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  • A long-distance runner prepares for the London Marathon before the race begins, whilst warming-up in Greenwich Park, London England. Seen in close-up detail, we see his hands and fingers massaging Vaseline jelly into his thighs and groin area to help avoid chafing during the annual 26-mile race through London's streets. He is wearing bright, garish running shorts decorated wth the British Union Jack flag, a sure sign of his patriotic attitude. Other runners are in the background, also preparing clothing that will be taken from the start to the finish line in Westminster.
    RB_088-21-04-1991.jpg
  • A lone propeller-driven aeoplane banks right into evening skies during the world's largest aviation airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, at Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. The event annually generates $85 million in revenue over a 25 mile radius from Oshkosh. The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days long and typically begins on the last Monday in July. The airport's control tower is the busiest control tower in the world during the gathering.
    oshkosh_airshow08-07-01-2000.jpg
  • "On all fours." An eleven month-old infant crawls up some back garden steps and into her parents' house. Her head and shoulders are already hidden as she disappears inside. She is exploring a familiar world, being bold, gaining strength and confidence to move independently to eventually stand upright and walk unaided. Someone has taped a short stick to the upper step to help her position herself downwards when exiting the house backwards.  Wearing only a nappy (diaper) it is clearly a warm summer's day. 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_ella20-20-04-1995.jpg
  • A four-engined airliner takes-off into distant darkening skies during the bi-annual aerospace industry expo at the Farnborough in southern England. Lifting off from an unseen runway, the aircraft leaves the ground to climb away towards its unknown destination - its modern navigation aides pointing it to foreign lands and skies.
    sky_takeoff01-29-07-2002.jpg
  • "Crooked Lady." A twelve month-old girl who has recently learned to walk proudly strides past an elderly lady with balancing arms outstretched while at the Dulwich Show in South London. There is a marked difference between the youthful, upright posture of the young girl to the hunched and bent stance of the old woman who stands supporting herself on a brolley. It is a picture that compares youth with old age, the delight that a person of later years shows to a child whose life reaches far ahead. 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_ella23-20-04-1995.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.
    corbis_ella04-20-04-1995.jpg
  • A newborn baby boy is carried away from his mother immediately after she has given birth to the child in the delivery ward at Kings College Hospital, Camberwell, London. Handling the crying and twisting infant with only one hand, the lady health professional takes it to a warm towel and then to some weighing scales where the baby is checked and cleaned then returned to the mum who is still on the birthing bed. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes.
    ella+sam01-31-03_1998.jpg
  • "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
  • 'Christmas Comes but once a Year ..'  A grandfather holds his tired granddaughter at arms-length while watching a television prgramme at Christmas time. The baby girl is 5 months-old and yawns with a wide, open mouth while the elder relative pouts, looking grumpy. Both are seated on an armchair in the family home's living room. A decorated Christmas tree is seen in the far corner and the curtains behind are drawn. 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_ella10-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Diptheria, tetanus, polio, whooping cough, meningitis."  A four month-old baby screams with the sharp prick of an innoculation needle administered by a health visitor at a doctor's surgery, London. The post-natal clinic is a health check for the baby and for new mothers to discuss parenting problems with a NHS-qualified midwife and paediatric specialist. She attends to mother and child since they arrived back home from hospital, days after birth and therefore knows all their details and the baby's growth statistics and development curves. 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_ella09-20-04-1995.jpg
  • Long-distance London Marathon athletes warm-up and apply vaseline to sensitive areas in Greenwich Park.
    marathon_muscles01-21-04-1991.jpg
  • "First shoes in Wales." An eleven month-old infant tries to walk in her first pair of proper rigid shoes whilst on holiday in Snowdonia, North Wales UK. Tentatively taking a few unconfident steps the young girl  cries out in surprise, almost falling over. Her mother instinctively grabs her coat hood before she topples into into the pebbles and soft mud of a river bed which would soil her clean clothes. We see a mother preventing her daughter from getting dirty and from hurting herself, a fast reaction to stop injury on a small child. 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_ella22-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Puddle in Oxleas Wood." A six month-old infant looks out from a baby back carrier frame whilst out on a muddy winter jaunt in Oxleas Wood on Shooters Hill, South London. The girl peers out with a fascination for the outdoors from a warm coat wearing a tiny hat and loose-fitting gloves to view the world while perched high-up on her mother's back who carries her child on the chilly walk. The bare trees and forested landscape can be imagined from the waterlogged puddle that is out of focus to the right. 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_ella15-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "A Day Away from Choosing a Name." A baby girl of only two weeks old cranes her neck around to see where her mother's soothing voice is coming from. Wrapped up in a checked blanket to keep her snug and warm, she is learning to recognise familiar sounds, focus on close objects and learn about her own small world. She has a round face with a squashed, button nose and has opened her mouth to bend round in her mum's direction. Her name has yet to be recorded with the local register office, a legal requirement that needs completeting within six weeks after a birth. 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_ella06-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Flight to Portugal." An eleven month-old child stands on a restaurant  table and is held by her mother whilst holidaying on the Algarve, southern Portugal. Caught with side-lit flash and ambient Mediterranean evening light, her with arms and fingers are outstretched and the balancing infant girl who is learning to stand on her own before attempting to walk, pretends to fly in mid-air, relishing a sense of space and freedom. We see the experience of an adult encouraging a developing human being with the confidence to stand erect with back straight. 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_ella19-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "More than you can chew." A ten month-old infant uses new teeth to bite her mother's nose in the back garden of their Victorian south London terrace home. The mum winces in pain as the child sinks her new milk teeth into her skin but they enjoy a warm summer afternoon, playfully interacting with each other in a moment of parental love and harmony. The girl wears a short-sleeved t-shirt and has plump arms of baby fat, a healthy sign of a contented infant. 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_ella17-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Losing the hair I was born with." We look over the darkened shoulder of a mother as she cuts her baby daughter's hair, at home, for the first time. Sitting in her high-chair, the child watches with fascination as the scissors snip away at the tufts of thick, dark hair the girl has had from birth. The experience is clearly enchanting her and she looks with her mouth open, captivated by this strange instrument that she feels trimming her head. 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_ella13-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "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
  • "Garden ballet." With hands outstretched, a ten month-old infant supports her weight on some garden chairs as she learns to stand on her own two feet. Without the strength in her legs, she loses her balance and her mother stands behind holding her daughter by the waist preventing her from falling over. It is a warm summer afternoon with both mother and child barefoot on the back garden patio and we see the experience of an adult encouraging a developing human being with the confidence to stand erect with back straight. 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_ella18-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "The week of Dunblane."  Mindful of the Dunblane massacre that week, a baby massage class takes place at a health clinic in south London. Spread across a matt are six babies of varying ages and sizes whose mums are tenderly stroking their infants' bodies and senses with soft, gentle touches over the head, face, shoulders, arms, chest, stomach and legs which is a recommended way of tactile communication between mother and child. Some children are looking up into their mothers' faces, others are looking elsewhere and one is upset but comforted. 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_ella16-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "First ladies." A six month-old infant girl has a shocked look on her face as she plays with a copy of the broadsheet Guardian newspaper whose front page headline photograph is of Hilary Clinton, then First Lady of the United States. Clinton is also looking aghast at something she is experiencing. Coincidentally, the President's wife and the first-born of this family are both first ladies. The child has sunk down into her high-chair, reacting to something her mother has said. 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_ella14-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "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.
    corbis_ella11-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Anywhere between 3-5am." A mother has brought her three and a half month-old infant into bed and comforts her new baby back to sleep in bed by holding her hand at dawn, after a broken night's rest. We see large adult's fingers encircling the tiny digits of the baby girl who is mercifully sound asleep again, instinctively aware of love and trust. It is a picture of protective parenthood, of a close bond between mother and child in a safe, cosy, warm and idyllic place within the loving family home. 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_ella08-20-04-1995.jpg
  • On the living room floor at home, a young mother grabs a few minutes to herself to exercises her pelvic floor muscles three weeks after giving birth to a baby girl who lies asleep in a Moses basket carry cot on the carpet. She rotates her hips to her right, twisting her body to regain strength in her lower torso, still sore from labour. 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_ella07-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "No Distance Covered." The leathery soles of a new-born 3 day-old baby girl's feet are seen in detail. Her skin is wrinkled and cracked despite applying foot lotion to keep them soft. The tiny toes have yet to support her upright body and walk anywhere because she has been at home from hospital for only a few days. 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_ella05-20-04-1995.jpg
  • On a labour ward at Kings College Hospital, London, a young mother sits back and rests before being transferred to a bed on the maternity ward. Wearing a hospital gown and an identity wrist tag, leans back exhausted on a wall with eyes closed, reflecting on the last 24 hours of labour, contractions and the birth of her first child, a baby girl who    sleeps in a cot next to her mother. Tissues and a drink cups are on the table in front but the new mum is too tired to reach out for a sip. 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_ella03-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "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.
    corbis_ella02-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Three cylinders of gas and air." A young mother enters the final stage of labour on a labour ward at Kings College Hospital, London. Using the painkiller Pethadine from a cylinder she draws on the mouthpiece to counteract the pain during contractions. A hospital identity tag bearing her name, date of birth and code number is secured to her wrist. She already looks exhausted, tolerating the rythmic stages of birth and she grips tightly a supportive hand. 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_ella01-20-04-1995.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
  • Starting the motor of a paraglider for its pilot during the world's largest aviation airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, at Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. The event annually generates $85 million in revenue over a 25 mile radius from Oshkosh. The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days long and typically begins on the last Monday in July. The airport's control tower is the busiest control tower in the world during the gathering
    oshkosh_airshow03-07-01-2000.jpg
  • A driver with the bus company Stagecoach reads during a well-earned rest from busy London traffic.
    bus_driver01-07-04-2011.jpg
  • An optimistic Syrian migrant couple seeking a new life in France, on 25th May, 2017, in a southwestern French town.
    lagrasse_france-98-25-05-2017.jpg
  • Seen from a London bus, an aerial view of an elderly woman who is about to cross a quiet side street.
    elderly_woman01-27-04-2012.jpg
  • An optimistic Syrian migrant couple seeking a new life in France, on 25th May, 2017, in a southwestern French town.
    lagrasse_france-97-25-05-2017.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater walks past TV presenters among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary06-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary34-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary05-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary04-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary37-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary29-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary46-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary26-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary02-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary45-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary47-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary42-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater adjusts some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary07-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary32-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary28-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary01-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary27-04-08-2014.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country "we are now beginning to turn the tide" on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, and the seats of a local cafe remain vacant inside the closed business, part of the pandemic lockdown in Herne Hill in south London, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_HerneHill-07-27-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and local daily exercise, a used discaded surgical mask and glove lies in the grass alongside passing young child on a scooter in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, south London, on 30th March 2020, in London.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-40-30-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown, a street of Edwardian period homes where neighbours are behind their locked doors, in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and family group isolation, on 30th March 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-10-29-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, hazard tape has closed an empty landscape of outdoor cafe benches seen from the steps leading up to Hungerford Bridge on the capital's Southbank in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-27-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, a local bank users practice social distancing in a queue for the Natwest Bank in Camberwell in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-17-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, Lambeth council have attached to park benches, notices aimed at the public about restrictions that the UK government's have imposed during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, now at the end of its second week, in Ruskin Park, a south London green space, on 9th April, in London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-20-09-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and the forced closure of all shops and local businesses, hairdressing gowns are draped over customer chairs in a closed mens' barber's business in East Dulwich, on 30th March 2020, in London.
    coronavirus_EasyDulwich-02-30-03-202...jpg
  • The UK government has announced a Coronavirus pandemic financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England which is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. But venues such as The Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Theatreland, where the musical Jamie was abandoned at the beginning of lockdown, will remain closed for the foreseeable future, on 6th July 2020, in London, England. Some theatres in London and others around the country have been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads "Missing Live Theatre" -  a protest project led by stage designers group Scene Change highlighting the closure of the arts and culture arts industry supports 137,250 jobs and is worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-08-06-07-2020.jpg
  • The UK government has announced a Coronavirus pandemic financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England which is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. But venues such as The Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Theatreland, where the musical Jamie was abandoned at the beginning of lockdown, will remain closed for the foreseeable future, on 6th July 2020, in London, England. Some theatres in London and others around the country have been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads "Missing Live Theatre" -  a protest project led by stage designers group Scene Change highlighting the closure of the arts and culture arts industry supports 137,250 jobs and is worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-04-06-07-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of another week of Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, when the government is considering its options for a gradual opening of business with social distancing, during their daily exercise in Ruskin Park in south London, two women friends hold a conversation while observing social distancing of the two metres recommended by the government, on 4th May 2020, in Lambeth, London, England.
    coronavirus_park-02-04-05-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, a market stalll selling fruit on the Walworth Road also has social distancing marks on the pavement, in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-52-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, balloons snagged against a nearby tree flot in an afternoon breeze in Ruskin Park, a green space in Lambeth, South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-14-19-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing, family group isolation but local daily exercise, south Londoners practice sensible social distancing while enjoying late sunlight in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, on 30th March 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-30-29-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of another week of Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, when the government is considering its options for a gradual opening of business with social distancing, during their daily exercise in Ruskin Park in south London, two women friends hold a conversation while observing social distancing of the two metres recommended by the government, on 4th May 2020, in Lambeth, London, England.
    coronavirus_park-04-04-05-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of another week of Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, when the government is considering its options for a gradual opening of business with social distancing, during their daily exercise in Ruskin Park in south London, two women friends hold a conversation while observing social distancing of the two metres recommended by the government, on 4th May 2020, in Lambeth, London, England.
    coronavirus_park-03-04-05-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, construction cranes are idle above fashion mannequins in the window of budget retailer Primark stand in the brand's window on Oxford Street that would normally be a busy thoroughfare for shoppers and traffic and wich remains largely deserted at mid-day, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-45-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, hazard tape has closed an empty landscape of outdoor cafe benches seen from the steps leading up to Hungerford Bridge on the capital's Southbank in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-28-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, hazard tape has closed an empty landscape of outdoor cafe benches with the steps leading up to Hungerford Bridge on the capital's Southbank in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-24-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, Lambeth council have attached to park benches, notices aimed at the public about restrictions that the UK government's have imposed during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, now at the end of its second week, in Ruskin Park, a south London green space, on 9th April, in London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-21-09-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and local daily exercise, a local dog sniffs and chews a used discaded surgical glove that lies in the grass in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, south London, on 30th March 2020, in London.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-42-30-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing, family group isolation but local daily exercise, south Londoners practice sensible social distancing while enjoying late sunlight in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, on 30th March 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-21-29-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing, family group isolation but local daily exercise, south Londoners practice sensible social distancing while enjoying late sunlight in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, on 30th March 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-14-29-03-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country "we are now beginning to turn the tide" on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, outdoor gym bars have been taped off, part of Lambeth council's lockdown policy in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_HerneHill-04-27-04-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country "we are now beginning to turn the tide" on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, and a drinking fountain has been taped off, part of Lambeth council's lockdown policy in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_HerneHill-03-27-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, two women wearing masks walk past a Samsung phone retailer on Oxford Street that would normally be a busy thoroughfare for shoppers and traffic and wich remains otherwise quiet at mid-day, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-41-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, a quirky landscape of a three-sided square that marks safe social distance marks outside a branch of Gap in Piccadilly Circus, 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-30-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, Lambeth council have attached to park benches, notices aimed at the public about restrictions that the UK government's have imposed during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, now at the end of its second week, in Ruskin Park, a south London green space, on 9th April, in London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-24-09-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and local daily exercise, a local dog sniffs a used discaded surgical glove that lies in the grass in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, south London, on 30th March 2020, in London.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-41-30-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and the forced closure of all shops and local businesses, a hooded man wearing a surgical mask and gloves uses his phone on the corner of East Dulwich Grove SE22 in East Dulwich, Southwark, on 30th March 2020, in London.
    coronavirus_EasyDulwich-08-30-03-202...jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing, family group isolation but local daily exercise, south Londoners practice sensible social distancing while enjoying late sunlight in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, on 30th March 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-25-29-03-2020.jpg
  • The UK government has announced a Coronavirus pandemic financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England which is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. But venues such as The Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Theatreland, where the musical Jamie was abandoned at the beginning of lockdown, will remain closed for the foreseeable future, on 6th July 2020, in London, England. Some theatres in London and others around the country have been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads "Missing Live Theatre" -  a protest project led by stage designers group Scene Change highlighting the closure of the arts and culture arts industry supports 137,250 jobs and is worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-07-06-07-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, seen in the reflection of a business opposite in the street are upturned seats are stacked on tables in the window of 'Eat Activ', a Soho cafe offering "active-health, fast food," on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-40-20-04-2020.jpg
  • The UK government has announced a Coronavirus pandemic financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England which is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. But venues such as The Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Theatreland, where the musical Jamie was abandoned at the beginning of lockdown, will remain closed for the foreseeable future, on 6th July 2020, in London, England. Some theatres in London and others around the country have been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads "Missing Live Theatre" -  a protest project led by stage designers group Scene Change highlighting the closure of the arts and culture arts industry supports 137,250 jobs and is worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-06-06-07-2020.jpg
  • The UK government has announced a Coronavirus pandemic financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England which is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. But venues such as The Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Theatreland, where the musical Jamie was abandoned at the beginning of lockdown, will remain closed for the foreseeable future, on 6th July 2020, in London, England. Some theatres in London and others around the country have been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads "Missing Live Theatre" -  a protest project led by stage designers group Scene Change highlighting the closure of the arts and culture arts industry supports 137,250 jobs and is worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-05-06-07-2020.jpg
  • The UK government has announced a Coronavirus pandemic financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England which is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. But venues such as The Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Theatreland, where the musical Jamie was abandoned at the beginning of lockdown, will remain closed for the foreseeable future, on 6th July 2020, in London, England. Some theatres in London and others around the country have been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads "Missing Live Theatre" -  a protest project led by stage designers group Scene Change highlighting the closure of the arts and culture arts industry supports 137,250 jobs and is worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-03-06-07-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country "we are now beginning to turn the tide" on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, and a childrens' playground remains taped-off and deserted during the lockdown in East Dulwich, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_HerneHill-10-27-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, Lambeth council have attached to park benches, notices aimed at the public about restrictions that the UK government's have imposed during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, now at the end of its second week, in Ruskin Park, a south London green space, on 9th April, in London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-22-09-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing, family group isolation but local daily exercise, south Londoners practice sensible social distancing while enjoying late sunlight in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, on 30th March 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-24-29-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing, family group isolation but local daily exercise, south Londoners practice sensible social distancing while enjoying late sunlight in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, on 30th March 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-02-29-03-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country "we are now beginning to turn the tide" on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, and a table tennis table remains behind a Lambeth council barrier in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Herne Hill, south London, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_HerneHill-11-27-04-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country "we are now beginning to turn the tide" on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, outdoor gym bars have been taped off, part of Lambeth council's lockdown policy in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_HerneHill-05-27-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, a digital ad telling Londoners to stay at home is displayed on Oxford Street that would normally be a busy thoroughfare for shoppers and traffic and which remains largely deserted at mid-day, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-32-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, two women both wearing surgical masks walk through Elephant & Castle in South London, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-19-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and local daily exercise, a used discaded surgical mask lies in the grass alongside a passing father and child in Ruskin Park, a green public space in the borough of Lambeth, south London, on 30th March 2020, in London.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-36-30-03-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the second week of the UK's Coronavirus lockdown and in accordance with government guidelines for social distancing and the forced closure of all shops and local businesses, hairdressing gowns are draped over customer chairs in a closed mens' barber's business in East Dulwich, on 30th March 2020, in London.
    coronavirus_EasyDulwich-03-30-03-202...jpg
  • The UK government has announced a Coronavirus pandemic financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England which is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. But venues such as The Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Theatreland, where the musical Jamie was abandoned at the beginning of lockdown, will remain closed for the foreseeable future, on 6th July 2020, in London, England. Some theatres in London and others around the country have been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads "Missing Live Theatre" -  a protest project led by stage designers group Scene Change highlighting the closure of the arts and culture arts industry supports 137,250 jobs and is worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-01-06-07-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country "we are now beginning to turn the tide" on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, and a drinking fountain has been taped off, part of Lambeth council's lockdown policy in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_HerneHill-02-27-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, mannequins in the window of budget retailer Primark stand in the brand's window on Oxford Street that would normally be a busy thoroughfare for shoppers and traffic and wich remains largely deserted at mid-day, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-42-20-04-2020.jpg
  • At the beginning of the fourth week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, and with 120,067 UK reported cases with 16,060 deaths, a retailer's sign is displayed on Oxford Street that would normally be a busy thoroughfare for shoppers and traffic and which remains largely deserted at mid-day, on 20th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-33-20-04-2020.jpg
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