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  • Arriving father tows young boy on wheelie suitacse after long-haul flight to Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport1145-12-08-2009.jpg
  • Arriving passengers on escalator and airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport509-14-07-2009.jpg
  • An airport worker employed by SABTCO guides an arriving Airbus onto its stand at Bahrain International Airport. The man carefully encourages the slow-moving flying machine using his illuminated sticks alerting the pilot in control of this commercial airliner to an exact stopping place after its taxiing from the runway. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis07-21-04-2001.jpg
  • Arriving spectators pass underneath the large gateway to the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park09-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Arriving for work beneath atrium of an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
<br />
A limited edition (5 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 />
<br />
The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
<br />
For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
    Z33_exhibition11-09-08-2007.jpg
  • A father supports his son on his shoulders as a giant four-engined airliner passes directly overhead, about to land at London's Heathrow airport, England. Seen from a low angle, we see the graphic cruciform shape of the aircraft as it screams past two powerful airfield landing lights that help guide arriving aircraft to the runway. The backlit scene is largely monochrome apart from the boys red t-shirt and yellow-faced watch which are lit by flash, underexposing the overcast sky. Prior to 9/11, British airport authorities and police tolerated plane spotters near runway fences but with heightened terrorist alerts, these enthusiasts are told to move on or face arrest. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis13-17-08-1997.jpg
  • Arriving hoi polloi for Royal Ascot's Ladies Day parade to a private members' enclosure gate, watched by the Common People..Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June.
    ascot_posh02-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Seen from the top deck of a London bus, a hospital casualty arrives by ambulance outside A+E.
    hospital_ambulances01-21-02-2012.jpg
  • A family just arrived from Chennai (India) drags heavy suitcases from the carousel in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1533-19-08-2009.jpg
  • Seen from an aerial walkway, we look down on airline passengers awaiting the arrival of their baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1527-19-08-2009.jpg
  • A family just arrived from Chennai (India) drags heavy suitcases from the carousel in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport1532-19-08-2009.jpg
  • A family just arrived from Chennai (India) drags heavy suitcases from the carousel in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport1530-19-08-2009.jpg
  • Airline passengers make their way along jetties from their newly-arrived aircraft, towards the arrivals concourse in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. We see four lines of jetties that are owned by the airport operator, used by British Airways and sponsored by HSBC. Air travellers walk briskly after their long-haul flight either carrying light carry-on bags or towing small cases on wheels. At a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..
    heathrow_airport1201-13-08-2009.jpg
  • An arab gentleman fills out arrivals paperwork after an arrived flight to the Gulf state of Bahrain's international airport.
    bahrain_airpoirt01-21-04-2001.jpg
  • Amid protester's banners, Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Westminster Abbey during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
    pope_visit62-17-09-2010.jpg
  • Formally-dressed family arrive at the racecourse during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
    royal_ascot26-19-06-2013.jpg
  • Wide aerial view of passengers awaiting baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport477-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Airline passengers collect trolleys in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport484-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Spectators arrive through the gates of the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics01-30-07-2012.jpg
  • A security guard stands over unattended baggage at Atlanta Hartsfield airport's arrivals hall carousel.
    baggage_security-20-08-1998.jpg
  • Seen from an aerial walkway, we look down on a lady airline passengers struggling to separate two trolleys in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport464-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Seen from an aerial walkway, we look down on a lady airline passenger being helped to pull her heavy suitacse from the carousel in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport459-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Aerial view of passengers towing wheelie baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport479-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Airline passengers grabs his suitcase from the carousel in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport478-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Wide aerial view of passengers awaiting baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport476-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_women01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Flt. Lt. Matt Jarvis, a pilot of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team arrives at gate of RAF Scampton.
    Red_Arrows613_RBA.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_ladies01.jpg
  • As darkness approaches, a queue of campervans and other vehicles queue up at the first checkpoint in the Port of Dover's Eastern Docks, the holidaymakers' first step to travelling across the English Channel to France or Belgium. beneath the famous white cliffs of Dover, that symbol of England's edge that is seen from the sea as one leaves or approaches the English shores. It is dusk and the flood lights have started illuminating the busy port roads and ramps, the red rear tail lights from a truck cross the picture's foreground and the signs - with graphics of busses, cars  and arrows that tell drivers in which lane to line-up glow yellow. Dover has long been one of the World's premier seaports, with centuries of maritime heritage, presented with a Royal Charter in 1606.
    RB_047-06-08-1994.jpg
  • Young child on mother's back await baggage from African flight at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport1536-19-08-2009.jpg
  • Airliners landing at London Heathrow airport,<br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'Up in the Air' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    heathrow_landing08-23-09-2014.jpg
  • Spectators queue at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics09-30-07-2012.jpg
  • A husband and wife make their way along a pavement towards the entrance of the Ascot racecourse where the annual Ladies' Day event is held as part of the English social season calendar. Leading the way and carrying two walking sticks and in a polythene bag, his best jacket for the dress-code is important if one is allowed access to the private enclosures. He wears a top hat and waste coat as he hobbles along with wife in tow. She is behind him rummaging through her handbag perhaps looking for tickets or cash. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    ascot_couple06-18-1992.jpg
  • Aerial view (from control tower) of landing 747 jet and showing expanse of airport land at London Heathrow.
    adie_dolan_atc216-03-06-2014.jpg
  • Spectators walk past a large welcoming gateway sign in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park49-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators rest at tables and benches underneath a large welcoming gateway sign in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park08-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Cabin crew hostess at the bottom of steps a Qatar Airways Boeing 787 at the Farnborough Air Show, UK.
    qatar_78706-09-07-2012.jpg
  • Entrance of the newly-finished Blackfriars mainline Station in the City of London. A larger and more accessible Blackfriars Underground station reopened for public service to accommodate more than 40,000 passengers every day.
    blackfriars_station08-23-02-2012.jpg
  • Entrance of the newly-finished Blackfriars mainline Station in the City of London. A larger and more accessible Blackfriars Underground station reopened for public service to accommodate more than 40,000 passengers every day.
    blackfriars_station06-23-02-2012.jpg
  • A mourner in tailed jacket and pinstripes, walks towards Windsor Castle's visitor entrance for Princess Margaret's funeral.
    royal_funeral01-13-02-2002.jpg
  • Part of a sequence of 4 consecutive images, a jet airliner's landing lights are seen nearing its final airport descent.
    heathrow_airport1339-16-08-2009.jpg
  • The Hamburg-registered Mol Caledon ship passes the giant dredging machinery at npower's Tilbury power station on the  River Thames northern shore, Essex England. Having just departed from Tilbury Docks with the evening sun glinting off the stern's reflective surfaces, stacks of tall containers are heaped high but evenly spread for stability along the massive vessel. They head out towards open sea, navigating through deeper water channels that naturally get shallower as silt chokes the waterways. Historically, the Thames has long been a route for shipping that kept the capital supplied and although the docks have seen huge decreases in traffic and volume since the second world war, Tilbury remains a busy hub for containerized vessels arrivng from all over the world.
    thames_ships172-26-06-2007.jpg
  • Britain's new Conservative Party Prime Minister, Boris Johnson drives past crowds and enters Downing Street to begin his government administration, replacing Theresa May after her failed Brexit negotiations with the European Union in Brussels, on 24th July 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    boris_johnson_new_PM-13-24-07-2019.jpg
  • A lady looks up at due bus times, at a bus stop in central London, on 19th October 2017, in London, England.
    bus_stop_lady-02-19-10-2017.jpg
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as a man dressed in formal tails walks towards an entrance gate for the private members' enclosure. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_posh01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Aerial view of reception foyer at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university40-02-11-2010.jpg
  • The Hamburg-registered Mol Caledon ship passes the giant dredging machinery at npower's Tilbury power station on the  River Thames northern shore, Essex England. Having just departed from Tilbury Docks with the evening sun glinting off the stern's reflective surfaces, stacks of tall containers are heaped high but evenly spread for stability along the massive vessel. They head out towards open sea, navigating through deeper water channels that naturally get shallower as silt chokes the waterways. Historically, the Thames has long been a route for shipping that kept the capital supplied and although the docks have seen huge decreases in traffic and volume since the second world war, Tilbury remains a busy hub for containerized vessels arrivng from all over the world.
    thames_ships172-26-06-2007.jpg
  • Largely American passengers re-join their cruise holiday voyage around the Gulf of Mexico during a day's stop-over in Cancun, Mexico. Reflected in the puddles of recent seasonal rain, they queue up on the port's quayside to have their identity passes checked before being allowed back on board the Fun Ship Ecstasy. Seen above them and in reflected in the water at their feet are some of the many windows and portholes of this enormous vessel belonging to the Vegas-style Carnival Cruise lines company. The Panamanian-registered MS Ecstasy is a 70,367 ton cruise ship carrying 2,052 passengers and 920 crew whose routes are mainly around the Gulf and Carribean Sea.
    carnival_cruises03-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A band tour bus with horse and sea artwork parks at a petrol filling station in early evening at Mojave, California, USA
    gas_station01-15-08-1998.jpg
  • Rush hour train commuters on-board carriages traveling into central London. <br />
<br />
A limited edition (1 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 />
<br />
The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
<br />
For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
    Z33_exhibition03-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Part of a sequence of 4 consecutive images, a blurred jet airliner passes overhead, nearing its final airport descent.
    heathrow_airport1346-16-08-2009.jpg
  • Part of a sequence of 4 consecutive images, a blurred jet airliner passes overhead, nearing its final airport descent.
    heathrow_airport1344-16-08-2009.jpg
  • Part of a sequence of 4 consecutive images, a blurred jet airliner passes overhead, nearing its final airport descent.
    heathrow_airport1343-16-08-2009.jpg
  • Rush hour train commuters check messages on-board carriages travelling into city mainline stations in south London.
    london_bridge_commuters008-12-09-200...jpg
  • Rush hour train commuter checks messages on-board carriages travelling into city mainline stations in south London.
    london_bridge_commuters006-12-09-200...jpg
  • Busy main entrance of an auditing company's 385,000 square foot Norman Foster-designed London headquarters
    ernst+young439-09-08-2007.jpg
  • A veiled Muslim lady passes European men at security barriers of an auditing company's London headquarters
    ernst+young344-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Employees walk through barriers of an auditing company 385,000 square foot London headquarters
    ernst+young144-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Commuter chaos at Victoria during tube Strike of September 07.
    ernst+young054-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
    ernst+young051-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
    ernst+young042-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Rush hour train commuters on-board carriages travelling into London between Denmark Hill and London Bridge stations, London.
    ernst+young030-09-08-2007.jpg
  • As winter fog lifts, the waters of the River Thames clear to reveal an eerie landscape of industrial river life and architecture at Gravesend, Kent England. It is late-morning and in the hazy distance on the northern river bank, steam clouds near the double twin chimneys of npower's 1400MW coal fired Tilbury power station (powering 1.4 million homes using ?biomass? fuels and low-sulphur coal) which rise above the passing ghostly bulk of a cargo freighter on its last miles of its voyage from open sea into the Thames Estuary and on to Tilbury Docks. Historically, the Thames has long been a route for shipping that kept the capital supplied and although the docks have seen huge decreases in traffic and volume since the second world war, Tilbury remains a busy hub for containerized vessels arrivng from all over the world.
    river_business320-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • The exterior of the Slovenian People's And National Assembly (Parliament building), by Vinko Glanz (1960) in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 27th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. <br />
Portal Sculptures are by Zdenko Kalin and Krel Putrih.
    slovenia-497-27-06-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of reception foyer at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university39-02-11-2010.jpg
  • Aerial view of reception foyer at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university38-02-11-2010.jpg
  • As the Statten Island ferry nears the business district and skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officer stands guard at the very front (the bow) of the boat. It is approximately ten days after the 9/11 attacks and with pistol safely holstered and arms folded, he can see the settling dust from Ground Zero beyond the safety chain, where the Twin Towers once stood. It is a bright day and behind the policeman, commuters are already returning to work because normality is a priority for those affected by disruption and fear.
    staten_ferry01.jpg
  • Commuters and no smoking sign on a carriage travelling into London between Denmark Hill and London Bridge stations
    london_bridge_commuters003-12-09-200...jpg
  • Homeward through atrium of an auditing company's 385,000 square foot Norman Foster-designed London headquarters
    ernst+young457-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
    ernst+young049-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Rush hour train commuters on-board carriages travelling into London between Denmark Hill and London Bridge stations, London.
    ernst+young029-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Arriving passengers, British Airways aircraft and airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport452-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Aerial view of spectator crowds arriving across a newly-built walkway leading to the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. Approaching from the south, the sports fans approach the main Olympic Park, the location of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. .
    olympic_stratford02-06-08-2012.jpg
  • Arriving British Airways flight deck and cabin crew stride through arrivals after long-haul flight to Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport1148-12-08-2009.jpg
  • Arriving British Airways flight deck and cabin crew stride through arrivals after long-haul flight to Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport1146-12-08-2009.jpg
  • Tourist couriers greet and organise arriving passengers in International Arrivals at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport1117-12-08-2009.jpg
  • Transit desk zone, arriving passengers and airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport455-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Arriving passengers and reflected airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport27-10-07-2009.jpg
  • Arriving passenger, escalator and airport architecture at international baggage reclaim hall Heathrow's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport516-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Late at night, in a gloomy arrivals gate at Chicago O'Hare airport, a young man sits patiently on his own awaiting the arrival of his girlfriend after a holiday in Asia. It is the last flight to land and a helium balloon floats on a string bearing the words 'Welcome Home', a popular gesture for relatives in airports around the world, each having their own cultural way of showing affection for arriving family members after long absences. The balloon stands still, the only colour amid the drab interior of this sprawling airport hub. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis54-10-11-2000.jpg
  • Air passengers exit and enter a transit train at Chicago O'Hare airport, Illinois USA. They pull suitcases behind them as they negotiate the airport terminal transport system that takes them across the sprawling complex of terminals and tunnels. A large central yellow traffic arrow saying OUT is most prominent telling arriving people to keep in the middle, allowing those departing to enter the carriage from the sides. There is a slight blur to the picture showing the hurrying nature of modern air travel, vastly different from the pioneering days of flight for only the socially elite. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903..
    aviation_corbis49-10-11-2000.jpg
  • Towing her suitcase after havng cleared International Customs, a masked female passenger walks through arrivals in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. In the belief that she is protecting herself from airborne diseases and infections, the lady walks smartly through the concourse not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport57-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Some young musicians await their group to re-assemble in the Arrivals concourse at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport531-14-07-2009.jpg
  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, two friends hold on to each other tight after an international arrival. Standing in front of a Mastercard ad which shows scenes of London, the coupe squeeze each other tight amid an otherwise hectic airport concourse in heathrow's Terminal 5. They have clearly missed each other after such a break apart but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport592-15-07-2009.jpg
  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of non-English-speaking young people who have just arrived off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the man hold up a name board to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. With the help of a chaperone, the man points to a young girl in the hope she might be on his list. Neither speak each other's mother tongue and the language barrier is difficult to overcome. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport424-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Emotional greeeting after long absence in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport590-15-07-2009.jpg
  • Drivers await their fares to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's T5
    heathrow_airport407-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air and a home-made banner stretches across Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. With balloon and banner amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Half-silhouetted figures add to the bustle of a hectic arrivals concourse at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Seen against the orange advertisement for Mastercard which shows scenes of London that sightseers will want to visit. People wait for family to pick them up and tourists await the rest of their groups and tour guides with baggage trolleys laden with possessions. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • From a low angle, we see a greeting driver from Dover Heritage Taxis who awaits his passenger to arrive off a flight from Turkey. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the man holds up a name board to attract the attention of the man who is a member of a cruise ship's crew that is due to sail from the sea port of Dover. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An unseen person holds out name card and awaits the arrival of a passenger on the ground floor of at Heathrow airport's T5
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  • An unseen person holds out name card and awaits the arrival of a fellow-Kuwaiti on the ground floor of at Heathrow airport's T5
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  • A mother awaitng her son in Arrivals of Heathrow's terminal 5 excitedly waves a Welcome Home Matt banner
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  • Emotional greeeting after long absence in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • School musicians head for waiting coaches, one with a double-bass in Arrivals at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • School musicians head for waiting coaches, one with a double-bass in Arrivals at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Drivers await their fares to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's T5
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  • Family members and drivers await appearing passengers in international arrivals at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Family members and drivers await appearing passengers in international arrivals at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A family awaitng loved-ones in Arrivals of Heathrow's terminal 5 stretch a banner and float a helium-filled balloon.
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