Tony Othen’s portrait of Ted Hughes – a fairly reluctant Ted Hughes, it seems – provoked much discussion particularly about his hand positioning, a discussion that was accompanied by various attempts to copy it.   Of the gesture, Dr Anna Skea (a researcher and fan of the poet) has written:

I know how superstitious he was about having his photograph taken …

I then pondered on the strange, un-natural way he was holding his hands and realised that it was a mano fico  – an old, magical hand position for attracting the evil eye, so protecting himself.

I presented a selection of street photography concentrating on the posture, expression, attitude, demeanour, actions… of various individuals encountered whilst wandering around London (a small selection, there are a lot of people in London).   The features image was shot in Nashville.