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  • A businessman walks beneath a large number five outside corporate offices, on 9th December 2016, in the City of London.
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  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
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  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five02-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Jamie as well as Michael Jackson are seen on a billboard promoting the musical Thriller featuring the songs of '70s American family group the Jackson Five at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in the heart of London's West End district, on 12th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • Commuters walk over London Bridge passing a billboard for the musical 'Nine to Five' presented by its original star Dolly Parton, on 17th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • Commuters walk over London Bridge passing a billboard for the musical 'Nine to Five' presented by its original star Dolly Parton, on 17th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • Five childrens' buggies line up in front of 5 park rental carriages in Seville's Parque de Marie Luisa.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, customers and Uber Eats riders wait for their orders outside a Five Guys restaurant who are open only for take-aways and deliveries, in accordance with government lockdown guidelines, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK's Coronavirus death toll during the government's social distancing lockdown, rose by 384 to 33,998, and the R rate of infection is reported to be between 0.7 and 1.0, customers and Uber Eats riders wait for their orders outside a Five Guys restaurant who are open only for take-aways and deliveries, in accordance with government lockdown guidelines, on 15th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lockdown-20-15-05-2020.jpg
  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five05-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five03-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Shoppers with a number Five in the foreground on a bus stop with ads for Yves Saint Laurent in the window of Debenhams in Oxford Street, central London.
    chanel_five01-21-12-2015.jpg
  • Two young girls admire a statuette in front of the painting called The Chosen Five (Zeuxis At Crotona) by Edwin Longsden Long. ..Russell-Cotes Museum (formally, the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum) is an art gallery and museum in Bournemouth, England. It is located on the top of the East Cliff, next to the Royal Bath Hotel.
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  • Two young women high-five each other at Elephant & Castle in Southwark, on 25th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • A drawn hand and bird interpretation of a Hi-five seen in the swirls of emulsion paint, in a central London shop window - a victim of the Uk recession.
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  • A Games Maker volunteer offers a high-five to a young spectator arriving with her family for the London 2012 Olympics. Situated on the fringe of the Olympic park, Westfield is Europe's largest urban shopping centre. 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.
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  • A lift (elevator) shows it is ascending to the top floor number 5 at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • The number 5 has been sprayed in aerosol on to tree bark to identify their location in an English wood
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  • Old and unused public telephones in a narrow street in the San Marco district of Venice, Italy.
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  • Heathrow Express station architecture at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Mature lady employee at British Airways check-in at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Telescopic window washing pole reaches on to 2nd storey arrivals glass near 747 at Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • A young boy looks over his shoulder by a construction hoarding, a night time panorama of the Thames south bank, featuring the HQ of the intelligence service (MI6) across the river in Vauxhall.
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  • A greeting driver from Dover Heritage Taxis awaits his fare to arrive off a flight from Turkey in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5
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  • WH Smiths travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Receptionist in the British Airways Galleries First .for First Class passengers at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • Secure shrink-wrapped baggage seen in Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • A businessman checks-in at the British Airways self-ticketing kiosk at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • A British Airways baggage handler scans the bar code of his airline passenger's item of luggage before loading in container
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  • Two elderly but travel-wise passengers read the morning newspapers while awaiting their check-in zone to open in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 departures concourse. The front page of the Daily Mail proclaims that Swine Flu is getting more serious after a period of summer when schools are about to re-open and temperatures about to drop for autumn. With their baggage stacked on a trolley the couple wait patiently after an early morning coach brought them to this aviation hub for BA only flights. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..
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  • A young brother and sister look on in awe while a British Airways check-in lady asks security questions of the pair's parents who are taking her children on a long-haul flight from London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The family baggage has been tagged and is about to disappear down the belt to join up to 70,000 other items in this average day at T5. The siblings stare as the young woman checks the travel details of the mother and father who have booked Business Class seats for them all. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • Money retailer Travelex foreign currency rates displayed at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
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  • Female security operative feels around a male passenger's leg for suspect items during search at Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • Two elderly passengers taste Scottish Malt Whiskey in a retail space called World of Duty Free in Heathrow airport's terminal 5
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  • Casually-dressed accountants work in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
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  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
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  • A man plugged in to earphones walks past a large poster for the iPhone 5 on the wall of a Carphone Warehouse retailer.
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  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, two businessmen sit with identical laptops open, perched on their knees. The colleagues are en-route to Australia and are enjoying this exclusive facility (only available to passengers travelling in First and Gold Executive Club members) designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An Islamic prayer mat has been left positioned into the corner of this seemingly ordinary room but which is a Multi-faith room for passengers seeking solace and tranquillity in an otherwise busy Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Airport operator BAA provide this sanctuary in various locations around the vast airport complex but this is the newest in Departures of T5. The rug has an image from Mecca and points Eastwards to the birthplace of Mohammed and the direction of the Hajj. On the wall is a poster offering welcome to other religions: To Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Humanists, Jains, Hindus and Rastafarians, to name a few. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...
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  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air and a home-made banner stretches across Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. With balloon and banner amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • The three letter IATA codes for some of the world's airport destinations have been used as part of an art design in a plaza outside Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. An arc of these neon-lit codes form an arch on a panel near one of the 1,500 semi mature trees. Illuminated in a sequence, they are all lit here before the sequence re-starts and they all become dimmed. Terminal 5 was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport544-14-07-2009.jpg
  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. Floating upwards, the balloon is brightly coloured amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport50-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Seen from ground level, we see one of the giant 'hand nodes' of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 roof structure. Developed by Arup to design the geometry of abutment steel supports, this engineering challenge needed to help support 50 ton tusk rafters to made T5 the largest free-standing building in the UK. A large H denotes the check-in zone for international passengers. The main architecture was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Seen from an aerial walkway, we look down on airline passengers awaiting the arrival of their baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Honeymooners cuddle in front of their Boeing 747-400 that will soon take them on a round-the-world adventure, leaving from Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5B. The couple are seen as silhouettes against the natural light of the large plate glass windows. As the aircraft is readied and before the flight's air travellers are called to the departure gate, the young man and woman put their heads imagining what new things they will see as their airliner is about to transport them to experience new cultures and possibly a new life. In the background, we see other jets that are parked in their respective jetties across the main movement area, the apron. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • WH Smiths travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths biographical literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Skycaps and their baggage barrows await more buisiness on the upper Departures level of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • An unseen person holds out name card and awaits the arrival of a passenger on the ground floor of at Heathrow airport's T5
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  • An unseen person holds out name card and awaits the arrival of a fellow-Kuwaiti on the ground floor of at Heathrow airport's T5
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  • Skycap baggage trolleys line up awaiting business on the upper level in Departures at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • One of Arup's 'torso nodes' help support 50 ton tusk rafters to made Heathrow airport's T5 largest free-standing building in UK
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  • Suitcases on sale at the Excess Baggage' shop in departures at Heathrow airport's terminal 5. .
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  • Car park architecture at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • School musicians head for waiting coaches, one with a double-bass in Arrivals at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Last ladies awaiting their luggage from domestic baggage reclaim carousel at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
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  • South Africa-bound passenger with the suitcase he has owned since 6 years-old at Heathrow airport's terminal 5
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  • Transit desk zone, arriving passengers and airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
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  • Reflected retail advertising poster and parked aircraft at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
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  • A General Electric advertisement above a cleaner and pilot near security departure gate at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Wing tips and tail from British Airways 747 airliners are almost touching during their turnarounds while on  apron at Heathrow
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  • Honeymooners cuddle in front of a British Airways 747 before their round-the-world adventure from Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • Writer Alain de Botton is interviewed by CNN, promoting his Heathrow Diary book at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A General Electric advertisement for its airliner engines near security departure gate at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • An assistant counts through blurred Pounds Sterling notes at the Travelex bureau de change at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Heathrow writer-in-residence, Alain de Botton writes his airport novel in Departures at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Children experiencing pre-holiday excitement in check-in areas at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Close-up detail of a dented airline baggage container beneath the floors of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Queues of newly-arrived airline passengers line up to await their turn at the UK Border Agency's passport control at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Immigration officers deal with each member of the public seeking entry into the United Kingdom but on average, 10 a day are refused entry at this London airport and between 2008 and 2009, 33,100 people were detained at the airport for mainly passport irregularities. The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the United Kingdom borders and controlling migration in the UK. They manage border control enforcing immigration and customs regulations and also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom, citizenship and asylum. From writer Alain de Botton's book: "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • NHS Paramedic Responders' Specialized Rockhopper mountain bikes are propped up in Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's T5.
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  • Tourist couriers greet and organise arriving passengers in International Arrivals at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Passengers walk through late sunlight that floods through large windows in departures concourse at Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • A lady pilot examines flight data and documents in the British Airways Crew Report Centre at Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • Infirm and elderly transit passengers await transport by buggy through Heathrow airport's terminal 5
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  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 passengers work on identical DELL laptops
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  • Departing lovers say their emotional farewells in Departures at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Heathrow writer-in-residence, Alain de Botton writes his airport novel in Departures at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport1438-18-08-2009.jpg
  • Childrens' Disney-themed pink baggage in check-in areas at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Children experiencing pre-holiday excitement in check-in areas at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A departing lover hugs her boyfriend farewell before her long-haul flight in the Departures concourse at. Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. While embracing her young man, she gazes off into the distance amid the otherwise busy airport terminal where the emotions of parting as well as the joys of reunited loved-ones are played out in various parts of aviation hubs around the world. They are both in their own worlds, removed from the noise and confusion of other passengers. Her departure is brief and yet their sadness of being separated is plainly too much to bear. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • Working separately and alone in private cubicle of an auditing company at their London headquarters
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  • Laptop computer, phone and workstation equipment in offices of an auditing company  at their London headquarters
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  • A male employee of a Barristers helps a woman colleague with a boxes of legal documents into the chambers address in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 25th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • A polished black Bentley car parked outside the tall columns of the Four Seasons hotel at 10 Trinity Square in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 4th June 2018, in London, England.
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  • Undressed female mannequins, awaiting latest clothing show body forms and proportions in a central London street.
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  • Aerial view (of Terminal 5, from control tower) showing expanse of airport land with airliners at London Heathrow.
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  • Aerial view (of Terminal 5, from control tower) showing expanse of airport land with airliners at London Heathrow.
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  • Workmen in cradle on concrete wall of construction development in the City of London
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  • A young boy of about 5 years-old stands on a seaside bridge as an older man walks past in the early 1960s. Seen from a low angle, we look up at the small boy standing on some steps of a bridge on the seafront at Southend-on-Sea in Essex, recorded on a film camera by the boy's father, an amateur photographer in 1962. The picture shows us a memory of nostalgia in an era from the last century.
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  • A city worker uses her smartphone by an art installation entitled 'One Through Zero (The Ten Numbers)' by American pop artist Robert Indiana (b 1928), in Lime Street, City of London, the capital's Square Mile, and its financial heart. Situated in the capital's Square Mile, its financial heart, are surrounding offices and corporate headquarters from the finance and insurance sector, most notably being the nearby Lloyds of London building. This series of sculptures is composed of 10 brightly painted numerical digits, each made of aluminum and set on its own base. Their construction took place at the former Lippincott Foundry in North Haven, Connecticut from 1980 to 1983
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  • Copies of the free daily tabloid Metro newspaper carefully placed on upper deck of seats on a London bus.
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  • Office worker's cluttered desk with trophy, shield and company statement at an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (4 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 />
<br />
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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  • Looking up through a transparent floor, we see motionless passengers standing and waiting for a lift to arrive at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 'Heathrow Express' train link to central London. With their possessions of wheelie bags and a trolley laden wuth luggage, the unseen peoples' feet make a hard impression on the flooring with strong diagonal lines of this industrial design by architects HOK International in conjunction with Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...
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  • A close-up detail of teenage words, written in marker pen on a young person's arm in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Holding the handles of her baggage trolley that has an open bag in which we see some possessions, the girl displays the words 'I (heart) love you' and the name of Kentin Bisou. It may be a declaration of true love or just a teenage prank before an adventure starts from this aviation hub. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, two friends hold on to each other tight after an international arrival. Standing in front of a Mastercard ad which shows scenes of London, the coupe squeeze each other tight amid an otherwise hectic airport concourse in heathrow's Terminal 5. They have clearly missed each other after such a break apart but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Boys from a Scottish scout group sit and in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. All wearing traditional kilts favoured by the Scots, the lads are en-route between Switzerland and Scotland after a week's international jamboree in the Alps. Their sleeves are filled with the stitched badges of past achievements and one reads a newspaper while the others pass away the time before their flight by watching other passengers. The kilt's are alternately red and green and historically, relate to their wearers old family clans. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of non-English-speaking young people who have just arrived off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the man hold up a name board to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. With the help of a chaperone, the man points to a young girl in the hope she might be on his list. Neither speak each other's mother tongue and the language barrier is difficult to overcome. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A resting passenger sleeps on a specially-designed circular couch near airport gates during his layover transit period at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5. The man has jet lag after a long-haul flight across continents and now needs to re-adjust to British Summer time (BST). Vast sheets of window glass lets in natural daylight in this tranquil area where travellers can remain largely undisturbed from the otherwise hectic airport terminal created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners). From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Lying horizontal in a busy salon, a lady passenger receives eyebrow threading treatment during a beauty session at the Blink Eyebrow Bar in World Duty Free, Heathrow Airport's terminal 5. The beautician holds the thread that squeezes the woman's eyebrow follicles, removing the tiniest and finest hair right from the root. Threading is a technique that China has been using for centuries but has recently become popular in western countries. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her business flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • During the turnround of the British Airways jet aircraft, a refueller checks the safety of heavy fuel nozzles that connect from his bowser truck on the apron at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. He is ensuring the correct plugging of the connections as some 109 tons of Jet A1 aviation fuel flow at a rate of 3,000 litres a minute which is being uplifted into the wing tanks of this Boeing 747-300, a typical quantity of extra fuel for this aeroplane bound for Los Angeles. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
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