The Soane Museum does not allow visitors to take photographs after 10 o’clock in the morning in order to encourage them to enjoy and appreciate the house without the annoyance or distraction of other people snapping or themselves failing to pay attention to the reality of the experience. So, the attached photograph is technically contraband because it was taken at 10.01 yesterday, inspired by the way Hélène Binet’s three commissioned photographs make one look at the character of Soane’s interiors with new eyes:-
