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  • "One candle." A family are gathered to celebrate the first birthday of a young child, the back garden of her parent's south London home. The birthday girl reaches out to touch the single lit candle on a chocolate log cake while her grandmother and mother both show her how to blow and extinguish the flame instead. Friends and relatives are sat around the garden on a perfect late-summer afternoon, drinking and laughing on this joyous occasion, a milestone in the first year of any young life. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella24-20-04-1995.jpg
  • A 4 year-old's blows out a candle after his baptism ceremony in a local Catholic church
    jamie_baptism07-01-03-2014.jpg
  • A 4 year-old's blows out a candle after his baptism ceremony in a local Catholic church
    jamie_baptism06-01-03-2014.jpg
  • Family and relatives after a 4 year-old's baptism ceremony in a local Catholic church
    jamie_baptism05-01-03-2014.jpg
  • Family and relatives after a 4 year-old's baptism ceremony in a local Catholic church
    jamie_baptism04-01-03-2014.jpg
  • Open Bible and crucifix on altar in St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
    catholic_church32-23-08-2010.jpg
  • Plastic toy characters representing the community at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
    buddhist_retreat74-27-06-2010.jpg
  • An unidentified father in the act of pouring coffee from a cafetiere into two metallic silver mugs in while holding his sleeping baby son in his London kitchen. The unconscious child is a few months old and the parent stands expertly holding both hot liquid and infant as if juggling pleasure and parenthood simultaneously. The sleeping child is limp in the father's arm and is dressed in the same scarlet red as the vibrant colour on the wall behind. We only see the man's upper-legs and torso but the baby is tiny against his body making the scale of both young and old. otherwise, the generic room is bare of decoration or possessions - only a drying cloth and chopping board is seen on the draining board, near plain white tiles.
    children20-30-08-2007.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Rabbi as he the last candles before the next service in Bevis Marks Synagogue in the City of London - the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom. As we look down on a balcony above, we look down on the holy man as he prepares his place of worship for the London Jewish community. Using a long pole that reaches up to the 7 hanging candelabras (symbolising the seven days of the week, the largest of which - represents the Sabbath) he lights every one. This central candelabrum was donated by the community of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam, upon which Bevis Marks' interior is largely based. The candles are still lit today for weddings and the Jewish Festivals. The synagogue is located off Bevis Marks, in the City of London, built in 1701 it is a Grade I listed building.
    synagogue_aerial-12-08-1995.jpg
  • The Buddhist monk Nagasiddhi lights candles in the Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
    buddhist_retreat75-27-06-2010.jpg
  • Watched by statues of saints, a priest lights candles before Sunday Mass in a local Catholic church in rural Normandy.
    catholic_priest3-12-10-1997.jpg
  • Surrounded by as few friends, a 15 year-old teenager blows out her candles brought out by her mother, in a London back garden.
    ella_16th_bday27-24-August-2011.jpg
  • Candles burn in a shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla (1920-2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
    poland-72-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Candles burn in a shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla (1920-2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
    poland-70-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady visitor to the Cathedral of saint Nicholas sits in a pew with her back to lit candles, in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 28th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    slovenia-549-28-06-2018.jpg
  • A St George and the Dragon's icon shrine with burning candles at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt219-04-03-2016.jpg
  • The Virgin Mary's icon shrine with burning candles at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt218-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Candles burn in a shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla (1920-2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
    poland-71-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady visitor to the Cathedral of saint Nicholas sits in a pew with her back to lit candles, in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 28th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    slovenia-550-28-06-2018.jpg
  • A lady visitor to the Cathedral of saint Nicholas sits in a pew with her back to lit candles, in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 28th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    slovenia-548-28-06-2018.jpg
  • Visitors in the nave of the church of  St. Laurence, Ludlow, on 11th September 2018, in Ludlow, Shropshire, England UK.
    ludlow_church-02-11-09-2018.jpg
  • Evening dinner is served by candlelight in the Domaine de Rennebourg, a gite property in south-western rural France, on 15th October 1997, in Saint-Denis-du-Pin, Charente-Maritime, France
    french_gite-15-10-1997_1.jpg
  • Virgin Mary shrine in the kloister of San Michele in the Italian border town of Brixen-Bressanone in South Tyrol.
    brixen_bressanone05-14-07-2015.jpg
  • Virgin Mary shrine in the kloister of San Michele in the Italian border town of Brixen-Bressanone in South Tyrol.
    brixen_bressanone03-14-07-2015.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. <br />
The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-8-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-7-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-6-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-5-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-4-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-3-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Surrounded by books and holy relics, a monk follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, prays in a caravan adapted to become a woodland home in the woodland near the Centre. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_prayers07-16-1997.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called ?Aiden? died in Prebend Street, London, England. If we just ignored this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: ?Champion among men, now a champion of angels/A star in the Heavens has been named in memory of Aiden.? From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials017-05-07_2000.jpg
  • Barefoot Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of Status Quo relax in a dressing room on European tour Lille, France.
    status_quo103-15-10-2007.jpg
  • As her mother carries out a specially-baked cake with candles to blow, a young girl celebrates her fifth birthday with close friends in her back garden at home.
    fifth_birthday_party-28-08-2000.jpg
  • Crowds of visitors and locals gather on the terrace of an Ocean Drive cafe in Miami Beach. It is early evening and we see the blurred people moving about over the picture during a time-exposure of a few seconds. The colours of ambient neon lights that these streets are well-known for have become very vivid with bright pinks and reds a main feature of this scene. A menu board listing cocktail drinks prices stands on the sidewalk. Candles have been lit in glass jars on table tops. Ghostly, blurred Palm trees sway about in the coastal breeze against the fading sky of early evening. This is a vibrant district of tropical Miami, Florida. The place to hang-out and be noticed. Glowing pinks and blues are vivid in this scene where beautiful people and expensive cars cruise along slowly, each parading bodywork and personality.
    miami_beach01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Christian depiction of Jesus and candles on a tabletop beneath the Washington Memorial in Washington DC...The 555 foot (170m) high marble, granite and sandstone Memorial on the National Mall honours George Washington. Completed in 1884, it remains the world's tallest stone structure.
    washington_memorial01-26-09-2001.jpg
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