... he told me in response to me asking if he would mind if I took a photo of him. "All the photographers want to take photos of me, especially the young girls".
I wondered about the "young girls" bit, but I would rather just remain non confrontational, so I simply agreed that he was very photogenic. But these kinds of statements have made me even more conscious and aware that I have to stay in places where there are other people nearby for my own safety