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  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
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  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London...Reproduced for Alain de Botton's 'Religion for Atheists' 2010. .Photograph copyright Richard Baker, London.richard@bakerpictures.com.Tel 0044 207836 287080.
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  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh26-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh17-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh06-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh01-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh01-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh18-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London...Reproduced for Alain de Botton's 'Religion for Atheists' 2010. .Photograph copyright Richard Baker, London.richard@bakerpictures.com.Tel 0044 207836 287080.
    jewish_mikveh02-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh05-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh08-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh35-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh34-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh22-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh13-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh11-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh12-18-03-2010.jpg
  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths where recent converts to Judaism bathe in private, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
    jewish_mikveh07-18-03-2010.jpg
  • Three men stand at the thermal poolside wearing hygienic hats in Budapest's famous Széchenyi thermal bath. ..Having bathed in thermal waters that are piped through this health resort in the middle of the capital city, the men wear swimming costumes in the warm summer morning where hundreds flock to. Budapest is especially known for its spas just as Germany is. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Széchenyi-gyógyfürd?) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gy?z? Czigler.
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  • A 1990s Hungarian gentleman snoozes in the shade of trees at the Szechenyi spa hotel, on 13th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary.
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  • Hungarian gentlemen play chess in the thermal healing spa waters of Budapest's famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people09-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A middle-age husband pours thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapest's famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people07-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A mother swings her young child along the pavement and grass of Bath maze Bath Festival Maze (1984) in Beazer Gardens, Riverside Walk, Pulteney Weir, Bath is by renowned maze designer Gilbert Randoll Coate (8 October 1909 - 2 December 2005) who was a British diplomat, maze designer and "labyrinthologist". ....
    maze_child-20-03-1993.jpg
  • A middle-age husband pours thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapest's famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  (Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people06-18-06-1990.jpg
  • Hungarian spa customers enjoy warm pavement and thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapest's famous Széchenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Szechenyi Medicinal Bath  (Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo) is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people04-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A 1970s street scene showing shoppers and pedestrians on the corner of Upper Borough Walls and Old Bond Street and the architecture of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital (now the Royal National Hospital of Rheumatic Deseseases), in central Bath, on 20th August 1971, in Bath, Somerset, England.
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  • A two and half year-old girl watches her mother bath her baby brother in the bathroom of her South London home. She looks down at the correct technique that her mum uses by supporting his head with a hand, ensuring the child does not slip further into the warm bath water, the way that many babies drown in even shallow water. Such maternal instincts is how even young children learn to mother and care for their own children in later life, From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
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  • "Then raindrops fell on my head." Looking over the shoulder as a mother pours bath water from a toy seive on to the head of her five month-old baby daughter. The infant looks unsure but otherwise spellbound as the droplets fall, watching them leaving the pot to feel them trickling down. We see the child's trust for her mother and imagine her fascination with tumbling liquid, the feel of it touching her skin. This water is shallow, a child can drown in an inch of water so the mum is supporting the baby's head around the neck in the correct manner. 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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  • "Eye Contact." A mother peers over the bath to keep watch over her five month-old baby daughter who is lying on a matt, holding a towel to her face. The infant has had her own time in the water and the mum has taken the opportunity to bathe too. They both look into each other's eyes in a picture of love, trust and joy. 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_ella12-20-04-1995.jpg
  • A male swimmer stands up after doing the Crawl across this scene of fresh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
    serpentine_swimmer01-21-06-1994.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see a mass of people in late afternoon light with deep tans from the extended hot summer. There is little space left on the full pavement which retains its solar heat long after the sun has left the quadrangle of the lido's oblong design. They lay reading a newspaper or book, spread themselves on small towels or just chat to fellow-bathers. Swimmers are in the unheated water, others jump in or stand on the edge thinking about their next dive. It is a scene of chaotic fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
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  • Locals bathe in the Passer River, in the South Tyrolean town of Meran-Merano, best known for its spa resorts, located within a basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to 3,335 metres (10,942 feet) above sea level, at the entrance to the Passeier Valley and the Vinschgau. In the past, the town has been a popular place of residence for several scientists, literary people, and artists, including Franz Kafka, Ezra Pound, and Paul Lazarsfeld, who appreciated its mild climate.
    meran_merano05-13-07-2015.jpg
  • Locals bathe in the Passer River, in the South Tyrolean town of Meran-Merano, best known for its spa resorts, located within a basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to 3,335 metres (10,942 feet) above sea level, at the entrance to the Passeier Valley and the Vinschgau. In the past, the town has been a popular place of residence for several scientists, literary people, and artists, including Franz Kafka, Ezra Pound, and Paul Lazarsfeld, who appreciated its mild climate.
    meran_merano04-13-07-2015.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see a mass of people in late afternoon light with deep tans from the extended hot summer. Swimmers are in the unheated water, others jump in or stand on the edge thinking about their next dive. It is a scene of chaotic fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    brockwell_lido03-25-08-1995.jpg
  • A male swimmer performs the Crawl across this scene of frewsh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. As the man twists his head to gulp in air, breathing a lungful of oxygen, he passes the lettering stencilled on the poolside warning of shallow water. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park...
    deep_swimmer-21-06-1994.jpg
  • During an August heatwave, the population of Brixton and many others from all over London, bask in the glorious weather at the Brockwell (Brixton)  Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London. The Lido is a magnet for families, select groups, the young and old and represents an amalgam of humanity who enjoy the benefits of outdoor bathing and the friendship of meeting old friends and new acquaitances. We see two men of Afro-carribean origin who have a corner of the Lido to themselves. One wears a towel wrapped around his lower-body and sits, arms folded with a look of territorial superiority while the other applies sun lotion to his leg. There is little space left on the full pavement which retains its solar heat long after the sun has left the quadrangle of the lido's oblong design but their colourful towels and possessions are spread out on the paving stones along with childrens' toys including an Action Man toy soldier who is also tanning himself. It is a scene of fun for all ages and backgrounds. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
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  • A young boy adjusts his goggles before swimming again in London's Serpentine pool, Kensington. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club have the use of this Royal lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The Serpentine gets its name from its supposedly snakelike, curving shape. It was formed in 1730 when Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
    serpentine_boy01-21-06-1994.jpg
  • A pair of awkwardly splayed legs disappear into the cold, murky waters of the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. Having just dived head-first off a platform that juts out into the lake, the person is half in and half out and the splash is frozen in time. He or she is in incopetent diver with such ungainly plunge into the waters. It is otherwise a quiet moment. The water is largely undisturbed apart from the dive and buoy markers float to for a boundary line to keep rowing boats and bathers apart. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club have the use of this Royal lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The Serpentine gets its name from its supposedly snakelike, curving shape. It was formed in 1730 when Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park. ..
    RB-0191.jpg
  • Two men enjoy their own versions of Blackpool North Pier, Lancashire, England. On the right, the first man is lying down on a bench with his trousers gathered around his ankles, his red bathing costume or underpants are baggy and he is looking across to something of interest while scratching his bald head. The second man on the right is not wearing a shirt and his stomach is spilling over his trousers. He has a bunch of keys attached to his belt and is pointing a video camera (camcorder) towards the shore. It is a comical scene and typical of Blackpool beach life. This northern sea side resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd.
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  • Two obese parents and their normal weight child sit with their backs to the viewer on the edge of a pool on the open deck of the Fun Ship Ecstasy belonging to Carnival Cruises, as it sails through the Gulf of Mexico. The two adults and the girl wear bathing costumes and their tanned skin is exposed to the sun. They are sitting on the rectangular pool-side tiles taking in the atmosphere and the blue water that they're facing. We see the comparison of healthy youth and oversized adulthood, the parents' wide posteriors dwarf the normal size of their child.
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  • Two men enjoy their own versions of Blackpool North Pier, Lancashire, England. On the right, the first man is lying down on a bench with his trousers gathered around his ankles, his red bathing costume or underpants are baggy and he is looking across to something of interest while scratching his bald head. The second man on the right is not wearing a shirt and his stomach is spilling over his trousers. He has a bunch of keys attached to his belt and is pointing a video camera (camcorder) towards the shore. It is a comical scene and typical of Blackpool beach life. This northern sea side resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd.
    RB-0111.jpg
  • Water-filled bathtub in a north Somerset Christmas tree plantation.
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  • Cabot Tower and Bristolian park visitors, on 5th November 2017, on Brandon Hill, Bristol, England. Cabot Tower is a tower in Bristol, England, situated in a public park on Brandon Hill, between the city centre, Clifton and Hotwells. It is a grade II listed building. The tower was built in the 1890s to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the journey of John Cabot from Bristol to land which later became Canada.
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  • Bathers swim in the natural waters of the River Orbieu flowing through rocky gorge, on 24th May, 2017, in Ribaute, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
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  • A woman from a beauty and tanning business sits with her feet in warm water, containing tiny fish nibbling at her skin.
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  • Bathers swim in the natural waters of the River Orbieu flowing through rocky gorge, on 24th May, 2017, in Ribaute, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
    rebaute_france-02-24-05-2017.jpg
  • TV news on screen in luxury room at hotel chain Sofitel at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Late-night erotica on screen in luxury room at hotel chain Sofitel at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A new bathroom stowage concept is demonstrated by an entrepreneur at an inventors fair in Alexandra Palace, London
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  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel07-24-08-2020.jpg
  • Bathers socially distance while wading out from the beach and into the shallows of the Thames Estuary, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer changes into his costume before his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach36-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach35-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach39-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach40-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    brockwell_lido01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • A pre-pubescent voyeur peers over a clump of vegetation to spy on four beautiful women lying face-down in a sandy dune near the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
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  • A wife gives an tight, affectionate hug to her husband on the Promenade at North Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. There is no such showing of reciprocated love from the man who continues to read a cricket report in the sports page of his tabloid newspaper. She is wearing a floral summer top and he is topless. In the background we see a bustling sea front. People are walking along the Prom, enjoying the sun and warmth of this usually chilly area of Britain.
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  • A boy stands leaning on a hand rail near the top steps at Paignton sea front. At the bottom of the steps and floating face down in the clear, unpolluted  water, his arms outstretched, is a diver wearing a wet suit who appears lifeless. It is a scene of ambiguity and the viewer might be confused over whether the diver is in fact dead. It looks as if the diver has drowned but he is only enjoying the buoyancy of the salt sea water. It is a sunny afternoon and the shadows of the steps' rail which zigzags down the concrete steps.
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    lido_swimmer01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Three bathers lie on the shingle in the lee of a groyne, a wooden screen from the fresh breeze that has been written on by unknown people having scrawled their names and a noughts and crosses puzzle written in chalk. One person wears his socks in true English style and the lady in the middle has her bag containing possessions near her head. Above them sits a lifeguard on a pair of high steps, peering along the beach with a pair of binoculars. Meanwhile, a lone seagull wheels around the coastal thermals and is caught between the wooden slats of the groyne.
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  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel11-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel10-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel09-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel08-24-08-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach33-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer enters the water for his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach34-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer carefully walks out of the water after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach37-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer carefully walks out of the water after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach38-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach41-18-07-2020.jpg
  • As the sun sets over fading daylight and calm waters of the Thames Estuary, a wild sea swimmer dries himself with a beach towel after his regular evening dip, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach42-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Bathers enjoy the healing thermal spa waters in the Gellert Hotel in Budapest, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary.
    hungary_people11-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A woman swims in shallow and warm, natural waters of the River Orbieu, on 25th May, 2017, in Ribaute, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
    rebaute_france-02-25-05-2017.jpg
  • A woman swims in shallow and warm, natural waters of the River Orbieu, on 25th May, 2017, in Ribaute, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
    rebaute_france-01-25-05-2017.jpg
  • Looking down from above, we see young men who are open-chested and with their suit jackets either beneath their heads or on the grass, three office co-workers stretch out over the lush grass and sunbathe during a hot summer lunchtime in Trinity Square in the City of London, England. One has his paperwork under his head and a can of Coke to quench his thirst. Already tanned, the threesome bask under a hot mid-day sun. Risking sunburn after prolonged solar radiation exposure, they enjoy the inner-city heatwave.
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  • An eccentric middle-aged man rests his legs on his bicycle while -open mouthed and snoring - snatches forty winks on a striped deck chair in London's Hyde Park, England. We look down on the grass which is still green and lush  on this summer's day in the heart of the city. He is wearing a flat cap with trousers (pants)  tucked in his socks for his next bicycle journey. He is a quintissentially English sunbather enjoying a quiet snooze in a public park open space.
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  • Despite a gloriously bright summer afternoon, we see a depressing corner of Southend-on-Sea's Adventure Island. A young couple sits on some white towels in front of a wall that is adorned with graffiti and has its paint rubbed away. It is a scene of squalor and desolation in a town that makes revenue from the day-tripper holiday market. Since Victorian times, many Londoners have traditionally come to this south-east coast on the Thames Estuary, close to the capital. Towns like this have seen a marked decline since the advent of the package tourism in favour of exotic beaches in Spain.
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  • An unrecognisable bather wearing a stripy costume bends over awkwardly to adjust his towel on the promenade pavement (sidewalk) at Minehead, Devon. The man's reddened posterior is pointed towards the viewer and his dachshund (sausage) pet dog stands still looking away to the right, towards unseen interest. A family of four stroll along the sandy beach during low tide. It is a hot afternoon but we only see a quiet scene at this busy resort.
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  • With his personal belongings and beach shingle surrounding him, a man sits on his seaside towel in soft sunlight in Dover eating a snack which is dribbling out of his mouth. The skin from many previous hours of exposure to solar radiation has left him raw and sunburned and therefore dried and dying skin is peeling in shreds on his back and shoulder. He looks like an eccentric local character who seems oblivious to the health risks that his continued sunbathing is inflicting on his bizarrely scorched body.
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  • A makeshift warning sign made from plywood is roughly painted with letters declaring 'oil on beach.' It hangs on some silver railings on an unknown beach in England. The sand is strewn with sharp stones and litter and coloured (colored) a dirty brown stain high up on the shore line and more worrying, a little more distant, a father cuddles his baby child on a towel surrounded by possessions such as a cool box and the seaside toys of a happy family holiday (vacation). We look down on to this scene in disbelief that a parent lies down on such polluted terrain when health and safety considerations might have closed the entire esplanade.
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  • An unseen person's hand reaches from the corner of the picture to offer a chip (French fry) to a hovering seagull at Minehead on the Somerset coast, South-west England. Another younger person has turned around to see what is happening but is also holding up his hand to other birds  none of the others are accepting the free meal. The summer afternoon sky is filled with bird life but clear of clouds and is a deep coastal blue which echoes the reaching shirt sleeve.
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  • Old apartment and iron balcony architecture in Lisbon's old Arabic Alfama district. Murals of classical Portuguese figures adorn the plaster walls next to crumbling windows and balconies which have the look of vintage from a former era in Lisbon's capital. Alfama is the oldest district of Lisbon, spreading on the slope between the Castle of Lisbon and the Tejo river. Its name comes from the Arabic Al-hamma, meaning fountains or baths. It contains many important historical attractions, with many Fado bars and restaurants.
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  • The Jewish faith Mikveh baths, at the Sternberg Centre. London.
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  • Two young girls admire a statuette in front of the painting called The Chosen Five (Zeuxis At Crotona) by Edwin Longsden Long. ..Russell-Cotes Museum (formally, the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum) is an art gallery and museum in Bournemouth, England. It is located on the top of the East Cliff, next to the Royal Bath Hotel.
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  • The pretty coastal town of Menton on the French Cote d'Azur is seen beneath a cloudless blue sky in later afternoon spring sunshine. Looking across the water, in the foreground is the marina populated with assorted yachts, launches and other boats safely moored to jetties and pontoons. The bell-tower of baroque basilica Saint-Michel-Archange, houses and buildings of Menton rise up along hillsides and the mountains of the Ligurian Alps rise up in the distance, all bathed in orange light. Mediterranean Menton - near the Italian border - is known as Le perle de la France ("The Pearl of France") for its famous beauty. It is also known for La Musée Jean Cocteau which is located in the town.
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  • An early morning swimmer bathes in the unheated pool of the Grade II listed  Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 25th August 1995, in London, England. The Lido is an oasis for city dwellers to escape, if only for an hour from the pressures of fast urban life. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 but after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • For their daily river washing ritual, young Nepali boys bathe in the river Seti Gandaki in a valley side near the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara during their recruitment selection held ever year, 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. <br />
After a gruelling series of physical tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.  (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) in the British Museum, London. Here, the Godess Venus is surprised as she bathes, her water jar resting on her thigh. She crouches naked and attempts to cover herself with arms and hands. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
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  • Archive image - also used in the book 'Risk Wise'.<br />
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Wearing his bathing costume, a young adventurer clambers over rocks in the Gross Enz river in Germany's Black Forest. The lad of 10 crouches to better balance himself, carefully placing his bare feet on the slippery rock's surface as he emerges from the chilly mountain water. It is high summer and we can see the boy backlit by the glare of strong sunlight in the background. The Gross Enz river rises in Enzklosterle in Baden-Württemberg and is an eventual  tributary of the Neckar. Geologically, the Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss. During the last glacial period, the Würm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers.
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  • It is morning in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India and on the West bank of the Hooghly River the banks are busy with bathing men with the Howrah Bridge beyond. The bathers are either drying themselves after washing in the river, or are undressing to do so. It is a scene of inner-peace, a tranquillity surrounded by the chaotic pace of Indian life in this city. The engineering of the bridge stretches across the water towards the city beyond. The bridge is one of three on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. Bearing the daily weight of approximately 150,000 vehicles and 4,000,000 pedestrians. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in the world. The Hooghly River is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River.
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  • An American expatriate living in Monaco laughs at a joke from an unseen person while standing near her apartment  in front of a beach mural on the Avenue Princess Grace. The cartoon character is a puny bather in an old fashioned bathing costume and flippers, showing off a scrawny arm and non-existant bicep. Seen from a low angle, the blonde-haired widow wears sunglasses, a black coat and speckled scarf around her neck, has been living in Monaco for many years and speaks fluent French. We see a smart lady in her middle-age enjoying her retirement in the warm Mediterranean climate.
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  • Under a threatening sky, freshly-painted blue gates overlook the Himalayan village of Ghandrung bathed in sunshine in central Nepal. Also called Ghandruk or Gandruk, this settlement is situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary (conservation region), a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region (Parbat in the Nepali language) is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Empty chairs and open Bibles, all bathed in yellow artificial light make this airport chapel in Frankfurt am Main, Germany a European modernist haven from the chaos of global air travel; an escape from delays, terrorism and overall fears of flying. Predominately Christian with small corners for Muslim believers, the new modernism at Frankfurt/Main reflects a strong European tradition of functional design ? far removed from the drab, dourness of many similar American facilities. 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. .
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  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • Seen from the inside of her beach hut that looks out to the promenade and sea, a lady enjoys summer sunshine while holding on to her hat while others bathe in the waters beyond, on 12th June 1992, in Lowestoft, England.
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