”As a child, I simply loved maps. Early on Saturday mornings, still in my pyjamas, I would shuffle over the bookcase and take down my parent’s atlas of the world – which, to me, was a giant, leather-bound tome ­brimming over with magic. This is where my first ­journeys began, in my imagination. Olive green: forests. Pale yellow: agricultural land or steppes. Brown: sand and desert. To my young eyes, every page I turned was a masterpiece of colour, criss-crossing lines and fine typography.

Forty years later, I meet Robin. We’re both photographers, hooked on travelling and whatever the world chooses to throw at us. Still teenagers at heart, we immediately resurrect the game of pointing – without looking – in the atlas. And then we pack our bags. Let's go do what happens.”