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  • A lady walks her pet dog past the faces and biographies of famous achievers, alumni of Kings College London University on the Strand, on 6th September, in London, England.
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  • Office worker's cluttered desk with trophy, shield and company statement at an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (4 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • Office worker's cluttered desk with trophy, shield and company statement at an auditing company's London headquarters
    ernst+young329-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Work colleagues and friends' pictures and trophies displayed on a board in an auditing company's London headquarters
    ernst+young375-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Work colleagues and friends' pictures displayed on a board in an auditing company's London headquarters
    ernst+young218-09-08-2007.jpg
  • As the UK government's lockdown restrictions during the Coronavirus pandemic continues, and number of UK reported cases rose to 138,078 with a total now of 18,738 deaths, the faces and biographies of famous alumni outside one of UCL's sites on Kingsway, on 23rd April 2020, in London, England. King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding college and member institution of the federal University of London.
    coronavirus_lockdown-24-23-04-2020.jpg
  • Passers-by ignore destitute bag-lady in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui street on the Kowloon side.
    street_beggar01-20-01-1995.jpg
  • Separated by four floors, two employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, make their way along walkways in the main atrium of E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Striding confidently between offices, the two people are unaware of each other's presence but make their way from right to left of this tall, upright scene of modernity. The senior person on top may have an advantage from better opportunities, the low-ranking worker below may be needing to rise up the ranks. Morning sunlight floods through the green tinted glass that overlooks Tower Bridge on the River Thames. The term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective. .
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  • Employees of an auditing company stride along lower middling walkways at the company's London headquarters.
    ernst+young256-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Employees of an auditing stride along high on top floor walkways at the company's London headquarters.
    ernst+young201-09-08-2007.jpg
  • A bus with a rear ad promoting ambition and achievement passes the stars appearing in the Garrick Theatre's current musical 'Rip It Up', on 29th April 2019, in London, England.
    garrick_theatre-04-29-04-2019.jpg
  • Mulsim graduates stand for a family photo wearing their rented gowns and mortarboard hats iafter their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-18-20-07-2017.jpg
  • A young boy watches a lady graduate taking a selfie photo of herself after her graduation eremony, in celebration of her university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-17-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young black graduates stand with a caucasian friend beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-12-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates stand beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-09-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates stand beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-08-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Lady graduates fling their rented mortarboard hats into the air after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-03-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Lady graduates fling their rented mortarboard hats into the air after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-02-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Lady graduates fling their rented mortarboard hats into the air after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-05-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Patriotic Americana - After 9/11. American icons dislayed beneath a tree near the Pentagon. In the week after the September 11th attacks, America sought to express their anger and patriotic unity. A smiling portrait of President Bush is surrounded by icons of American achievement, including a garlanded B52 bomber, placed as a makeshift memorial overlooking the charred Pentagon building, Washington DC. "President Bush is a great Christian.. the angels are looking after him and America." - As quoted from a Washington citizen.
    These Colors Dont Run09 RBA.jpg
  • Young black graduates stand beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-13-20-07-2017.jpg
  • A young black graduate stands beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after his graduation eremony, in celebration of his university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-11-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Lady graduates fling their rented mortarboard hats into the air after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-06-20-07-2017.jpg
  • A young black graduate stands beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after his graduation eremony, in celebration of his university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-10-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Young graduates stand beneath the bust of Nelson Mandela after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-07-20-07-2017.jpg
  • Lady graduates fling their rented mortarboard hats into the air after their graduation eremony, in celebration of their university academic achievement, outside the Festival Hall, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
    southbank_graduation-04-20-07-2017.jpg
  • "Homo erectus." At the exact moment that a young human being walks for the first time, an eleven month-old girl infant conquers her fear and takes her first tentative upright unaided steps. After months of building lower leg strength by pushing and leaning against household objects, she now leaves the protective hands of a delighted but nervous mother who relishes the joyous moment of her offspring's great achievement. The girl's legs and hips help propel her forward motion, naturally making her an upright bi-pedal species. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella21-20-04-1995.jpg
  • Local schoolchildren play memory card games at the American-sponsored Theban Mapping Project Library on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Theban Mapping Project's goal is to enable local people to have a place where they can read and learn. The organisation is run by American Egyptologist Dr Kent Weeks who is committed to the original goal of accurately documenting the archaeological heritage of Thebes
    egypt329-05-03-2016.jpg
  • At the foot of a tree located opposite the charred Pentagon building days after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington DC, children have made a makeshift memorial by placing a garland around the model of a military B52 bomber, a NASA space Shuttle,  portrait of a smiling president George W Bush and their own interpretation of the attacks on the Twin Towers - with airliners flying towards those symbols of capitalism.  Icons of American technology and patriotic success lie on the ground here beneath the tree near Arlington military Cemetery. In a show of unity, many of those gathered on the grass to view the damage done by terrorists worked for the government or defence organisations, their Hawkish rhetoric appearing to suggest heavy-handed retaliation on those held responsible.
    september11th006-27-09_2001.jpg
  • Nine pilots of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, stand in the shape of their signature 'Diamond Nine' formation with one of their Hawk jet aircraft at the team's headquarters at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. Today they have reached the all-important milestone of 'first 9-ship' (when all nine aircraft have flown a basic air show display together, after two groups have practiced seperately) and is the culmination of five months rigorous Winter training. They stand proud with beaming smiles on a warm spring day, their flying helmets with those famous arrows pointing towards blue sky and fluffy clouds. Still dressed in green flying suits, they go on to their spring training ground at Akrotiri, Cyprus where they earn the right to wear red suits, known around the world. At the front is team leader, Squadron Leader Spike Jepson...
    Red_Arrows421_RBA.jpg
  • Two young men talk on a wall near the faces of past alumni a wall outside King's College London University on the Strand, during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 20th October 2020, in London, England.
    university_alumni01-20-10-2020.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung (right), a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics (LSE) after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-33-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Immediately after their graduation ceremonies, new graduates meet relatives and family outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-27-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled "The World Turned Upside Down', new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. 'The World Turned Upside Down' is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-26-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled "The World Turned Upside Down', new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. 'The World Turned Upside Down' is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-25-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled "The World Turned Upside Down', new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. 'The World Turned Upside Down' is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-24-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled "The World Turned Upside Down', new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. 'The World Turned Upside Down' is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-21-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled "The World Turned Upside Down', new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. 'The World Turned Upside Down' is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-22-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Beneath the sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger entitled "The World Turned Upside Down', new graduates straight after their graduation ceremonies meet family and friends outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. 'The World Turned Upside Down' is a large political globe, four metres in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with the simple and revolutionary twist of being inverted. Most of the landmasses now lie in the ‘bottom’ hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.
    LSE_graduates-20-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Hillary Chung (right), a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrates her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics (LSE) after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-16-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrates her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics (LSE) after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-14-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics (LSE) after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-11-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics (LSE) after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-10-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Friends and family of Hillary Chung, a 21 year-old Law graduate from Hong Kong, celebrate her graduation with a 2:1 degree outside the London School of Economics (LSE) after her graduation ceremony, on 22nd July 2019, in London, England.
    LSE_graduates-08-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Two young 1990s girls stand with their beloved ponies at a gymkhana in, on 17th September 1999, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    pony_girls-17-09-1999.jpg
  • A young girl cartwheels near the summit of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
    malvern_beacon-13-15-09-2018.jpg
  • Hill walkers climb The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
    malvern_beacon-12-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
    malvern_beacon-09-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
    malvern_beacon-08-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
    malvern_beacon-07-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber nears the summit of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
    malvern_beacon-05-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
    malvern_beacon-06-15-09-2018.jpg
  • The friends of a young 13 year-old Jewish boy help celebrate his coming-of-age at his bar bar mitzvah party, on 12th February 2001, in London, England.
    barmitzvah_boy-12-02-2001_1.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-24-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-23-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Rows of young graduates during their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, in the Central Hall at the University of York, England.
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  • Rows of young graduates during their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, in the Central Hall at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-17-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-18-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Rows of young graduates during their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, in the Central Hall at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-14-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Rows of young graduates during their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, in the Central Hall at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-10-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Rows of young graduates during their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, in the Central Hall at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-06-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Rows of young graduates during their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, in the Central Hall at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-08-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Rows of young graduates during their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, in the Central Hall at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-03-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-14-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-13-13-07-2017.jpg
  • The modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster opposite 21st Century architecture. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation13-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation07-10-03-2015.jpg
  • The modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster opposite 21st Century architecture. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation11-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation05-10-03-2015.jpg
  • A young winner is crowned at a talent contest in the gym at the Bedford-King Recreation Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The black community hold annual events here including sports competitions and occasions such this pageant where the girls and also boys prove their talents and potential.
    atlanta_children01-10-11-1995.jpg
  • The legs of two young girls sit astride their beloved ponies at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Wearing a smart herringbone patterned jacket, regulation jodhpurs, short polished boots and holding a crop to encourage the horse to perform a series of trick and races, the rider nearest the viewer sits calmly awaiting the next event. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term that referred to a place where sporting events took place to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana03-17-09-1999.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
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  • At a beauty talent contest, the finalists line up to await the judges decision. The girls are dressed in all their finery with dresses, pinned up hair and sashes as they're seated in the gym at the Bedford-King Recreation Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The black community hold annual events here including sports competitions and occasions such this pageant where the girls and also boys prove their talents and potential. One young lady however, sees fit to poke her tongue out at the viewer in a cheeky display of humour and character. Her rivals seem oblivious and unaware of her irreverence but perhaps the judge is watching and her chances of winning are now impossible!
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  • An active middle-aged, middle-class husband and wife seen in their neat rose garden one warm summer's day
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  • "One candle." A family are gathered to celebrate the first birthday of a young child, the back garden of her parent's south London home. The birthday girl reaches out to touch the single lit candle on a chocolate log cake while her grandmother and mother both show her how to blow and extinguish the flame instead. Friends and relatives are sat around the garden on a perfect late-summer afternoon, drinking and laughing on this joyous occasion, a milestone in the first year of any young life. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella24-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Brave New World." On a maternity ward at Kings College Hospital, London, a tiny new-born baby girl sleeps in her cot at the foot of her mother's bed. We see the mum's legs and feet pointing towards some curtains against which her infant is wrapped in an NHS shawl to keep her snug and warm. But it's Summer and the bedding is ruffled at the bottom to keep the heat down for an exhausted mother comfortable in an otherwise airless room. It is a scene of serenity and safety, at a time when mother and baby are bonding. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
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  • "7lbs 13oz." On a labour ward at Kings College Hospital, London, a new-born baby girl has been temporarily separated from her mother and placed uncomfortably in a small weighing dish, minutes after taking her first breaths, to record her birth-weight, recording in old imperial pounds and ounces rather than modern metric grams and kilo units. The midwife has clamped a plastic seal on the child's umbilical cord wound which eventually dries and falls off. The crying girl has a mass of black hair but whose ethnicity is caucasian. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
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  • A new hospital equipment concept is demonstrated by an entrepreneur's model at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace, London
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  • The 1-2-3 stop-fire changes a tap into a fire hose demonstrated by entrepreneur at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace
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  • The Walkodile for better child safety is demonstrated by an entrepreneur at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace, London
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  • A new toothbrush twist concept is demonstrated by an entrepreneur at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace, London
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  • An Iranian motorcycle safety concept is demonstrated by an entrepreneur at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace, London
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  • A new hockey concept is demonstrated by an entrepreneur at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace, London
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  • Entrance to a vacant British Inventors Society (BIS) at their stand at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace
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  • Straightening one's tie at a graduate expo fair where company job recruiters meet young people starting work
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  • Making life-changing calls at a graduate expo fair where company job recruiters meet young people starting work
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  • Young man's striped suit at a graduate expo fair where company job recruiters meet young people starting work
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  • Detail of a hand holding a job magazine at a graduate expo fair where company job recruiters meet young people starting work
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  • An alphabetical guide awaits accountancy employees at the company's rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands
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  • Accountancy employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Accountancy employees watch their Chairman speaking at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Employees listen to an executive at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Rosettes and successes from Blackface sheep competitions on mantlepiece and wall of breeder and crofter Vic Bull Isle of Skye
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  • Circus acrobats perform high above auditor staff during a company Academy Day held for 3,000 of their London employees at Excel in London's Docklands England. Lit with blue light by powerful spotlights, the two girls are suspended in mid-air using hoops attached to safety ropes. They both make dramatic shapes in the air to demonstrate confidence, synchronised teamwork and co-operation between partners, the themes of this corporate day out of the office. The employees out of sight below are attending this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • An executive peers down on his employees on a giant screen, addressing his loyal audience of his staff who have congregated at an Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The hall is packed and his disciples listen and watch intently and obediently to watch their Leader speak like a Big Brother character, who ernestly and sincerely talks down to them despite being dressed casually for such a large event. Each employee will attend this brainstorming fair where later, motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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