Armed with your own camera, you’ll meet Stuart at an Whitechapel landmark. From here, he’ll teach you tricks about framing and composition against a backdrop of the East End’s gritty thoroughfares, new financial districts and hipster strongholds – such as Brick Lane, Hoxton, Commercial Road and Shoreditch High Street – stopping at the much-loved Geffrye Museum, and ending with a debrief at authentic pie and mash shop F Cooke.

Be sure to charge up your camera so there are no interruptions while capturing the neighbourhood’s cultural evolution. Film and digital users are both welcome, as are SLR and DSLR cameras. The experience is geared towards helping you pick out striking images, so please only restrict your equipment to one body and one lens (preferably a 50mm or a 35mm). And, although certainly not a prerequisite, it’ll be enriching if beforehand you’ve had a quick look at the photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Marc Riboud and Robert Doisneau.