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  • With feet up on airport seating, a migrant worker awaits his homeward flight from Bahrain to South-Asia. Sitting with legs gathered and with shoes removed - in the manner that people subjected to fierce desert or tropical heat try to keep cool, although in this airpirt terminal building, air-conditioning allows more comfort. The young man works on building projects somewhere in the middle-east region and is either in transit of beginning his journey to India, Pakistan or perhaps Bangladesh, seen here months before the terrorist attacks on America that changed the public's attitude to flying on commercial airliners.
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  • Homeward through atrium of an auditing company's 385,000 square foot Norman Foster-designed London headquarters
    ernst+young457-09-08-2007.jpg
  • An early morning commuter trudges home after his night shift in central London to his home nearby in Herne Hill, SE24
    london_snow16-02-02_2009.jpg
  • Evening rush-hour commuters walk across London Bridge towards the Shard on the southbank, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-10-09-11-2018.jpg
  • Commuters cross London Bridge, from their offices in the City of London to the south bank of the Thames in Southwark, England UK.
    London_bridge-03-08-09-2016.jpg
  • Commuters stream over London Bridge at the outer marker of the City of London, and along a walkway.
    london_bridge14-08-04-2011.jpg
  • A plant and flower buyer walks away from the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show on the lshow's last day.
    chelsea_flowers-26-05-1989.jpg
  • Evening rush-hour commuters walk across London Bridge towards the Shard on the southbank, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-15-09-11-2018.jpg
  • Evening rush-hour commuters walk across London Bridge towards the Shard on the southbank, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-13-09-11-2018.jpg
  • Commuters board a London bus in winter darkness on the Strand, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
    bus_commuters-01-12-12-2017.jpg
  • A black City worker walks past the neo-Roman pillars of Royal Exchange on 9th February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-12-09-02-2017.jpg
  • A black City worker walks past the neo-Roman pillars of Royal Exchange on 9th February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-09-09-02-2017.jpg
  • The blured movement of commuters crossing London Bridge, from the City of London to the south bank of the Thames in Southwark, England UK.
    London_bridge-01-08-09-2016.jpg
  • Late afternoon pedestrians walk into bright sunlight on the Strand in central London.
    commuters05-06-03-2015.jpg
  • Driving into a setting sun while overtaking in the middle-lane with westbound traffic on Kent's M20 motorway
    germany_holiday41-07082008.jpg
  • Lights from industrial night traffic speeding on the A5 at the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry,
    DIRFT042-20-02-2007 .jpg
  • Commuters board a London bus in winter darkness on the Strand, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
    bus_commuters-03-12-12-2017.jpg
  • A worried-looking commuter walks past the neo-Roman pillars of Royal Exchange and buses on 9th February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-11-09-02-2017.jpg
  • Silhouettes of anonymous bus commuters and a large corporate building during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    bus_commuters01-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Young woman pushes her bicycle along the pavement after dismounting and walking in heavy afternoon London traffic.
    street_people2-30-09-2011.jpg
  • No-right turn traffic sign alongside the Mothercare facilities at the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry.
    DIRFT026-20-02-2007 .jpg
  • A lady wearing a small rucksack which features two manicured feminine hands holds on to the central rail and descends steps into Bank underground station, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 10th May 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-08-10-05-2019.jpg
  • A young woman carries a large box from clothing retailer Next on to a bus heading southbound over London Bridge, on 3rd September 2018, in London England.
    bus_box-02-03-09-2018.jpg
  • An tired-looking elderly gentleman stoops as he walks past the Bank of England, on 9th February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-07-09-02-2017.jpg
  • An elderly lady wearing a fur stole of an animal walks through Bank triangle, on 9th February 2017, outside the Bank of England, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-06-09-02-2017.jpg
  • A commuter wearing a flat cap walks across Bank Triangle, on 9th February 2017, outside the Bank of England, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-02-09-02-2017.jpg
  • Cyclists in front of a bus, cross with commuters over London Bridge, from the City of London to the south bank of the Thames in Southwark, England UK.
    London_bridge-04-08-09-2016.jpg
  • Two identical businessmen in grey suits ride matching bikes, pedalling through rush-hour traffic at London Bridge in Southwark, south London.
    matching_cyclists-01-08-09-2016.jpg
  • Late afternoon pedestrians walk into bright sunlight on the Strand in central London.
    commuters02-06-03-2015.jpg
  • Surrounded by personal effects and baggage, a US airman with the insignia for a Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt), awaits his flight in the terminal at Mildenhall air force base, Suffolk, England. Leaving England and a posting abroad, the man looks relaxed before a long flight back the USA after duty in Europe.
    us_serviceman01-10-01-2003.jpg
  • At Cornhill in the City of London, a businessman descends the steps into the London Underground, at Bank station, below the Bank of England.
    city_cornhill01-23-04-2013.jpg
  • At Cornhill in the City of London, a businessman descends the steps into the London Underground, at Bank station, below the Bank of England.
    city_cornhill02-23-04-2013.jpg
  • 12 year-old boy walks along frozen rural road with following pet dog during wintry conditions in North Somerset.
    snow_walk21-26-12-2010.jpg
  • An elderly lady makes her way from her community village Memorial Hall which she has been volunteering this winter morning as part of a charity funds raising event. The lady might be old and frail but her spirit is such that she still finds the time to integrate into community life and remains active despite her years. Walking beneath the wrought-iron sign in Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire, she edges under tentatively to make her way home wearing a quilted coat and her wedding ring on her gnarled hands. A chilly late-morning sun shines across the architecture of the building and this is the look of a lady happy with her morning's activities with fellow parishioners.
    village_hall11-18-1995.jpg
  • Having just disembarked from a Carnival Cruise ship at the port of Miami, Florida, two tourists carry and pull their baggage along to a waiting coaches that will transport them for onward journeys. Comically they also wear wide sombrero hats bought in Cancun during their vacation around the Gulf of Mexico, the destination of this popular cruise line whose base is Miami. Stitched with garish colours the souvenirs provide shelter from the overhead tropical sun though the woman of this couple chooses to hang hers over a shoulder and keeps her original hat on her head. This may be the couples' honeymoon or just a special annual holiday away from the kids or a humdrum lifestyle where the weather is far from the intensity of Florida, a favourite resort for Americans not liking foreign travel.
    sombrero_tourists.jpg
  • Making their way across a snow-swept road in Norwood, south London, an elderly couple tread warily as the snow turns to slush. It's a bleak, raw morning as the new snowfall has settled on this suburban street where cars are parked on icy kerbs. Wearing sensible hats and coats and non-slip boots the pensioners are vulnerable to icy black spots which may endanger their stability because old people are susceptible to falls and injury at these hazardous times. A very monochrome landscape, we see little colour. Instead it is a scene of jeopardy and of an uncaring society for its older generations.
    elderly_snow02-18-1991.jpg
  • Near the junction of the 400 to Buckhead, the 401 highway divides and splits during afternoon rush-hour traffic which slows and builds up so that vehicles and cars back-up as they head home and out of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The inner median is coned off during some construction work which slows the traffic even more. Crossing the 5-lane road comes a train of Atlanta's own mass-transit system, the MARTA network and it approaches the overpass with care. We see the infrastructure of a modern metropolis at the busiest time of day when the exodus to get home puts the roads and feeder lanes under the most pressure. Fortunately, the weather is fine with good visibility making drivers' journeys a little shorter and more tolerable but it shows too America's habit and dependency on car culture.
    atlanta_traffic11-10-1995.jpg
  • Lit offices and blurring traffic are seen at dusk from an aerial viewpoint overlooking a road junction at Aldgate
    city_london-18-04-1993.jpg
  • London homes and football goal posts set in a few inches of snow during the early 2010 snows that gripped the UK.
    london_snows29-07-01-2010 copy.jpg
  • Arriving for work beneath atrium of an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (5 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
    Z33_exhibition11-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Mothers and sons hug emotionally in the international arrivals hall of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 airport. 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 balloons and banners 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_airport83-13-07-2009.jpg
  • 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).
    heathrow_airport63-13-07-2009.jpg
  • We look down behind an airline passenger who is alone on seating in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Mourning the death of a mother, the lady sits with a floral tribute to the recently-deceased relative whose name 'Mum' is laid out next to her in pink flowers. On her lap is the organic Soil Association's magazine Living Earth. Perhaps the woman is on her way to a family funeral and is flying from T5 on this sad flight. Amid the otherwise bustling international airport, the woman seeks solace and tries to sleep before her check-in zone opens. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1122-12-08-2009.jpg
  • A mother awaitng her son in Arrivals of Heathrow's terminal 5 excitedly waves a Welcome Home Matt banner
    heathrow_airport71-13-07-2009.jpg
  • Lights from industrial night traffic speeding at 25mph through the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry
    DIRFT031-20-02-2007 .jpg
  • Lights from industrial night traffic speeding on the A5 at the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry,
    DIRFT044-20-02-2007 .jpg
  • A traveller pulls his wheelie case behind him and passes a shop frontage featuring a bag-carrying shopper, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 10th May 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-07-10-05-2019.jpg
  • Evening rush-hour commuters walk across London Bridge towards the Shard on the southbank, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-11-09-11-2018.jpg
  • A young woman carries a large box from clothing retailer Next on to a bus heading southbound over London Bridge, on 3rd September 2018, in London England.
    bus_box-01-03-09-2018.jpg
  • Commuters board a London bus in winter darkness on the Strand, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
    bus_commuters-04-12-12-2017.jpg
  • A commuter wearing a flat cap walks across Bank Triangle, on 9th February 2017, outside the Bank of England, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-03-09-02-2017.jpg
  • Cyclists in front of a bus, cross with commuters over London Bridge, from the City of London to the south bank of the Thames in Southwark, England UK.
    London_bridge-05-08-09-2016.jpg
  • Late afternoon pedestrians walk into bright sunlight on the Strand in central London.
    commuters03-06-03-2015.jpg
  • Commuters crossing London Bridge pass a City of London boundary griffin, on the southern Southwark bank of the Thames.
    city_shadows04-08-09-2014.jpg
  • Commuters crossing London Bridge pass a City of London boundary griffin, on the southern Southwark bank of the Thames.
    city_shadows02-08-09-2014.jpg
  • A woman carrying a red umbrella crosses London Bridge in the rain, southwards from the City to Southwark
    london_bridge04-17-10-2013.jpg
  • A woman carrying a red umbrella crosses London Bridge in the rain, southwards from the City to Southwark
    london_bridge01-17-10-2013.jpg
  • A gentleman carrying his jacket over a shoulder descends the steps from the bright daylight to the darkness of the London Underground, before making his way home from Royal Exchange at Bank Triangle by tube. Behind him are the tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite in a wide area known as Bank Triangle which is adjacent to the Bank of England in the heart of the capital's financial district known as the Square Mile.
    cornhill_exchange01-15-06-1992.jpg
  • Lone woman struggles across a busy east London road laden with her supermarket shopping bags.
    olympic_stratford50-22-05-2012.jpg
  • On both sides of the railway track, thousands of commuters desperate to get home after a long day at work in central London, line the platforms to we see from an aerial perspective. But the rail workers' union has called for industrial action and there are no trains yet for these passengers to board for north or southbound services. Sensibly away from the edges, people are standing up to six-deep in anticipation of a ride home as the exodus to the suburbs hits its peak time. 37 per cent of workers in the capital used rail or underground travel as their main form of transport to work, according to regional and local statistics compiled by the Office for National Statistics.
    rail_strike-21-06-1989.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman wearing a traditional bowler hat and carrying a folded newspaper descends the steps from the bright daylight to the dark of the London Underground, before making his way home from Royal Exchange at Bank Triangle by tube. He is one of the last examples of a bygone age, when many in London's financial district wore such work clothes - a way of typifying a breed of Englishness and class system, known all over, and still expected, around the world. Sadly, gents like this are very rare after modern fashions, lower standards and changed attitudes in the workplace meant that younger men no longer wanted to wear a stuffy outfit to work. The days of the bowler are fast disappearing. Behind him are the tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite.
    city_bowler_gent-25-06-1993.jpg
  • A middle-aged man dressed in a smart dark suit is about to descend underground to Bank tube (subway) station beneath the converging columns of the famous Bank of England and Cornhill Exchange at Bank Triangle in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The gentleman is on his way home in the afternoon, his commuting exodus to be shared by its daily working population of 311,000. This perspective of suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
    bank_triangle02-04-20-1997.jpg
  • It is 07.45 on a dark, wintry morning and from behind, we follow a lone commuter who walks along a snow-covered path in Ruskin Park, an otherwise green space in the south London borough of Herne Hill, Lambeth. Street lights are still illuminating the road in the background and the blue light of early morning has fast becoming another day of snow showers and chilly temperatures. No grit or salt has been sprinkled on this slippery path and the person walks carefully carrying an umbrella from falling sleet which is soon to turn to rain as the temperature rises. Tall  100 year-old mature ash trees whose trunks form an avenue of cover and the commuter proceeds towards their neighbours to the station beyond. A single 4x4 car makes its way through this still quiet street with lights blazing.
    london_snows02-13-01-2010 copy.jpg
  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon of a family waiting for loved-ones floats in the air in Heathrow Airport's T5
    heathrow_airport49-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A family awaitng loved-ones in Arrivals of Heathrow's terminal 5 stretch a banner and float a helium-filled balloon.
    heathrow_airport60-13-07-2009.jpg
  • A commuter strides past the open doors of a commuter train awaiting departure from a platform at Victoria station
    tube_strike_commuters20-04-09-2007.jpg
  • Through a bus shelter window, commuters queue for buses during a 3-day tube strike and a city heatwave
    tube_strike_commuters08-04-09-2007.jpg
  • Lights from industrial night traffic speeding through the DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry,
    DIRFT038-20-02-2007 .jpg
  • Evening rush-hour commuters walk across London Bridge towards the Shard on the southbank, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-14-09-11-2018.jpg
  • A commuter takes a magazine from between her knees, on 9th February 2017, outside the Bank of England, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-01-09-02-2017.jpg
  • A hurrying businessman with other commuters crosses London Bridge, from the City of London to the south bank of the Thames in Southwark, England UK.
    London_bridge-02-08-09-2016.jpg
  • A commuter in a hurry, runs past the pillars of the Bank of England, on 9th February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-08-09-02-2017.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman wearing a bow tie walks past the Bank of England, on 9th February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_commuters-05-09-02-2017.jpg
  • A woman carrying a red umbrella crosses London Bridge in the rain, southwards from the City to Southwark
    london_bridge03-17-10-2013.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
  • During a spring shower, a male commuter with head covered with a newspaper rushes over London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-13-03-05-2019.jpg
  • During a spring shower, a male commuter with head covered with a newspaper rushes over London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-11-03-05-2019.jpg
  • A lady carries a single sunflower past fresh oranges on sale at a stall on London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-05-03-05-2019.jpg
  • Commuters at the southern Southwark end of London Bridge, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    london_bridge-01-30-05-2018.jpg
  • During a spring shower, a male commuter carrying a collapsed umbrella rushes over London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-17-03-05-2019.jpg
  • During a spring shower, a lady commuter carrying an umbrella rushes over London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-14-03-05-2019.jpg
  • A lady carries a single sunflower past fresh oranges on sale at a stall on London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-06-03-05-2019.jpg
  • During a sprint shower, a lady carries an umbrella with the words No Rain while walking past fresh oranges on sale at a stall on London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-10-03-05-2019.jpg
  • A lady carries a spotted shopping bag past fresh oranges on sale at a stall on London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
    commuters-09-03-05-2019.jpg
  • A lady is sandwiched between her just purchased flowers in the back of a white van, returning home from the annual Chelsea Flower Show. It is a summer May afternoon in west London, when lovers of horticulture have gathered from across the country to admire the ultimate in plants and flowers in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital. With its pink blooms hanging from the main bulk of the shrub, the Fuchsia is resplendent in the late sunshine, a scene of quintessential English gardens and long summer days.
    chelsea_show02-26-05-1989.jpg
  • Commuters and visitors at the southern Southwark end of London Bridge, on 30th May 2018, in London, England.
    london_bridge-02-30-05-2018.jpg
  • As two city office workers walk briskly towards the viewer, we also see an artwork, a series of statues of commuting people are also striding as one, making their homeward journeys. The two gentlemen however appear to be taking a lunchtime break from their desk jobs and carrying sports holdalls with the 90s sports brand Head, are probably on their way to any number of city-based gyms. They look successful and wealthy, products of a healthy economy and a business culture of bonuses and high prospects of affluence whereas the statues lend a feeing of suppression and the treadmill of their anonymous daily lives as if they were part of some Orwellian society. .
    commuters-16-07-1990.jpg
  • A Londoner dashes homeward over London Bridge in the rain as the day darkens in the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district. There is still several hundred yards to go before he reaches LondonBridge mainline rail station and he checks his watch to see if he can make his chosen train in time. In the distance we see the Victorian Tower Bridge, the HMS Belfast warship and the river Thames below.
    city_people08-20-03-1993.jpg
  • An aviation enthusiast husband sits on an overturned baggage trolley on the roof of a terminal at London Heathrow airport, while his bored wife sits in their car, waiting for the homeward journey.
    plane_spotters06-10-01-2003.jpg
  • A Londoner dashes homeward over London Bridge in the rain as the day darkens in the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district. Armed with a black umbrella he walks smartly across the open distance towards London Bridge mainline station, his tie flapping over his shoulder in the stiff breeze.
    city_people05-20-03-1993.jpg
  • A Londoner dashes homeward over London Bridge in the rain as the day darkens in the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district. She uses her tabloid Sun newspaper to shield her from the face full of rain lashing herself in the open distance to London Bridge station.
    city_people04-20-03-1993.jpg
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