I have photographed many strangers but few have left as strong an impression on me as Paula Rego. I spent about two hours with her but left feeling I had known her for years.

Her eyes sparkle like an excitable child’s, her energy and enthusiasm equally ferocious and she told me she always leaves her studio in time to arrive home for Eastenders.

Her work is as poignant as it is prolific and her story is one worth listening to - http://tinyurl.com/65jh27