I need cheering up, and this is one Paris story that focusses on being happy. I’d been to the Pompidou Centre for an exhibition on surrealist photography and films, and was in a contemplative (mildly bored) mood when I emerged into the sunshine. This crowd of people had gathered in the square outside the gallery, so I sat down to watch:

As far as I could tell from my vantage point, the group of people in the white shirts and pink-orange trousers were there to make everyone as happy as possible, getting them to bounce around, form a circle and run at each other. I was too far away to get the gist of what they were saying, and my French isn’t good enough to make out the words unless I can hear someone clearly, but everyone seemed to be having a good time. People tend to view Parisians as remote and aloof, but there was no shortage of people ready to join in and be happy. Try that in London and you’ll probably get spat on.

So, I thought I’d share this picture because a) it cheers me up, and b) it gave me an excuse to play with some new Adobe Lightroom presets I found.