Catching Zebra

‘Paramedic paparazzo’ tracks down surprise subjects after 30 years to recreate candid snaps

They were only fleeting moments in time. A kiss on a station platform… a ticking-off from the local bobby… a sip from a can of drink in the street. But the split second it took to capture these everyday images would allow them to endure for the next three decades.

None of the people in the pictures realised they were being photographed. The couple saying goodbye at the station clearly had other things on their mind. Had it not been for the curiosity of photographer Chris Porsz, they might have remained anonymous for ever.

But last year he became intrigued by the idea of discovering the story behind the pictures he had taken in Peterborough in the early Eighties.