put in place to protect our communities aren't working or they are being eroded by short term objectives set out by the state. Can you tell us some stories about your encounters taking this and other pictures of Britain? My experience has been varied. I've had people come up to me and do outrageous things because they were drunk or in a party mood and at other times it can completely flip into something less genial. On one occasion in Blackpool, I was in a pub with a friend, both of us were collaborating on a project together. We stood in a corner having a drink and surveying the scene in front of us. It was a Saturday night and the atmosphere was festive, many people were just visiting for the weekend, some were on stag or hen nights. Perhaps it was because we were the only two people who had cameras hanging round our necks that two women walked up to us and casually asked us if we had fun film in the camera. The puzzled look on our faces made them rephrase the question, 'Will you take a picture of us if we pose for you?' Sensing a photographic opportunity we said yes. They then turned around and with their backs to us they calmly dropped their trousers and waited for us patiently to photograph their bare bottoms. After we took their picture they came over to shake our hands and then they walked back through this crowded