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  • Honeymooners cuddle in front of other passengers before their round-the-world adventure, leaving from Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5B. The couple are seen embracing at the departure gate as the remaining air travellers filter through the last security checks and board their long-haul flight. The young lady has a look of contentment on her face, the look of happiness and comfort in the arms of her new husband and they hug with all the affection of young love and trust. Another passenger grins in their direction during this show of devotion. 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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  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a young couple hold on to each other tight after a few weeks separation when the girl took a family holiday away from her boyfriend who needed to work here in London. They have clearly missed each other after such a short break from each other 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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  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a young couple kiss and hold on to each other after a few weeks separation when the girl took a family holiday away from her boyfriend who needed to work here in London. They have clearly missed each other after such a short break from each other but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. The boy holds the girl's bottom in a display of sexuality that is frowned upon in other cultures where open sexual behaviour is taboo. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Young adolescent couples kiss and cuddle in a dark corner of a Gatecrashers' Ball in London, England. Three boys and girls dressed in formal evening-wear have been consuming alcohol during the evening and are groping and snogging. The Gatecrasher Ball was an eighties phenomenon conceived by Edward Ormus Sharington Davenport whose parties catered for Public School students. Labled as excessive and out of control events, Davenport charged .£14 a ticket, for often 3,000 kids although he was later fined for tax evasion. .
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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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  • 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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  • Chinese bride walks behind her new husband dusing photoshoot walk in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi.
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  • Young lovers embrace in bus station at Arrivals after long absence aprt at Heathrow's terminal 5.
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  • Passers-by walk past the oversized artwork of a hand bag accessory entitled 'Bag of Aspirations' (2019) by the Greek artist Kalliopi Lemos (b1951) located on New Bond Street, on 30th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • A man kisses a woman while looking at a map of the capital, as commuters cross London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
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  • A man kisses a woman while looking at a map of the capital, as commuters cross London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
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  • A man looks adoringly at a woman cyclist while looking at a map of the capital, as commuters cross London Bridge during the evening rush-hour, from the City southwards to Southwark, on 3rd May, in London, England
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  • Young lovers say tearful farewells in departures concourse of Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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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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  • A departing lover hugs her boyfriend farewell before her long-haul flight in the Departures concourse at Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • A departing lover hugs her boyfriend farewell before her long-haul flight in the Departures concourse at Heathrow Airport's T5
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  • Departing lovers say their emotional farewells in Departures at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • Departing lovers say their emotional farewells in Departures at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A young man cradles his beloved smartphone after drinking a Starbucks coffee in central London.
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  • Honeymooners kiss before their round-the-world adventure departing from Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5B
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  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's T5, a young couple kiss and embrace after a few weeks separation.
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  • The trimmed topiary forming the letters spelling Love in a public park, on 22nd April 2017, in Clevedon, North Somerset, England.
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  • An elderly couple sit in a central London cafe window with love hearts theme stencils
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  • An elderly couple sit in a central London cafe window with love hearts theme stencils
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  • "I love Lambeth because .." post-it notes express an affection for south Londoners' home borough, left on a country show noticeboard. Pink heart-shaped stickers tell the viewer how much they appreciate life in this inner-city region of the capital where crime is a major negative aspect of living here. Many reasons are written by children whose optimism seems untainted.
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  • Messages of love written in marker pen on a public park sign containing local bylaws.
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  • The words 'Love Christmas at Boots' are spread across the frontage window of the Boots branch in London's Oxford Street.
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  • The words 'Love Christmas at Boots' are spread across the frontage window of the Boots branch in London's Oxford Street.
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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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  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
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  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
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  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
    theatre_crowd-04-16-10-2017.jpg
  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
    theatre_crowd-03-16-10-2017.jpg
  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
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  • "Anywhere between 3-5am." A mother has brought her three and a half month-old infant into bed and comforts her new baby back to sleep in bed by holding her hand at dawn, after a broken night's rest. We see large adult's fingers encircling the tiny digits of the baby girl who is mercifully sound asleep again, instinctively aware of love and trust. It is a picture of protective parenthood, of a close bond between mother and child in a safe, cosy, warm and idyllic place within the loving family home. 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.
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  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
    theatre_crowd-11-16-10-2017.jpg
  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
    theatre_crowd-06-16-10-2017.jpg
  • Theatre-goers outside the Noel Coward Theatre in St. Martin's Lane queue to see Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham and starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, on 16th October 2017, in London, England.
    theatre_crowd-01-16-10-2017.jpg
  • Detail of handwritten messages in the window of a Covent Garden restaurant, temporarily closed for a refurbishment, on 22nd February 2017, on Garrick Street, in London England.
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  • Local Peckham shoppers stop to read the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
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  • Local Peckham shoppers pass-by the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham6-18-August-2011.jpg
  • Local Peckham shoppers stop to read the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham10-18-August-2011.jpg
  • A rather rotund man wearing a flat cap, a checked shirt under braces that keep his ample trousers up above his fat tummy, affectionately tickled his pet dog, a Whippet ,who stands still with two paws on his master's large leg. It is a bright day on the beach at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England. Bathers are running on the sand in the background and the man and his dog are content to watch the world go by from their promenade bench. Their is a great deal of trust and love these two have for each other - the gentleman having brought his dog on holiday to the seaside with him, rather than leave him with friends or in kennels. The dog is healthy, lithe and obviously has great speed in those muscular legs, vastly different to the man, whose frame is heavy and slow.
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  • An inspiring message about love at the entrance of a youth centre on the Ayeslbury Estate, on 7th December 2017, in Southwark, south London England.
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  • Local Peckham shoppers pass-by the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham7-18-August-2011.jpg
  • A local Peckham mother stops to read the spontaneous messages of love on the Poundland peace wall after the London riots. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham5-18-August-2011.jpg
  • Lying on her back with eyes closed, a young girl stretches her arms out allowing her father to support her weight in an empty swimming pool in Miami Florida. With complete trust, she lets herself go and yields to her own natural  buoyancy as she floats amid this seemingly wide ocean of chlorinated water belonging to a hotel on Ocean Drive. We see her bright red costume clearly against the  complimentary prime colour green in a vibrant display from the spectrum. It is a scene of love and confidence, of youth and health.
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  • A two and half year-old girl shows affection to her baby brother in the living room of her South London home. Reaching out to show her love, the big sister tickles the boy under his chin although he looks more intrigued than amused at the attention that this person is showing him. He is a few weeks old and lies in a baby bouncer chair on the 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.
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  • Teenage love graffiti has been written in chalk on the Thames flood wall located on the Saxon Shore Way at Gravesend
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  • Odd Valentines love theme in a charity shop window
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  • A wife gives an tight, affectionate hug to her husband on the Promenade at North Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. There is no such showing of reciprocated love from the man who continues to read a cricket report in the sports page of his tabloid newspaper. She is wearing a floral summer top and he is topless. In the background we see a bustling sea front. People are walking along the Prom, enjoying the sun and warmth of this usually chilly area of Britain.
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  • Deflated red love balloons and a Valentines Weekend banner on a brick wall in south London.
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  • Deflated red love balloons and a Valentines Weekend banner on a brick wall in south London.
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  • A detail of a scratched and faded poster showing a couple, in the window of a local supermarket in Orpington High Street, on 5th February 2020, in London, England.
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  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called ?Franklyn? died on the Prince of Wales Road, London, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: ?I will neva 4get U, love U enough will miss U loads/What hope for dead loved ones (From a left copy of The Watchtower).' From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
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  • 'Love Anarchy' graffiti on a wall on a wall on the Rio de San Margherita canal in Dorsoduro, a district of Venice, Italy.
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  • A young girl of approximately 9 years of age plays with her father. With window light falling across the dad and girl, the two are both dressed in shades of blue - the father with darker skin than his daughter. They are both Tamil refugees from the Indian Ocean Island of Sri Lanka and have escaped the civil war there where their ethnic group is being dangerously persecuted by the Singhalese majority. The family have recently arrived in Britain seeking political asylum and are temporarily housed in a bare council flat in Chalk Farm in North London. The girl reaches up to touch the man's moustache and he lets her grab his mouth in a playful respite from their life-changing circumstances.
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  • With a large hand from her worried mother gently caressing her head, a tiny premature new-born born baby sleeps on its side with an oxygen tube in its nose, while gathering strength in her incubator at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England. In her warm cot, a toy bear looks on in the corner and a poem writen on a card from the baby's parents has been attached to the plastic wall. It is a tender moment of hope, that this precious young human life can continue to grow into adulthood and be loved by all. The Royal London Hospital is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London..
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  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called 'Carl.' died in Shaftesbury Avenue, London. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "He was our North, our south/Our east, our West/Our working week and our Sunday rest/Our Noon, our Midnight, our talk, our song/We thought that love would last forever, we were wrong." 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. We also nowadays lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and cities with simple, haunting remembrances.
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  • A memorial has been placed where a man and father called Nigel died at Huggin Hill, City of London, England, UK. Were we to ignore 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: ?To Daddy.  Love you always and forever. Your little girl. 24th Dec 1967 - 9th May 2001.? 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.
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  • A young professional couple lie in the sun and share a humerous moment. They sit with their backs to intricate and delicate tiling which depict the Spanish province of Coruna, at the Plaza de España, Seville, Andalucia, Spain. The lady is sitting with her partner's head in her lap, indicating romance and contentedness as she suppresses a giggle. They are both lit by strong sunshine and gives the impression of a perfect moment in their loving relationship. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929.
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  • A young man with a Welcome Home balloon, meets his partner after a long absence, in the airport terminal at Chicago-O'Hare airport, Illinois, USA. Waiting for his partner for some hours in the darkened terminal, a late arrival oon this day, the young man has been patient after a slight delay but finally, the girl comes through the arrivals gate to greet her close friend - loving the balloon gesture and pleased to be safely in his arms. Hugging tightly they embrace in front of other passengers before leaving the airport for home, 12 months before the terrorist attacks on America that changed the public's attitude to flying on commercial airliners.
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  • A young man with a Welcome Home balloon, meets his partner after a long absence, in the airport terminal at Chicago-O'Hare airport, Illinois, USA. Waiting for his partner for some hours in the darkened terminal, a late arrival oon this day, the young man has been patient after a slight delay but finally, the girl comes through the arrivals gate to greet her close friend - loving the balloon gesture and pleased to be safely in his arms. Travelling down the escalator into a cross-terminal tunnel they leave the airport for home, 12 months before the terrorist attacks on America that changed the public's attitude to flying on commercial airliners.
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  • With a background of fountains, two Asian friends take a selfie portrait with a mobile phone on which is the words "Love You", in Trafalgar Square, on 20th May 2019, in London, England.
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  • With a background of fountains, two Asian friends take a selfie portrait with a mobile phone on which is the words "Love You", in Trafalgar Square, on 20th May 2019, in London, England.
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  • Young men in drag perform to an audience as part of their Club 18-30 holiday experience to Ibiza, Spain. A tour rep encourages the men to push their inibitions to the limit but with a reputation for 'Sun, Sand and Sex' the 18-30 holiday formula has been labelled as parents' worth nightmare. From from the company's web site however the fantasy sounds less riotous: "There comes a time in life when you need to do it for yourself. A time to break free and break the mould. To explore, leave the map at home and find yourself. To find that one moment and make it last a lifetime. That time is now. Sunrise to sunset. Sunset to sunrise. This is the time of your life. Love every single second of it."
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  • During a phone speed-dating night in a City of London wine bar, a group of young girls enjoy white wine, their girlfriends' company but also, the possibility of finding a male mate. With the boys an other tables whose numbers are swapped around they may find the love of their lives although the whole evening is a giggle for these pretty lady office workers in the capital's oldest quarter and heart of its financial district.
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  • A large man with a shaved head and hairy back is seen from behind as he watches a display by the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team at Weymouth, England. A heart shape which grows from his bald head has been drawn with red smoke in the sky two Hawk jet aircraft taking part in the town's annual air show along the sea front. Such a tough-looking male specimen contrasts with the romance of this valentine symbol helping to make this picture's quirky juxtaposition touching. The Red Arrows use smoke to emphasize their flight-path, help the spectators see their manoeuvres and to make more of an enjoying spectacle. In blue sky they use white smoke for The Heart and red when overcast. We watch the man from below and see him craning his neck skywards, the skin on his thick neck wrinkling as he looks heavy from this angle.
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  • Members of the Voodoo Love Orchestra (VLO) perform to families of all ages during the Latin Music Festival at the Horniman Museum in south London.
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  • Members of the Voodoo Love Orchestra (VLO) perform to families of all ages during the Latin Music Festival at the Horniman Museum in south London.
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  • Members of the Voodoo Love Orchestra (VLO) perform to families of all ages during the Latin Music Festival at the Horniman Museum in south London.
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  • Members of the Voodoo Love Orchestra (VLO) perform to families of all ages during the Latin Music Festival at the Horniman Museum in south London.
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  • More wine is flowing from a bottle being poured from an anonymous hand during a phone speed-dating night in a City of London wine bar, a group of young girls enjoy white wine, their girlfriends' company but also, the possibility of finding a male mate. With the boys an other tables whose numbers are swapped around they may find the love of their lives although the whole evening is a giggle for these pretty lady office workers in the capital's oldest quarter and heart of its financial district.
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  • 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.
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  • A couple hug in front of the golden ironwork at the Albert Memorial in Kensington Park, on 20th August 2019, in London, England. The Albert Memorial, directly north of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, London, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style, it takes the form of an ornate canopy or pavilion 176 feet tall, in the style of a Gothic ciborium over the high altar of a church, sheltering a statue of the prince facing south. It took over ten years to complete, the £120,000 cost met by public subscription.
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  • An elderly couple walk past a temporary construction hoarding beneath the partially hidden statue of the world famous London Victorian-era landmark, Eros in Piccadilly Circus, on 25th February 2020, in London, England. Eros, or the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain is located at the southeastern side of Piccadilly Circus in London, United Kingdom. Moved after World War II from its original position in the centre, it was erected in 1892–1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury, who was a famous Victorian politician and philanthropist. The monument is surmounted by Alfred Gilbert's winged nude statue generally, though mistakenly, known as Eros. This has been called "London's most famous work of sculpture."
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  • Friends reach out in the busy Coventry Street in London's West End, on 6th February 2018, in London, England.
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  • A wide scene of the Eros statue and a kissing couple appearing in an ad in Piccadilly Circus, on 15th December 2016, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A detail of post-it notes left on the looted Poundland shop (store) in Rye Lane, Peckham after the London riots of August 2011. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham4-18-August-2011.jpg
  • A detail of post-it notes left on the looted Poundland shop (store) in Rye Lane, Peckham after the London riots of August 2011. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham3-18-August-2011.jpg
  • A detail of post-it notes left on the looted Poundland shop (store) in Rye Lane, Peckham after the London riots of August 2011. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham2-18-August-2011.jpg
  • A couple walk past a temporary construction hoarding beneath the partially hidden statue of the world famous London Victorian-era landmark, Eros in Piccadilly Circus, on 25th February 2020, in London, England. Eros, or the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain is located at the southeastern side of Piccadilly Circus in London, United Kingdom. Moved after World War II from its original position in the centre, it was erected in 1892–1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury, who was a famous Victorian politician and philanthropist. The monument is surmounted by Alfred Gilbert's winged nude statue generally, though mistakenly, known as Eros. This has been called "London's most famous work of sculpture."
    piccadilly_eros-03-25-02-2020.jpg
  • Royal family souvenirs and merchandise on sale in a tourist gift shop window as the royal town of Windsor gets ready for the royal wedding between Prince Harry and his American fiance Meghan Markle, on 14th May 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    royal_wedding_windsor-17-14-05-2018.jpg
  • The artwork entitled The Meeting Place by British artist Paul Day stands in the main concourse at St. Pancras Station, on 10th April 2018, in London, England. The Meeting Place is a 9-metre high, 20-tonne bronze statue that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras evoking the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace. The statue, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife.
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  • The artwork entitled The Meeting Place by British artist Paul Day stands in the main concourse at St. Pancras Station, on 10th April 2018, in London, England. The Meeting Place is a 9-metre high, 20-tonne bronze statue that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras evoking the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace. The statue, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife.
    st_pancras-15-10-04-2018.jpg
  • A wide scene of the Eros statue and a kissing couple appearing in an ad in Piccadilly Circus, on 15th December 2016, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    piccadilly_circus-02-15-12-2016.jpg
  • A wide scene of the Eros statue and a kissing couple appearing in an ad in Piccadilly Circus, on 15th December 2016, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    piccadilly_circus-01-15-12-2016.jpg
  • A detail of post-it notes left on the looted Poundland shop (store) in Rye Lane, Peckham after the London riots of August 2011. In response to the violence and destruction that took place the week before, communities reacted with anger in a way rarely seen in a large UK city these days. The messages vary in their sentiment but generally echo a sense of disgust at the looting and rioting with brief notes of co-operation, advice and communal encouragement. Walls like these have sprung up in other locations where destruction was widespread and locals lost their convenience stores, sports shops and even homes.
    post_it_peckham1-18-August-2011.jpg
  • An unidentified father in the act of pouring coffee from a cafetiere into two metallic silver mugs in while holding his sleeping baby son in his London kitchen. The unconscious child is a few months old and the parent stands expertly holding both hot liquid and infant as if juggling pleasure and parenthood simultaneously. The sleeping child is limp in the father's arm and is dressed in the same scarlet red as the vibrant colour on the wall behind. We only see the man's upper-legs and torso but the baby is tiny against his body making the scale of both young and old. otherwise, the generic room is bare of decoration or possessions - only a drying cloth and chopping board is seen on the draining board, near plain white tiles.
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  • A couple walk hand in hand towards period homes bordering Ruskin Park in Herne Hill, on 27th November 2020, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    ruskin_mist02-27-11-2020.jpg
  • Royal family souvenirs and merchandise on sale in a tourist gift shop window as the royal town of Windsor gets ready for the royal wedding between Prince Harry and his American fiance Meghan Markle, on 14th May 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    royal_wedding_windsor-18-14-05-2018.jpg
  • Spiritual revellers celebrate the summer Solstice (mid-summer and longest day) at the ancient stones of Stonehenge, on 21st June 2017, in Wiltshire, England. Fifteen thousand attended the 2017 Solstice at Stonehenge, according to English Heritage. Pagans say the ancient monument is a sacred place that links the Earth, Moon, Sun and the seasons. Built in three phases between 3,000 B.C. and 1,600 B.C. its purpose remains under study. However, it’s known that if you stand in just the right place inside the monument on summer solstice, through the entrance towards a rough hewn stone outside the circle you will see the sun rise above the Heel Stone.
    stonehenge_solstice-21-21-06-2017.jpg
  • Spiritual revellers celebrate the summer Solstice (mid-summer and longest day) at the ancient stones of Stonehenge, on 21st June 2017, in Wiltshire, England. Fifteen thousand attended the 2017 Solstice at Stonehenge, according to English Heritage. Pagans say the ancient monument is a sacred place that links the Earth, Moon, Sun and the seasons. Built in three phases between 3,000 B.C. and 1,600 B.C. its purpose remains under study. However, it’s known that if you stand in just the right place inside the monument on summer solstice, through the entrance towards a rough hewn stone outside the circle you will see the sun rise above the Heel Stone.
    stonehenge_solstice-02-20-06-2017.jpg
  • Passionate writing on one of the pillars outside Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London while occupiers remain inside the premises on day 6 of its occupation, 5th April 2016. The angry local community in the south London borough have occupied their important resource for learning and social hub for the weekend. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time because they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved.
    carnegie_library12-05-04-2016.jpg
  • Passionate writing on one of the pillars outside Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London while occupiers remain inside the premises on day 6 of its occupation, 5th April 2016. The angry local community in the south London borough have occupied their important resource for learning and social hub for the weekend. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time because they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved.
    carnegie_library11-05-04-2016.jpg
  • Passionate writing on one of the pillars outside Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London while occupiers remain inside the premises on day 6 of its occupation, 5th April 2016. The angry local community in the south London borough have occupied their important resource for learning and social hub for the weekend. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time because they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved.
    carnegie_library14-05-04-2016.jpg
  • Passionate writing on one of the pillars outside Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London while occupiers remain inside the premises on day 6 of its occupation, 5th April 2016. The angry local community in the south London borough have occupied their important resource for learning and social hub for the weekend. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time because they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved.
    carnegie_library13-05-04-2016.jpg
  • Säben Abbey in Klausen, South Tyrol, Italy. Säben Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery established in 1687, when it was first settled by the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg.
    saaben_convent11-15-07-2015.jpg
  • A couple walk hand in hand towards housing through snowbound public park in south London.
    ruskin_snow07-20-01-2013.jpg
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