But still I was taking photographs And I was being paid to do it It didnt sound bad to me The assignment was actually a piece of happenstance Id done the London shots for a glossy coffeetable picture book Four Cities in Four Seasons  London Paris Rome Vienna a European copublishing venture that netted me a juicy commission to hang round moody locations in my home city in spring summer autumn and winter Id given my own particular slant to daffodils in Hyde Park and heat haze and traffic fumes in Piccadilly