He was waiting for us on Rue Geoffroy l’Angevin, dressed in black, a ring of keys in his hand. Middle-aged, dark hair streaked with grey, looking every bit the Parisian. His English was fluent and unfussy, like someone who’d done this many times before. In a city that felt unfamiliar, our first Parisian conversation with…

A famous photographer called Chase Jarvis is credited with saying ‘The best camera is the one you have in your hand’. It’s a line I’ve thought a lot about when wandering unfamiliar streets or looking over fresh landscapes. The more I’ve let this idea bounce around inside my head, the more I realise that it…