What I found, however, was truly shocking:

Cars dumped, strewn all along the roadside, blocking traffic with people darting in and out across the road.
Mobile wardrobes (with 5-6 outfit changes) being transported into the farmer’s private land for a fashion “shoot”.
Photographers with step-ladders to get higher up, trampling and crushing the rows of lavender which had been cared for all year.
People picking (yes, another word for stealing) huge bunches of lavender from the farmer’s fields for their photoshoot, and ultimately, to take home.

And all this occurring INSIDE the fence that the land owner had clearly erected to keep people out.

I set up in a quiet area, still shocked at the scene right before my eyes – and shot one field from the roadside.