He and Gabriella chat to me as they eat their lunch at a paint-splattered wooden table at their house. Guggi finishes his ham sandwich and starts on some Tayto crisps. “He eats like a 17-year-old,” the Italian photographer says. “I compare him to a 17-year-old too with his energy, humour and absolute love of life. He is more flexible than me.” For his part, he says of Gabriella: “She has been by my side and making everything work for some of the most difficult years of my life.”