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  • A portrait of three brothers of the same family have their picture taken outside their parents' home in Westcliff, England. The eldest is a teenager of approximately 17 and  is holding his youngest brother who is still only 12 months-old. The third boy is biting his lip while looking to the viewer, more anxiously than the other two. He is possibly 14 but both the elder lads wear identically-designed jumpers that cut across the throat to allow their clean white shirts and ties to remain visible. Apart from the young child, the elders share the same dark hair colour but genetically, they share one chromosome that has given them heavy eyebrows, a family trait. This was taken on Kodachrome film stock in the spring of 1961 so the look and feel of the image is dated with wonderfully muted colours that this Kodak film offered to consumers in the early 60s.
    family_archive2515-03_1961.jpg
  • A young lad of 10 poses for a portrait taken by his brother while holding the hand of his young nephew. Confusingly, the 10 year-old uncle and the 1 year-old child are closer in age than the two brothers. The older boy is on holiday in Malawi visiting expat family in the then capital, Blantyre, so named after the town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, where the explorer David Livingstone was born. Both boys stand in the dust of a back yard where a broken windmill remains upright in the intense brightness of mid-day. It is a scene of awkward and gangly boyhood versus the confidence and innocence of young childhood and their posture is exaggerated by differing heights. Kodachrome film has a wonderful magenta colour cast in mid-tones reminiscent of the classic days of early photography when shifts in color gave a faded look.
    family_archive2620-07_1970.jpg
  • A 1960s mother stands for a family picture in woodland with her 5 year-old son and 4 year-old daughter
    60s_mother01-01-07-1967.jpg
  • A young blonde girl of approximately 3 years-old stands on a lawn looking delighted. She giggles with great mirth at something that pleases her - possibly the way her father has posed her as if she's a ballerina, or maybe because it is her birthday and her present is the blue dress she is showing off to the viewer. The girl holds out her arms while holding a special pair of sunglasses. It is the summer of 1967 and this is a housing estate for British soldiers stationed in Bielefeld, Germany still during the Cold War. The girl's father is a solder serving in the British Army and the they all live in a house nearby with other expat families. Kodachrome film has a wonderful magenta colour cast in mid-tones and where a small light-leak has affected the far right, reminiscent of the classic days of early photography when shifts in color gave a faded look.
    family_archive2713-05_1967.jpg
  • A little boy wearing a blue jump suit stands on the pavement outside his house holding the handlebars of a favourite matching blue coloured tricycle. He looks upwards towards the viewer slightly bemused about having his picture taken by his father who looks down from a standing position. Meanwhile, the boys sister towers above him dressed in a bright red coat and clean white gloves and short white socks. Alongside her is a friend also wearing gloves and a knee-length skirt but we see only their lower bodies and not their faces so they are unrecognisable - an older sibling and a girl friend. It is the summer of 1960 and while the red is vibrant, the blues and greens are more muted in this Kodachrome film which has a wonderful magenta colour cast in the mid-tones reminiscent of the classic days of early photography when shifts in color gave a faded look
    family_archive2420-11_1960.jpg
  • A portrait of a mother in her 41st year has been gathering heather in handfuls and holds up her young child who grins towards his father who is taking the picture at a park near the Essex seaside town of Southend. It is the summer of 1960 and the mum's dress is styled from the previous decade: blue with white spots and pearl necklace. She too is smiling as she grasps the flowers and her child on a warm day. Oddly, the boy looks as though he is wearing a girl's dress which may have been a hand-me-down from an older sibling or just the trend then.
    family_archive2315-06_1960.jpg
  • A young boy of about 5 years-old from the mid-sixties plays amongst lavender in his parents' property. He has the face of boyhood innocence as he traipses through the garden. It is the summer of 1967 and the colours are muted on this Kodachrome film slide which has a wonderful magenta colour cast in the mid-tones reminiscent of the classic days of early photography when shifts in color gave a faded look.
    hughes_family.jpg
  • With a look of delight on her face, a four year-old girl stamps through fallen snow in a field near her home in Bielefeld, Germany. Wearing a vibrant red bobble hat and matching coat, she smiles towards the viewer with the pleasure of any child enjoying the excitement of fresh snow. Ski or sledge tracks can be seen at her feet but she is the only person in this empty landscape, as if she's walking on her own through the snowy hills. It is the winter of 1967 and the reds are very vibrant and dominant from the Kodachrome film used which also has a wonderful muted blue colour cast in the mid-tones giving the picture a chilly, wintry feel reminiscent of the classic days of early photography when shifts in color gave a faded and dated look.
    family_archive2820-12_1967.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
  • Family album of photos framed and attached to a tree in a south London cemetery.
    family_pictures02-25-02-2014.jpg
  • A family climb over a fallen tree trunk in Ecclesall Woods, on 29th June 2019, in Sheffield, England.
    sheffield-04-29-06-2019.jpg
  • A family climb over a fallen tree trunk in Ecclesall Woods, on 29th June 2019, in Sheffield, England.
    sheffield-03-29-06-2019.jpg
  • A family climb over a fallen tree trunk in Ecclesall Woods, on 29th June 2019, in Sheffield, England.
    sheffield-05-29-06-2019.jpg
  • This memorial has been placed where young men called Steve, Si and Sammy died on the A286 Easebourne, Sussex, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "?I am the lucky one - my son survived - I wish so much it had been all of them.? 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 those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances?
    memorials003-11-01_2001.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
  • Young common hornbeams growing in a Herefordshire meadow. Freshly-trimmed and shaped, the young saplings are spaced around this garden field. Like alders and hazels, hornbeams are part of the birch family, all of which produce male and female flowers in the form of catkins. In hornbeams, the catkins are normally hidden until spring. There are around 70 species of hornbeams found worldwide, mainly in East Asia, but the one most often found in the British Isles is the common hornbeam.
    hornbeam_trees11-25-08-2013.jpg
  • Young common hornbeams growing in a Herefordshire meadow. Freshly-trimmed and shaped, the young saplings are spaced around this garden field. Like alders and hazels, hornbeams are part of the birch family, all of which produce male and female flowers in the form of catkins. In hornbeams, the catkins are normally hidden until spring. There are around 70 species of hornbeams found worldwide, mainly in East Asia, but the one most often found in the British Isles is the common hornbeam.
    hornbeam_trees07-25-08-2013.jpg
  • Young common hornbeams growing in a Herefordshire meadow. Freshly-trimmed and shaped, the young saplings are spaced around this garden field. Like alders and hazels, hornbeams are part of the birch family, all of which produce male and female flowers in the form of catkins. In hornbeams, the catkins are normally hidden until spring. There are around 70 species of hornbeams found worldwide, mainly in East Asia, but the one most often found in the British Isles is the common hornbeam.
    hornbeam_trees04-25-08-2013.jpg
  • Young common hornbeams growing in a Herefordshire meadow. Freshly-trimmed and shaped, the young saplings are spaced around this garden field. Like alders and hazels, hornbeams are part of the birch family, all of which produce male and female flowers in the form of catkins. In hornbeams, the catkins are normally hidden until spring. There are around 70 species of hornbeams found worldwide, mainly in East Asia, but the one most often found in the British Isles is the common hornbeam.
    hornbeam_trees02-25-08-2013.jpg
  • Young common hornbeams growing in a Herefordshire meadow. Freshly-trimmed and shaped, the young saplings are spaced around this garden field. Like alders and hazels, hornbeams are part of the birch family, all of which produce male and female flowers in the form of catkins. In hornbeams, the catkins are normally hidden until spring. There are around 70 species of hornbeams found worldwide, mainly in East Asia, but the one most often found in the British Isles is the common hornbeam.
    hornbeam_trees01-25-08-2013.jpg
  • A stone angel and branches of a tree in winter, in a London cemetery.
    cemetery_angel02-25-02-2014.jpg
  • A stone angel and branches of a tree in winter, in a London cemetery.
    cemetery_angel01-25-02-2014.jpg
  • Young common hornbeams growing in a Herefordshire meadow. Freshly-trimmed and shaped, the young saplings are spaced around this garden field. Like alders and hazels, hornbeams are part of the birch family, all of which produce male and female flowers in the form of catkins. In hornbeams, the catkins are normally hidden until spring. There are around 70 species of hornbeams found worldwide, mainly in East Asia, but the one most often found in the British Isles is the common hornbeam.
    hornbeam_trees10-25-08-2013.jpg
  • Trunk of an Ash tree in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, London.<br />
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A limited edition (6 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
    Z33_exhibition07-09-02-2008.jpg
  • Trunk of a  100 year-old mature Ash tree in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
    ernst+young_counsillors68-09-02-2008...jpg
  • Makeshift scarecrow stands pinned against a tree in a garden belonging to crofter Angus McHattie, Waterloo, Isle of Skye.
    5108-RPB59-angus_mchattie81-28-09-20...jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-05-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-03-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-04-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-01-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Detail of a Happy Birthday message stretched across the branches of a fallen oak tree, the remnants of a birthday party in Brockwell Park, on 6th August 2018, in London, England.
    happy_birthday-02-06-08-2018.jpg
  • Overgrown tomb and gravestones are covered by ivy undergrowth in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of society from the industrial age. On the left is a memorial ('With loving memory of Charlotte Catherine, the beloved wife ..") including an angel figure that leans over at an angle, probably caused by tree roots or perhaps by vandalism during the 50s and 60s when this land was left open for youngsters to commit criminal damage to stonework and carvings. During the cemetery's annual open day, there is an opportunity for the of the cemetery 'Friends' (society) to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young, to help preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery12-16-05-2009.jpg
  • 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. .
    esa_guiana20415-08-2007.jpg
  • A local house and pruned or dead tree on the street corner of a nineteen-eighties, middle-class housing estate on 21st April 2019, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England
    nailsea_family-04-21-04-2019.jpg
  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. <br />
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From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius370-29-05-2014.jpg
  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. <br />
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From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius343-29-05-2014.jpg
  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. <br />
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From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius375-29-05-2014.jpg
  • Families and spectators watch a televised rowing race on the grass in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park51-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A family relax in late-afternoon sunshine and wood smoke in a quiet field at Woodland Tipi and Yurt Holidays near Little Dewchurch, Herefordshire. We see the sun shining through pine trees and long shadows stretching through the fresh grass where camping seats and a camp-fire is billowing clouds of smoke, just like in the days of cowboys and indians. The holidaymakers are staying in 17 acres of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, experiencing the peace and tranquillity of tipi and yurt camping in their own private, secluded valley - an ever-increasingly popular holiday adventure that is both green and carbon neutral since they are not using electricity for heating or cars to travel. It is also a stress-free lifestyle, away from the pressures of work and urban life, where travellers can unwind safe in the knowledge they are helping the environment.
    wales_pembrokeshire14-30-07-2007.jpg
  • Brits enjoy a hot summer to watch live Boxing coverage from a large tv screen in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Sitting on union jack flags they sit on green grass located on a hilltop. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park61-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators rest in the sun and admire the English garden flowers with the main Olympic stadium and basketball arena in the background during the London 2012 Olympics. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park16-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Families and spectators sing the British national anthem during a medal ceremony for shooting gold medallist Peter Robinson in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park124-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A family walk through late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK.
    summer_woods01-07-08-2015.jpg
  • Seen in close-up detail, a holidaymaker's shirt is displayed in Magaluf. He has two pairs of spectacles hanging around his sunburned neck and a printed short-sleeved shirt depicting tropical paradise beach scenes with blue skies, palm trees and representing a Hawaiian Pacific Ocean scene with boats at sea, rolling on the waves. Magaluf is a popular holiday resort on the island of Mallorca, one of the Spanish Balearic Islands. A seedy resort very much orientated around British tourists and catering for both young parties as well as families, Magaluf is considered as an exotic alternative to the chilly seaside towns around the UK's coast.  .
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  • Hundreds of union jack flag bunting stretches back downhill through woods towards the local station during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
    royal_ascot72-19-06-2013.jpg
  • Hundreds of union jack flag bunting stretches back downhill through woods towards the local station during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
    royal_ascot71-19-06-2013.jpg
  • Crowds of spectators gather on grass in the Olympic Park to watch large tv screens of live sports coverage during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park123-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators cheer on their favourite athletes surrounded by green grass and trees n the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. In the background are giant IOC Olympic rings on a hill. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park108-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Young spectators admire the English garden flowers with the main Olympic stadium and basketball arena in the background during the London 2012 Olympics. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park38-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Looking eastwards, a local game of cricket is played beneath 100 year-old mature ash trees on the green grass of Ruskin Park, Lambeth overlooking the city.
    ruskin_cricket02-12-05-2012.jpg
  • Torosay Castle sits in Scots a Pine forest, Craignure, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Sitting in 12 acres of ornamental gardens, Torosay Castle is a Victorian mansion built in 1858 by the Scottish architect David Bryce. The castle was open to the public but has recentl;y been purchased by an unknown American family. (http://www.torosay.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=54).
    isle_of_mull337-21-11-2011.jpg
  • Torosay Castle sits in Scots a Pine forest, Craignure, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Sitting in 12 acres of ornamental gardens, Torosay Castle is a Victorian mansion built in 1858 by the Scottish architect David Bryce. The castle was open to the public but has recentl;y been purchased by an unknown American family. (http://www.torosay.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=54).
    isle_of_mull337-21-11-2011.jpg
  • Two young children experience a little independence during a walk by themselves through a wood near their grandparents' cottage in Somerset, England. Discovering for themselves the delights of childish adventure without the worries of security unfortunately prevalent in the inner-cities. Here in the forest they return home with the sun in their eyes having had the time of their lives. The beech trees' branches are full with leaves on this mid-summer afternoon in this tranquil scene of childhood innocence, of long summer days and summer holidays. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
    ella+sam28-23-07_2002.jpg
  • Two children walk along a path between two dry stone walls in the countryside around the Yorkshire town of Settle. Striding between the boundaries of agricultural grazing land, whose trees and undergrowth has been cleared, the kids have come from a distant farmhouse which has recently lost its stock of sheep due to Foot and Mouth disease. Dry stone walls serve as boundaries and enclosures for farmers and land owners. Built by tradesmen called Wallers, a dying tradition and skill, they're constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. The stones must be carefully selected by shape to ensure that they have a large contact surface area with their neighbours and so do not slip. They are a legacy of the movement towards enclosure of common farming and grazing land as English society moved away from medieval feudalism. Model released.
    ella+sam25-23-06_2002.jpg
  • Late at night in a South London street, two young children remain fast asleep in the back of their parents' car. It is a dark despite pools of light falling from street lighting that throw heavy shadows beneath other vehicles. The silhouettes of large ash trees can be seen against the city skyline. The interior lights in the car are switched on to reveal the sleeping childrens' faces. An older girl has her mouth wide open while her younger brother is seen in profile but both are peacefully unaware that they have arrived home after a long drive fro the countryside to the inner-city. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
    ella+sam22-27-12_2001.jpg
  • Peering through a hole in the huge metal door of an old Victorian tunnel, two children stand on the place where a railway once emerged from this brick entrance - a link between nearby Dulwich and the Crystal Palace. Now the London Wildlife Trust maintains this once-wild wood at Sydenham, South London, England, which has reverted to forest again, 40 years after (one of the first the electrified railways) line fell silent. The brother and sister look through to see if there is light at the end of this tunnel but it has long been bricked up, sealed to deter vandals and danger to all. It is Autumn and the leaves on the beech and oak trees are about to fall, adding to the already organic deep forest floor. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released
    ella+sam21-20-10_2001.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
  • Early evening lights glow from windows of Edwardian era semi-detached houses with 100 year-old mature ash trees and Westminster and city behind, SE24
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  • Early evening lights glow from windows of Edwardian era semi-detached houses with 100 year-old mature ash trees Westminster and city behind, SE24
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  • Looking up towards majestically tall 100 year-old mature Ash trees and blue skies, the sun glints off a window pane in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beauitiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A couple are walking their dogs past an elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
    ernst+young_counsillors64-09-02-2008...jpg
  • A crowded grassy area of spectators watch the rowing race on large TV screen in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park62-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Crowds of spectators gather on grass in the Olympic Park to watch large tv screens of live sports coverage during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park61-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A nine year-old boy squats in his den near a drying out pond in woods near Nailsea, on 21st April 2019, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England
    nailsea_family-03-21-04-2019.jpg
  • A setting sun on an English country landscape, on 5th May 2018, in Wrington, North Somerset, England.
    wrington_family-62-05-05-2018.jpg
  • Bent rubbish bins in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
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  • Bent rubbish bins in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
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  • A landscape of bleak mid-winter in a city park. A football pitch is seen snowbound and empty, its gates sgtill open and bare branches of trees hang low. During a prolonged cold spell of bad weather, snow fell continuously on the capital days before, allowing families the chance to enjoy the bleak conditions in Ruskin Park in the borough of Lambeth.
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  • As a boy swings from a tree, canoeists enjoy a day's paddling down the River Lesse, Belgium's prime kayaking destination  in the southern Ardennes region. At Anseremme, south of the town of Dinant, the adventurers negotiate their way down 21 km of gentle fresh water through the beautiful Belgian gorges and forests. Before plunging down a weir (Barrage in French) near a camp site they are pelted by splashing water from campers in the water. The red canoes have been hired for the day from 'Kayaks Ansiaux' and another rival company who rent blue boats. Families and young people make the slow journey along the Lesse, Paddles match the colours of the canoes and they all glint off a strong afternoon sun during the high-season holiday month. Most commonly routes start in Han and go all the way down to Dinant, where the Lesse meets the Meuse.
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  • In soft mid-morning spring sunshine, we see rising up from street-level the 5-storey houses with Doric columns in London's famous Eaton Square. Bathed in mid-morning spring sunshine, shadows from nearby trees are cast over the cream-coloured pillars of these exclusive and classically-designed properties in Belgravia. Shrubs and plants can be seen growing on the terraced balconies and all the painted surfaces are pristine. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • In a compressed perspective are the Doric pillars of London's famous Eaton Square. Bathed in mid-morning spring sunshine, shadows from nearby trees are cast over the cream-coloured pillars, some of which have the numbers of these exclusive and classically-designed properties in Belgravia. Shrubs and plants can be seen growing on the terraced balconies and  all the painted surfaces are pristine. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • A vertical version that shows the Corinthian columns and covered doorways of exclusive and classically-designed properties in London's famous Eaton Square Belgravia, SW1, owned by Grosvenor Estate. It is a bright spring day with a blue city sky and high, thin clouds. The sun shines on the cream-coloured architectural features and some shadows from trees opposite can be seen on the lower upright pillars and an ornate lamp post. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93..
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  • Childrens' drawings showing one child's experiences of war on a souk market wall of the 4 sq km Abu Shouk refugee camp which is (disputedly) home to 38,000 displaced persons and families on the outskirts of the front-line town of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) in north Darfur. Drawing shows armoured personel vehicle among village homes and trees - a far cry from this huge camp.
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  • A landscape of bleak mid-winter in a city park. A football pitch is seen snowbound and empty, its gates sgtill open and bare branches of trees hang low. During a prolonged cold spell of bad weather, snow fell continuously on the capital days before, allowing families the chance to enjoy the bleak conditions in Ruskin Park in the borough of Lambeth.
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  • On a hot afternoon on Calcutta's Maidan, an Indian lady catches a frisbee disc in both hands in front of the glorious Victoria Memorial, the beautiful marble structure built by the British still during the days of the colonial Indian Raj. The lady is lit with golden light and her bottle green sari stands out from a background tree. She grimaces as she stretches to hold on to the frisbee and there are many hundreds of families and groups in the background, nearer to the white, domed building. Built between 1906 and 1921, it is a majestic white marble building at the southern end of the Maidan, a large expansive park in central Calcutta city. Nowadays it is a museum and group activities are being discouraged due to the fears that pollution will damage this fine structure that honours Queen Victoria, then Empress of India.
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