Emma Jane Richards: “I was walking past the pub, and through the smoked glass saw this guy finishing his pint. I couldn’t resist raising my camera – as you can see, he spotted me, too” Photograph: Emma Jane RichardsJulian Engelsman: “It felt somehow sneaky photographing these identity-less people absorbed in the act of photographing themselves in a station photo booth” Photograph: Julian EngelsmanGary Robson: “I had walked under this peering face without noticing it and it wasn’t until I looked from a distance that I realised it was even there"Photograph: Gary Robson
David Harris: “What are they looking at? It turned out a lake was behind the fence”Photograph: David HarrisAngus Killean: "My girlfriend wouldn't let me take her picture before we went out, so I had to wait for an opportune moment" Photograph: Angus KilleanPauline Richardson: "Sneaking a peak at the tannery in Fez, Morocco" Photograph: Pauline RichardsonPaul Andrews: "I couldn't resist taking a shot of the witch and Harry Potter on the top deck of the number 73. But then I felt their stares and began wondering who was the voyeur - them or me?"Photograph: Paul AndrewsMax Wakefield: "Sitting at my desk in Bristol, trying to hammer out an essay, I saw this man enjoying roof-bound and sunny solitude a hundred yards or so away"Photograph: Max WakefieldAnn Finn: "Walking into the deserted village square of Cléden-Cap-Sizun, Brittany, this old woman steadily watched my approach from behind twitching curtains until I was embarrassed to hold her gaze any longer. I then realised I had been duped by a superb candid photograph displayed on the door of a photographer's studio"Photograph: Ann FinnBeth Cox: "While waiting for a train at Honor Oak Park station, I caught this fox watching me from the stairs leading away from the platform"Photograph: Beth Cox
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