ordered me to put down my camera. I did, but not before finishing taking the photo I was after. It’s a funny business, but the act of taking a photo can be quite exhilarating.

A part of Extinction Rebellion, he was shouting out for the Government to take action. (Cambridge Mill Road Winter Fair 2019).

She said ‘I’ve got a camera like that.’ as she passed, and I grabbed a shot of her. (Cambridge Mill Road Winter Fair 2019).

I met her again by chance at the entrance to the Grand Arcade in Cambridge. She was part of the Extinction Rebellion die-in protest around the doors into the arcade.

I should have taken more photos to show the contrast between the shoppers and the protesters. This one was more chance than design. Still, I like the expression on the face of the Asian woman. And she is well dressed, as are many Asian women, and particularly Japanese women.

You see this is the same man who was on the street at the Winter Fair, demanding that Government take action over climate change.