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  • Detail of the cenotaph dedicated to the women of world war 2, in Whitehall, Westminster London. The Monument to the Women of World War II is a British national war memorial situated on Whitehall in London, to the north of the Cenotaph. It was sculpted by John W. Mills, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II and dedicated by Baroness Boothroyd in July 2005.
    war_memorial01-13-04-2015.jpg
  • Firefighter from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to give a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions. This scenario is a simulation and therefore reproduces the reality of an emergency, using real emergency services personnel and equipment. Casualties are volunteers and none were injured in the making of this photograph.
    fire_brigade_demo20-14-05-2013.jpg
  • Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to demonstrate how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions. This scenario is a simulation and therefore reproduces the reality of an emergency, using real emergency services personnel and equipment. Casualties are volunteers and none were injured in the making of this photograph.
    fire_brigade_demo15-14-05-2013.jpg
  • Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to demonstrate how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions. This scenario is a simulation and therefore reproduces the reality of an emergency, using real emergency services personnel and equipment. Casualties are volunteers and none were injured in the making of this photograph.
    fire_brigade_demo13-14-05-2013.jpg
  • Firefighter from the London Fire Brigade's 'extrication' team using a using a Holmatro dedicated cutter to give a demonstration on how firefighters rescue passengers by cutting open a stretch limousine in London's Covent Garden Piazza. Highlighting the dangers of hiring illegal luxury or novelty cars, this vehicle was seized last year with many mechanical defects rendering it unsafe for those inside with limited exit doors. Of 358 cars stopped in March 2012, 27 were seized and 232 given prohibitions. This scenario is a simulation and therefore reproduces the reality of an emergency, using real emergency services personnel and equipment. Casualties are volunteers and none were injured in the making of this photograph.
    fire_brigade_demo08-14-05-2013.jpg
  • The last person to leave the office is a conscientious lady employee of the biscuit and snack manufacturer United Biscuits at their UK headquarters at Hayes Park North near London England. Seen in a window surrounded bright ceiling lights, the female sits at her desk tying up loose ends before leaving for the day. As darkness falls outside, the red lights from tail lights streak across the picture and the green grass on a landscaped bank is lit by light posts. None of her work colleages have stayed on, preferring to depart to see their families at home on this winter night. Perhaps this career woman is single and an ambitious member of the team who can dedicate more time to her job..
    united_biscuits_294.jpg
  • A cyclist rides on the pavement while a section of the CS2 cycling superhighway is blocked due to recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-07-29-08-2018.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait18-22-07-2013.jpg
  • London 19th July 2013: Royalist is interviewed as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world. Copyright Richard Baker/Alamy Live News
    royal_baby-wait38-19-07-2013.jpg
  • French and British front-row audience fans of rock band Status Quo listen during European tour gig at L'Aeronef in Lille, France
    status_quo108-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of  Status Quo relax in canteen while on the road during European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo081-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of  Status Quo relax in canteen while on the road during European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo075-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Rick Parfitt of  the rock band Status Quo comes off stage after gig during European tour at L'Aeronef in Lille, France.
    status_quo162-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of Status Quo prepare in dressing room while on the road during European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo111-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Casually-dressed accountants work in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
    ernst+young253-09-08-2007.jpg
  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
    ernst+young243-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Able-bodied sailor relaxes in his Junior Rating bunk aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
    5105-RPB59-faslane054-26-09-2007.jpg
  • An image of the Belem Tower in Lisbon and the window of a cake and pastry business in which a baker rinses a heavy pan, on 22nd May 2019, in London, England
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  • An image of the Belem Tower in Lisbon and the window of a cake and pastry business in which a baker washes a heavy pan , on 22nd May 2019, in London, England
    covent_garden-06-22-05-2019.jpg
  • A cyclist rides through collected water on a section of the CS2 cycling superhighway after recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-08-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A section of the CS2 cycling superhighway blocked due to recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-06-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A section of the CS2 cycling superhighway blocked due to recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-05-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A cyclist rides on the pavement while a section of the CS2 cycling superhighway is blocked due to recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-04-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A section of the CS2 cycling superhighway blocked due to recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-03-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A cyclist rides through collected water on a section of the CS2 cycling superhighway after recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-02-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A cyclist rides on the pavement while a section of the CS2 cycling superhighway is blocked due to recent rainfall, on 29th August 2018, in London, England. The CS2 cycle route is about 4.3 miles (6.8 kilometres), from Stratford to Aldgate.
    cycle_superhighway-01-29-08-2018.jpg
  • A hire car strays into the two-way cycling lanes on 9th February 2017, on Blackfriars Bridge Road, in London borough of Southwark, England.
    cycle_lane_car-01-09-02-2017.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait08-22-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait09-22-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait11-22-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait14-22-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait12-22-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalists and Disney balloons as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending birth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
    royal_baby_wait16-22-07-2013.jpg
  • London 19th July 2013: NHS staff passes royalist as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world. Copyright Richard Baker/Alamy Live News
    royal_baby-wait40-19-07-2013.jpg
  • Muslim mother and child passes royalist as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world.
    royal_baby-wait37-19-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalist is interviewed as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world. Copyright Richard Baker/Alamy Live News
    royal_baby-wait35-19-07-2013.jpg
  • London 19th July 2013: Royalist is interviewed as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world. Copyright Richard Baker/Alamy Live News
    royal_baby-wait34-19-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalist portrait with toy doll as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world.
    royal_baby-wait32-19-07-2013.jpg
  • London 19th July 2013: Muslim woman looks out of window as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world. Copyright Richard Baker/Alamy Live News
    royal_baby-wait07-19-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalist sits on bench as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world.
    royal_baby-wait02-19-07-2013.jpg
  • Royalist sits on bench as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world.
    royal_baby-wait03-19-07-2013.jpg
  • Two male smokers stand chatting outside their University building, seen from top deck of a London bus.
    bus_view04-16-02-2011.jpg
  • Married couple and veterans with medals of the second world war during 50th aniversary of wartime VE Day in London.
    VE_celebrations03-06-05-1995.jpg
  • Two men smoke cigarettes in a London restaurant in the era of public, indoor smoking.
    smoking_men01-16-07-2002.jpg
  • Dropped or discarded passport portrait of an Italian man lies on the ground next to a smoked cigarette butt.
    florence_italy119-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Pedestrian and cyclist on rental Boris Bike in a Soho side-street, pattened with purple.
    purple_street04-06-10-2010.jpg
  • Still in the era of being able to smoke inside public places, an elderly gentleman extinguishes his match by waving it in the air to blow out the flame, exhaling and listening to a fellow-drinker in a Newport pub in south Wales. Clouds of smoke can be seen as they waft against the back light that filters through the windows of this smoky bar in the town centre. Pints of bitter are on the table in front of them and ash trays with used butts. The scene is of an industrial town's pub for working men where language is sharp and there is talk of realities of hard lives.
    pub_smokers-25-01-1986.jpg
  • England World Cup football fans watch their team's opening match on TV in Soho.
    england_fans01-12-06-2010.jpg
  • The fishing fleet of Tarbert on Scotland's Mull of Kintyre lies moored at the dock of this pretty coastal village in the Western Isles. Their colourful hulls shine in late afternoon sunshine as they are tied up awaiting another outing at sea to provide for this small fishing community a living and a livelihood for its families. But in the foreground sit a young couple whose prospects are not so positive: they rest on a bench in silhouette, one smoking a cigarette while turned to the friend who stares out to distant rolling hills. It is a scene of hopelessness that reflects modern life for the youth in remote communities where jobs are scarce and their futures far from secure. In an otherwise idyllic Scottish landscape, we guess at the disintegration of society up here - the scourge of economic downturn and future social problems.
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  • A gentleman dressed in a pin-stripe suit favoured by older workers in England, exhales the smoke from a fat cigar during a lunch-hour in Trinity Square in the City of London. The man is overweight and leads an unhealthy lifestyle, his chin overlapping his striped shirt. The cigar is held at the tips of two fingers and we can see in profile the billowing of a smoky cloud  from the man's lips. Government statistics suggest that in 2001, 27% of adults aged 16 and over smoked cigarettes in England; 28% of men and 25% of women. 66% of smokers in England wanted to give up smoking but more than 120,000 deaths were caused by smoking in the UK in 1995; that is, one in five of all deaths.
    smokers06-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Four office workers are outside their place of employment in central London for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on their fags that have sought a dark place on the pavement beneath some shelter although it is warm enough for two of the men to wear only shirts and ties while the only lady present is in a jumper. One member of the group draws heavily on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A recent report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their  workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
    smokers02-03-09-2007.jpg
  • A young office worker wearing a dark suit stands outside his place of work in a sunny Trinity Square in the City of London, for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on his fag n the pavement outside beneath the huge supporting pillars of this financial institution. He draws on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
    RB_082-18-06-2005.jpg
  • Having just unearthed more bodies from layers of volcanic ash and pumice, an archaeologist's assistant pauses for a cigarette, kneeling beside a victim of the AD79 eruption of Mount Versuvius over the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. Buried beneath huge amounts of toxic material this person was suffocated and crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be removed from this site on top of a villa roof where, it is calculated, this citizen was one of the last to die, having climbed 4 metres above ground level to await its fate. The Italian man ears a red t-shirt and holds a pick that has scraped and brushed away the soil to reveal the human form which also shows another body beneath. Others litter the rooftop too proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
    pompeii03-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A couple of mixed-race have put their heads through the apertures made in a painting that depicts Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, on the Palace Pier at Brighton, on the south coast of England. The faces peep through this traditional attraction that few can resist, even in the 21st century. The man's face looks disturbingly incongruous in the place where the Prince Consort's white German character would be. There is a message here of a changing multi-cultural British society where these friends or partners are from other ethnic backgrounds and where mixed-marriages are now commonplace, as opposed to the Victorian era when attitudes to racism and race-relations were vastly different.
    palace_pier_royals-16-07-1993.jpg
  • Two party girls are dancing with a male friend who is apparently flirting with the girl holding a packet of cigarettes and an unlit cigarette on the far left. Their body language suggests they know each other. The lady in the middle has red hair and lips and has her eyes closed and is holding a bottle of Hooch, an alcoholic drink. The party venue is dark and chaotic and the atmosphere is energetic and lively at a club venue called Adrenaline Village in Battersea, South London.
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  • A small group of men are together on the beach just opposite to Ocean Drive on Miami Beach. Two of them are in the foreground and each wear sun glasses, each holding cigars that may be Cuban in origin, a popular source of tobacco leaf in this region of America. They have recently been immersed in the sea and water drips down their rather flabby bodies with the gentleman on the left sucking on his cigar with a belly that expands around his tanned midriff. It is intensely bright, sunny day on the sand, seen behind. Flash has emphasized the water drips and the male sweat and we also see a very clear blue tropical sky.
    miami_beach06-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A detail of a second world war Canadian veteran's chest, festooned with gleaming military campaign medals that symbolise an era of conflict, warfare and especially of survival. Seen as a close-up of polished silver, gold and zinc-alloy, we see only the upper body minus the face of this old soldier whose campaigns include the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944 because at the bottom of his rack of fine insignia is a badge denoting the Normandy Veterans Association. Elsewhere, a medal is worn for service in Palestine. The unseen gentleman wears a Canadian pin at the top and the contribution of his fellow-countrymen as members of the British Commonwealth is recognised in battlefield cemeteries around the world. But on this day, the 11th November, old soldiers like him march past London's Cenotaph to remember friends who did not return from war.
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  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
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  • A cleaning contractor sweeps the chequered floor of St. Paul's Cathedral at night in the City of London.
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  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (2 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • As a Virgin jet takes off overhead, airline employees stop for a cigarette break near the smoking shelter at Heathrow's T5.
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  • The legs of anonymous airline employees are seen from below a smoking screen that obscures their faces outside Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building. In afternoon sunshine, the women wear their airline uniforms and are sharing an off-duty puff on their cigarettes as part of their working shift at this international aviation hub. Without seeing their upper-bodies, we imagine their conversation and gossip. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1058-11-08-2009.jpg
  • Rock band Status Quo merchandising on sale after group's gig at L'Aeronef in Lille, France during group's European tour.
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  • Roadies of rock band Status Quo roll gig equipment in travel cases off stage in Lille, france durin group's European tour.
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  • Status Quo fan shows off rock band merchandising in street outside L'Aeronef in Lille, France during group's European tour.
    status_quo170-15-10-2007.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
  • Francis Rossi and of Status Quo sit on the stage after their sound check while on European tour at L'Aeronef in Lille, France.
    status_quo072-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Drummer Matt Letley and blonde Rick Parfitt of Status Quo play on stage during on European tour at at L'Aeronef, Lille, France.
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  • Ageing guitarist Rick Parfitt of Status Quo adjusts his Marshall Amplifier during sound check on European tour in Lille, France.
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  • Stage hand of the rock band Status Quo adjusts overhead lights high above the stage while on European tour at in Lille, France.
    status_quo002-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of rock band Status Quo play guitar riffs during gig on European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo156-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Drummer Matt Letley of Status Quo plays drums under blue lights on stage during European tour at L'Aeronef in Lille, France.
    status_quo152-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Francis Rossi and musician John (Rhino) Edwards of rock band Status Quo play guitar during gig on European tour in France..
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  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of rock band Status Quo play guitar riffs during gig on European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo131-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Whilst one spectator cranes her neck skyward, another is oblivious to an air show spectacle above their heads. One looks up into the sun, shielding her eyes with a hand and outstretched fingers but the other concentrates on lighting her cigarette with a match. Unseen in this picture, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, are performing high in the blue skies above the public on West Greensward, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. In front of the seaside town's brightly coloured red and yellow Lifeguard Station, the two ladies have different interests in the aerobatic manoeuvres. The Red Arrows' 25-minute display either captivates some or bores others although they can be seen upwards of 90-plus shows and fly-pasts each year in front of several millions live or on TV. They have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
    Red_Arrows618_RBA.jpg
  • A Maldivian crew rest before a day's yellow fin tuna fishing aboard a traditional dhoni fishing boat on the Indian Ocean
    maldives262-14-11-2007.jpg
  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
    ernst+young244-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Casually-dressed accountants work in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
    ernst+young240-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Accountancy employees watch their Chairman speaking at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
    Ernst+Young_Academy138-21-09-2007.jpg
  • On a rainy night, a young female smokes under a heated, sheltered smokers' zone outside a bar in London
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  • HMS Vigilant, a 15,000 ton Vanguard class nuclear submarine docked at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland.
    5105-RPB59-faslane203-26-09-2007.jpg
  • In an overgrown corner of the Faslane Peace Camp,  home-made signs and a makeshift fire bucket are in undergrowth.
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  • A Weapons Engineering Officer works in his cabin quarters aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine.
    5105-RPB59-faslane118-26-09-2007.jpg
  • Naval Lieutenant's uniform belonging a Weapons Engineering Officer aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine.
    5105-RPB59-faslane114-26-09-2007.jpg
  • In the Scottish woodland, brighly-coloured customised caravan homes at the makeshift Faslane Peace Camp.
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  • Activist 'Hoosie' aka Robert House stands outside his bus-turned-home early on a Sunday morning at the Faslane Peace Camp...
    9999-RPB59-hoosie43-30-09-2007.jpg
  • Royal Navy crew rest in the Junior Ratings wardroom aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
    5105-RPB59-faslane163-26-09-2007.jpg
  • In his self-built home called the Earth Shack, is anarchist and political activist 'Eco', a resident of the Faslane Peace Camp
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  • Able-bodied sailor relaxes in his Junior Rating bunk aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
    5105-RPB59-faslane018-26-09-2007.jpg
  • Activist 'Hoosie' aka Robert House, stands outside his bus-turned-home early on a Sunday morning at the Faslane Peace Camp...
    9999-RPB59-hoosie36-30-09-2007.jpg
  • Able-bodied sailor shaves in his Junior Rating head (toilets)  aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
    5105-RPB59-faslane074-26-09-2007.jpg
  • Activist 'Hoosie' aka Robert House, wakes up early on a Sunday morning in his bus-turned-home at the Faslane Peace Camp.
    9999-RPB59-hoosie07-30-09-2007.jpg
  • Activist 'Hoosie' aka Robert House, wakes up early on a Sunday morning in his bus-turned-home at the Faslane Peace Camp.
    9999-RPB59-hoosie12-30-09-2007.jpg
  • Activist 'Hoosie' aka Robert House, sits in his bus-turned-home early on a Sunday morning at the Faslane Peace Camp.
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  • Royal Navy crewman watches TV in the Junior Ratings wardroom aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
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  • Able-bodied sailor gets dressed in his Junior Rating quarters aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
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  • An executive peers down on his employees on a giant screen, addressing his loyal audience of his staff who have congregated at an Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The hall is packed and his disciples listen and watch intently and obediently to watch their Leader speak like a Big Brother character, who ernestly and sincerely talks down to them despite being dressed casually for such a large event. Each employee will attend this brainstorming fair where later, motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Holding her doll, a young white child wearing a pink dress explores the Délice Restaurant in old Kourou, French Guiana, South America. The daughter of French parents who are in this French-administered colony in connection with the nearby European Space Agency (ESA). The girl is confident enough to leave her parents' side and appear in an open doorway. On the other side of the wall is a giant brightly-painted mural depicting a more traditional side of life in this tropical country. The word Guyane is the French name for Guiana. A female in national costume stands near a palm tree, local produce and vegetation. Meanwhile a dark-skinned Creole man sits on a stool smoking a cigarette chatting to unseen friends - a barfly occupying his usual lunchtime seat. It is a scene of internationalism, cross-culture and youth versus old age. .
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  • Seen from slightly behind, a young woman stands taking shelter from early evening rain in Goodge Street, London England. Holding a lit cigarette in her left hand and with an unused ashtray to her right, she is chatting with friends who are also enjoying a relaxing hour after work. Under the UK Government's recent laws on smoking in public places, the work mates are forced outside the pub to smoke on the street in a special area away from the anti-smoking people indoors. Lit by glowing red lights that also provide warmth on this chilly January night, the friends are comfortable in their own company.
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  • David Reynolds (aka Eco) is a long-term activist, campaigner in the peace movement and resident of the Faslane Peace Camp, Scotland. His home of three years is called the Earth Shack and is largely re-cycled from scrap and garbage found locally on rubbish tips. Eco leans against his garden fence holding a mug of coffee this chilly Sunday morning. Signs of his political beliefs adorn the place: CND logos and Peace on Earth statements. His mother was a ?Carnie? (after the word Carnival, someone working on the fairgrounds) so perhaps it?s from her that he more enjoys an alternative outdoor camping lifestyle after a few years in the army. Faslane Peace Camp is a makeshift site alongside Faslane Naval base where Trident nuclear deterrent missiles and submarines dock. The camp has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations, since 1982.
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