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  • A create a life, not just for living slogan outside offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st April, 2019, in London England.
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  • A create a life, not just for living slogan outside offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st April, 2019, in London England.
    city_life-01-01-04-2019.jpg
  • The words Eternal Life in the window of a community church on the Old Kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in London, England.
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  • The words Eternal Life in the window of a community church on the Old Kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in London, England.
    eternal_life-06-16-11-2017.jpg
  • The words Eternal Life in the window of a community church on the Old Kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in London, England.
    eternal_life-10-16-11-2017.jpg
  • The words Eternal Life in the window of a community church on the Old Kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in London, England.
    eternal_life-08-16-11-2017.jpg
  • The words Eternal Life in the window of a community church on the Old Kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in London, England.
    eternal_life-04-16-11-2017.jpg
  • The words Eternal Life in the window of a community church on the Old Kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in London, England.
    eternal_life-01-16-11-2017.jpg
  • A London bus crosses London Bridge and a life ring overlooking the Thames river on a winter's evening, on 23rd November 2018, in London, England.
    thames_life_ring-03-23-11-2018.jpg
  • London Bridge and a life ring overlooking the Thames river on a winter's evening, on 23rd November 2018, in London, England.
    thames_life_ring-01-23-11-2018.jpg
  • The words Eternal Life in the window of a community church on the Old Kent Road, on 16th November 2017, in London, England.
    eternal_life-03-16-11-2017.jpg
  • A London bus crosses London Bridge and a life ring overlooking the Thames river on a winter's evening, on 23rd November 2018, in London, England.
    thames_life_ring-02-23-11-2018.jpg
  • A golden sign hangs outside the Scottish Widows pension institution in Lombard Street in the heart of London's financial heart, the City of London. In bright sunlight, we see the famous Pegasus horse, its wings spread and its legs showing life and vitality. Scottish Widows plc is a life, pensions and investment company located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. Its product range includes life assurance, pensions, investments and savings. The company has been providing financial services to the UK market since 1815 and is the most trusted life, pensions and investment provider in the UK
    banking_sign01-20-05-1993.jpg
  • A life belt hangs on a cross-shaped post, all painted a vivid red as the sun sinks down below the horizon and beyond the historic Bamburgh Castle, in Northumberland, northern England. Lit with a strong off-camera flash we see the slightly blurred device, invented for saving lives at sea, with a ghostly corona around its form, against a fading blue sky. The rope dangles near the ground, around which the grasses of the dunes blow in a faint breeze. Only the foreground is lit by the flash and the distant castle building and shoreline. We see such equipment and imagine safety and rescue and also jeopardy and hazards at sea. Supplied for those taking risks and making stupid decisions makes these items essential on coastal areas.
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  • Aboard the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy, a father and son are practicing wearing life-preservers during the first few hours of their voyage from Miami around the Gulf of Mexico. They and every passenger on-board are being instructed by members of the ship's crew to muster (gather) in specific locations around the vessel before heading further out to sea. Under international law, everyone on a holiday ship like this needs to know what do in the event of an emergency at sea so well-organised drills are rehearsed on deck. The baby looks uncomfortable wrapped in his life vest but sucks on a pacifier dummy. The father looks relaxed in the knowledge that their lives are not risk on this occasion. The Panamanian-registered MS Ecstasy is a 70,367 ton cruise ship carrying 2,052 passengers and 920 crew belonging to Vegas-style Carnival Cruise lines.
    carnival_cruises01-22-12-2007 .jpg
  • Half-way across the Gulf of Mexico, between Miami and Cancun in Mexico, Carnival Cruise's Fun Ship Ecstasy's passengers are on the Sun deck to enjoy the first few days sailing on the tropical seas. One of the ship's photographers has passed around a ship's circular life ring buoy through which one busty blonde lady has posed for a photograph and is about to pass it on to her nearest neighbour. She is wearing a garish pink and yellow bikini and is holding the life-saving device so that only her breasts are showing, obscuring her face. We see the name of the ship, Ecstasy, around the ring and the plastic ropes are falling on the lady's cleavage, forming circles around her bosoms. In the background, another cruise traveller (traveler) wears a straw sun hat and is also sitting on a blue sun lounger. We see exposed, tanned skin and it looks baking hot with the tropical sun at its zenith, directly overhead at mid-day. Carnival was a pioneer in the concept of cheaper and shorter cruises. Its ships are known for their Las Vegas decor and entertainment. The line calls its ships The Fun Ships. The MS Ecstasy is a Fantasy class cruise ship featuring two pools, whirlpools, a variety of dining options, nightclubs, a casino, and duty-free shopping. After Hurricane Katrina, she spent six months in New Orleans serving as quarters for refugees and relief workers. She suffered heavy damage in 1998 after the laundry room in the ship's stern caught fire damaging much of her stern and aft section.
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  • Soon after setting sail from Miami, en-route to Cancun in Mexico, passengers of Carnival Cruise's Fun Ship Ecstasy liner are told to report on the top sun deck for the obligatory safety drill. Told to fetch their life vests from their respective cabins and suites, they have gathered at various muster points around the vessel to hear the crews' instructions about abandoning ship or the precuations needed to enter the water. We look down from a higher deck to see several dozen tourists on red vests, milling around awaiting the signal to return to their previous activities and entertainment. Operators like US-owned Carnival take these drills very seriously. Carnival was a pioneer in the concept of cheaper and shorter cruises. Its ships are known for their Las Vegas decor and entertainment. The cruise line calls its ships The Fun Ships and the MS Ecstasy is a Fantasy class cruise ship featuring two pools, whirlpools, a variety of dining options, nightclubs, a casino, and duty-free shopping. After Hurricane Katrina, she spent six months in New Orleans serving as quarters for refugees and relief workers. She suffered heavy damage in 1998 after the laundry room in the ship's stern caught fire damaging much of her stern and aft section.
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  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
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  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-13-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-11-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-08-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-07-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-05-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-04-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change guard with the Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-02-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard in front of the public and with a mounted police as security, during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-15-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-12-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the The Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) and the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change the guard during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-09-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Members of the Blues and Royals (blue tunics) change guard with the Queen's Life Guard (red tunics) during the daily ceremonial in Horse Guards Parade, on 11th June 2019, in London, England. Life Guards have stood guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to St James and Buckingham Palace, since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
    guard_mount-01-11-06-2019.jpg
  • Portraits of cast members for the 'Dear Evan Hansen' musical are seen through a life ring outside the Noel Coward Theatre on St. Martin's Lane in the heart of the capital's West End Theatreland, still closed to audiences during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 29th September 2020, in London, Westminster, England. Despite the government's £1.15bn financial rescue package for the Arts industry and cultural organisations in England , made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans, London's theatre industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, being closed since the March lockdown closures which has affected 137,250 Arts industry jobs, worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    st_martins_lane15-29-09-2020.jpg
  • A seafront landscape of the life guards building on Ramsgate's Marine Esplanade, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a 'Brexit Port' by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UK's exit from the EU. Britain's Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
    ramsgate-136-08-01-2019.jpg
  • A seafront landscape of the life guards building on Ramsgate's Marine Esplanade, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a 'Brexit Port' by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UK's exit from the EU. Britain's Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
    ramsgate-135-08-01-2019.jpg
  • The Olympic rings on a banner outside Horse Guards where a soldier from the Household Cavalry sits motionless on his horse during the London 2012 Olympics. Wrought iron railings are seen behind the banner at the sports venue hosting the volleyball in the centre of Westminster where governmental offices are located. The British Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
    olympics_westminster16-31-07-2012.jpg
  • A lone animal Rights protester stands outside the offices of the French Axa Insurance company, condemning the controversial animal-testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences. Standing between two security guards, the protester holds a picture of an injured Beagle dog. AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies and Axa is being targeted because of its association as a large equity shareholder of AstraZeneca - Legal & General - who have nearly 60 million shares in AZ. Campaigners have tried to close Huntingdon and has targeted investors and suppliers to put pressure on the company. Extremists have firebombed cars and intimidated staff and shareholders. They claim that Huntingdon kills 500 animals a day in tests for products such as weedkiller, food colouring and drugs.
    huntingdon_protest01-18-02-2011.jpg
  • As normal life continues a man under the influence of alcohol lies unconscious in Hollywood near a poster of Charlie Chaplin.
    chaplin_drunk01-20-08-1998.jpg
  • Portraits of cast members for the 'Dear Evan Hansen' musical are seen through a life ring outside the Noel Coward Theatre on St. Martin's Lane in the heart of the capital's West End Theatreland, still closed to audiences during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 29th September 2020, in London, Westminster, England. Despite the government's £1.15bn financial rescue package for the Arts industry and cultural organisations in England , made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans, London's theatre industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, being closed since the March lockdown closures which has affected 137,250 Arts industry jobs, worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    st_martins_lane16-29-09-2020.jpg
  • Portraits of cast members for the 'Dear Evan Hansen' musical are seen through a life ring outside the Noel Coward Theatre on St. Martin's Lane in the heart of the capital's West End Theatreland, still closed to audiences during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 29th September 2020, in London, Westminster, England. Despite the government's £1.15bn financial rescue package for the Arts industry and cultural organisations in England , made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans, London's theatre industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, being closed since the March lockdown closures which has affected 137,250 Arts industry jobs, worth £21.2bn in direct turnover.
    st_martins_lane17-29-09-2020.jpg
  • Next to a life buoy, a father waits for his child to finish exploring the pavement on the riverside beneath Kingston Bridge, on 7th November 2019, in Kingston, London, England
    kingston_journey-38-07-11-2019.jpg
  • A seafront landscape of the life guards building on Ramsgate's Marine Esplanade, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a 'Brexit Port' by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UK's exit from the EU. Britain's Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
    ramsgate-137-08-01-2019.jpg
  • A seafront landscape of the life guards building on Ramsgate's Marine Esplanade, on 8th January 2019, in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The Port of Ramsgate has been identified as a 'Brexit Port' by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, currently negotiating the UK's exit from the EU. Britain's Department of Transport has awarded to an unproven shipping company, Seaborne Freight, to provide run roll-on roll-off ferry services to the road haulage industry between Ostend and the Kent port - in the event of more likely No Deal Brexit. In the EU referendum of 2016, people in Kent voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union with 59% voting to leave and 41% to remain.
    ramsgate-134-08-01-2019.jpg
  • In the foreground, a red life ring and in the distance, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 5th October, 2017, in London, England.
    city_lifering-02-05-10-2017.jpg
  • In the foreground, a red life ring and in the distance, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 5th October, 2017, in London, England.
    city_lifering-01-05-10-2017.jpg
  • A lone animal Rights protester stands outside the offices of the French Axa Insurance company, condemning the controversial animal-testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences. Standing between two security guards, the protester holds a picture of an injured Beagle dog. AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies and Axa is being targeted because of its association as a large equity shareholder of AstraZeneca - Legal & General - who have nearly 60 million shares in AZ. Campaigners have tried to close Huntingdon and has targeted investors and suppliers to put pressure on the company. Extremists have firebombed cars and intimidated staff and shareholders. They claim that Huntingdon kills 500 animals a day in tests for products such as weedkiller, food colouring and drugs.
    huntingdon_protest02-18-02-2011.jpg
  • A pilot of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, is about to plunge into the blue  Mediterranean waters for his annual Wet Drill exercise during Spring training in Cyprus. There are lines attaching him to a boat ensuring his safety. The rehearsal is to practise a helicopter recovery after a fast-jet ejection over the sea. His RAF-issue life vest (containing a vital life-raft) has inflated when in  contact with the salt water and helps him stay afloat in the cold water. This yearly event is required of all flying personnel to ensure that any accident over water can reach a positive outcome - by the rescuing of an expensively-trained pilot or navigator.
    Red_Arrows038_RBA.jpg
  • Commuters walk about in all directions in the heat of summer in the city during a 3-day underground tube strike in September 2007. As a result of the industrial action, the buses are full so the quickest way of reaching one's destination is to walk. People near Victoria Station, a transport hub for tube lines, buses and overground train routes so we see businessmen in dark suits during the heatwave, women striding along towards their transport home and we look up at them from a low-angle in the street. One man seems to pause from indecision while others are more confident about their fate and direction in life.
    tube_strike_commuters18-04-09-2007.jpg
  • In a red helmet, Squadron Leader Spike Jepson, team leader of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, plunges into the blue  Mediterranean waters for his annual Wet Drill exercise during Spring training in Cyprus. We see the pilot, small in the picture surrounded by frothing, blue water that engulfs his small body making him look vulnerable. There are lines attaching him to a boat ensuring his safety. The rehearsal is to practise a helicopter recovery after a fast-jet ejection over the sea. His RAF-issue life vest (containing a vital life-raft) has inflated when in  contact with the salt water and helps him stay afloat in the cold water. This yearly event is required of all flying personnel to ensure that any accident over water can reach a positive outcome - by the rescuing of an expensively-trained pilot or navigator. .
    Red_Arrows039_RBA.jpg
  • With few visitors to see, a young boy pees into the water surrounding a model town at the Splendid China model village, the 30 hectares large tourist attraction in the city of Shenzhen, China. The kid aims into the water with his mother's help. In the background we see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, modern skyscrapers in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional village life. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
    shenzhen_peeing04-21-1995.jpg
  • During a journey into America's hinterlands, days after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington DC, the breaking news flashes from Fox TV's studios that there are expected to be no more survivors found at Ground Zero. The tragic message reads 'No Signs of Life' in large red letters, read by passers-by along the on the Avenue of the Americas on Manhattan. As the news travels across the building, the camera blurs other TV pictures of live broadcasts with a sense of urgency, speed and desperation in the fruitless search for life.
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  • The Shard skyscraper, London Bridge and a life ring overlooking the Thames river on a winter's evening, on 23rd November 2018, in London, England.
    london_shard-19-23-11-2018.jpg
  • Two young British Asian men stand in front of a Bollywood action hero poster, while waiting for a bus in Southhall, West London, England. The lads are in their early twenties and are dressed against the cold European winter. The muscular Indian man in the movie poster is in his prime, posing as a tough guy and making a serious face towards the viewer, his rippling biceps wet with sweat. We see two ordinary young men living the harsh reality of life in a big English city, with all the pressures, paradoxes and cultural differences of India or Bangladesh, and that of multicultural Britain. It may be sunny but the biting winter day is raw with cold.
    london_asians07-30-08-2007.jpg
  • Two young men dressed in office suits casually stuff their lunches during a hot lunchtime break in the Broadgate Estate in the City of London. Both with legs across knees, the lads in their 20s sit on a bench beneath a tree alongside the statue of a traditional gardener, slightly bent and equipped with hoe and wearing a wastecoat, hobnailed boots and flat cap, an iconic salt-of-the-earth workman. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-exhausted man whose life has been spent working the honest land.  The English social divide is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus the youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
    city_resting01-16-1993.jpg
  • Plant life growing in lava rock on slopes of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy.
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  • Plant life growing in lava rock on slopes of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy.
    vesuvius222-29-05-2014.jpg
  • A black mounted lifeguard trooper parades at Horseguards in Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. <br />
This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660. (Desaturated version). (Desaturated version).
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  • A black mounted lifeguard trooper parades at Horseguards in Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. <br />
This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
    black_horseguards08-03-10-2013.jpg
  • A black mounted lifeguard trooper parades at Horseguards in Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. <br />
This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
    black_horseguards06-03-10-2013.jpg
  • Dressed in typical overalls for the area, traditional Alpine farmer Peter Eberle stands looking up at the viewer for a portrait in the courtyard of his dairy farm in Balzers, Liechtenstein. Mr Eberle wears a woolen hat and blue workman's overalls. He looks a proud but tired and weathered gentleman in his latter years and appears to be an experienced Alpine farmer and we can see a heap of manure over his shoulder and an old fashioned scythe for mowing long grass, leaning against a barn wall. Liechtenstein is a landlocked Principality bordered by the Alpine countries of Austria and Switzerland and is a winter sports resort, though best known as a tax haven, attracting companies worldwide to register their assets in complete secrecy. Its agricultural output is mainly wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, livestock and dairy products though technology companies have been eroding the traditional ways of life such as Peter's for decades.
    liechtenstein_farmer01-08-02-1990.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
  • The fishing fleet of Tarbert on Scotland's Mull of Kintyre lies moored at the dock of this pretty coastal village in the Western Isles. Their colourful hulls shine in late afternoon sunshine as they are tied up awaiting another outing at sea to provide for this small fishing community a living and a livelihood for its families. But in the foreground sit a young couple whose prospects are not so positive: they rest on a bench in silhouette, one smoking a cigarette while turned to the friend who stares out to distant rolling hills. It is a scene of hopelessness that reflects modern life for the youth in remote communities where jobs are scarce and their futures far from secure. In an otherwise idyllic Scottish landscape, we guess at the disintegration of society up here - the scourge of economic downturn and future social problems.
    tarbet07-18-1993.jpg
  • Seen through the window of an amusement arcade in London's Gerrard Street, Chinatown, we see the colourful neon lights that garishly shine from behind the glass. Beyond is the hustle and bustle of daily life in this famous street of London's Chinese community. We are slightly confused as to what is inside and what is out. We see the Georgian architecture reflected from behind and to the left is a slot-machine game called Hi-Roller which suggests the use of dice in this gambling activity. Passers-by can be seen outside, making their way past the many restaurants and businesses. In the middle of the scene is a yellow sign positioned by the Metropolitan Police warning against pickpockets as this area of the West End is known for petty crime.
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  • As a young office worker sleeps incongruously on a marble pavement, a street sweeper nearby brushes away litter with a small dustpan. The manual labourer wears blue overalls, yellow gloves and keys in his back pocket while the man in a wastecoat and smart trousers and polished slip-on shoes appears to be fast asleep, his fingers across his chest. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-demanding job of a man whose life has been spent cleaning and sweeping. English social differences is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus a lazy youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
    city_resting03-16-1997.jpg
  • Three friends in their thirties are hugging each other tightly at Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the City of London, England. We see their three heads as close as possible accompanied by three wall-mounted lights that are glowing a warm red tone making this a cosy and welcoming atmosphere. The man and one of the girls are chubby with round cheeks and chins and so enjoy the good life.
    city_london04-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • "One candle." A family are gathered to celebrate the first birthday of a young child, the back garden of her parent's south London home. The birthday girl reaches out to touch the single lit candle on a chocolate log cake while her grandmother and mother both show her how to blow and extinguish the flame instead. Friends and relatives are sat around the garden on a perfect late-summer afternoon, drinking and laughing on this joyous occasion, a milestone in the first year of any young life. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella24-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Crooked Lady." A twelve month-old girl who has recently learned to walk proudly strides past an elderly lady with balancing arms outstretched while at the Dulwich Show in South London. There is a marked difference between the youthful, upright posture of the young girl to the hunched and bent stance of the old woman who stands supporting herself on a brolley. It is a picture that compares youth with old age, the delight that a person of later years shows to a child whose life reaches far ahead. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella23-20-04-1995.jpg
  • An aerial view of unidentified islands seen from a regional aircraft passing overhead the atolls and islands to the north Malé, capital of the Indian Ocean Republic of the Maldives. We see the perfectly clear blue sea surrounding the islands and tiny sandbanks of white coral beach sand, all of which are in jeopardy of rising sea levels as global warming makes sea level locations like this vulnerable to being overwhelmed. The only sign of life is the tiny island in the bottom right of frame where holiday resort accommodation ring this dot in the ocean. The Maldives comprise of twenty-six atolls, featuring 1,192 coral islands of which 80 are holiday resorts with 200 inhabited by indigenous communities. This Islamic nation of 298 sq km (115 sq miles), lie seven hundred kilometres (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka..
    maldives170-13-11-2007.jpg
  • Barbara Christie, 58, sits alone in her conservatory at Swordale House overlooking Beinn Na Caillich (The Hill of the Old Woman) mountain. It is nearly dark at this northern latitude and it looks cosy inside this house with its warm and inviting lights. Barbara's father built this family home and she has lived in this house all her life apart from when studying in Edinburgh many years ago. It sits on a tiny road near Broadford on the Isle of Skye, beneath the magnificent hill whose myth goes back to a Norse Princess saga. Barbara sits in the more recent addition to the house, a conservatory that she enjoys sitting and reading away from her Summer Bed and Breakfast guests. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • An optimistic Syrian migrant couple seeking a new life in France, on 25th May, 2017, in a southwestern French town.
    lagrasse_france-98-25-05-2017.jpg
  • An optimistic Syrian migrant couple seeking a new life in France, on 25th May, 2017, in a southwestern French town.
    lagrasse_france-97-25-05-2017.jpg
  • Plant life growing in lava rock on slopes of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy.
    vesuvius223-29-05-2014.jpg
  • A black mounted lifeguard trooper parades at Horseguards in Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. <br />
This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
    black_horseguards07-03-10-2013.jpg
  • A black mounted lifeguard trooper parades at Horseguards in Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. <br />
This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
    black_horseguards05-03-10-2013.jpg
  • A black mounted lifeguard trooper parades at Horseguards in Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. <br />
This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
    black_horseguards03-03-10-2013.jpg
  • A black mounted lifeguard trooper parades at Horseguards in Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. <br />
This regiment is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
    black_horseguards01-03-10-2013.jpg
  • Window display in Selfridges, a collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Yakoi Kusama whose red campaign theme accompanies a life size model of the artist.
    yakoi_kusama03-02-10-2012.jpg
  • Dressed in typical overalls for the area, traditional Alpine farmer Peter Eberle stands looking up at the viewer for a portrait in the courtyard of his dairy farm in Balzers, Liechtenstein. Mr Eberle wears a woolen hat and blue workman's overalls. He looks a proud but tired and weathered gentleman in his latter years and appears to be an experienced Alpine farmer and we can see a heap of manure over his shoulder and an old fashioned scythe for mowing long grass, leaning against a barn wall. Liechtenstein is a landlocked Principality bordered by the Alpine countries of Austria and Switzerland and is a winter sports resort, though best known as a tax haven, attracting companies worldwide to register their assets in complete secrecy. Its agricultural output is mainly wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, livestock and dairy products though technology companies have been eroding the traditional ways of life such as Peter's for decades.
    liechtenstein_farmer02-08-02-1990.jpg
  • Dressed in typical overalls for the area, traditional Alpine farmer Peter Eberle stands looking up at the viewer for a portrait in the courtyard of his dairy farm in Balzers, Liechtenstein. Mr Eberle wears a woolen hat and blue workman's overalls. He looks a proud but tired and weathered gentleman in his latter years and appears to be an experienced Alpine farmer and we can see a heap of manure over his shoulder and an old fashioned scythe for mowing long grass, leaning against a barn wall. Liechtenstein is a landlocked Principality bordered by the Alpine countries of Austria and Switzerland and is a winter sports resort, though best known as a tax haven, attracting companies worldwide to register their assets in complete secrecy. Its agricultural output is mainly wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, livestock and dairy products though technology companies have been eroding the traditional ways of life such as Peter's for decades.
    RB-0018.jpg
  • A hunched, homeless elderly man walks along Fenchurch Street in the City of London while younger and affluent office workers saunter past, smiling and with a care in the world. It is a scene of social class division, the contrasts between wealth and poverty, have and have nots, prospects and no hope for the future and of old age and youth. The old man carries a plastic bag with all his belongings and the workers carry their lunch in a paper bag. They are not only smart and he dishevelled but they stand tall and he is stooped, further proof of the hard, demanding life he leads on the capital's streets.
    misc-london02-30-08-2007.jpg
  • A middle-aged man, possibly in his late-fifties, holds the lead of his pet dog on a park bench in London England. Afternoon sun filters through nearby trees and the man is wearing a simple, plain white shirt. He sits crossed-legs on this warm afternoon gazing to a point in the distance looking lonely and hopeful of meeting someone else, or maybe of events in a long life. His dog is the man's best friend and companion and he guards him with a strong hand as a master should.
    man_dog05-15-1990.jpg
  • A two and half year-old girl watches her mother bath her baby brother in the bathroom of her South London home. She looks down at the correct technique that her mum uses by supporting his head with a hand, ensuring the child does not slip further into the warm bath water, the way that many babies drown in even shallow water. Such maternal instincts is how even young children learn to mother and care for their own children in later life, From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
    ella+sam04-30-04_1998.jpg
  • 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..
    city_london09-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Detail of water lillies and plant-life in small Lochan in Moidart on the Ardnamurchan peninsular, Western Scotland.
    ardnamurchan04-05-08-2010-1.jpg
  • 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.
    refugees-13-05-1986.jpg
  • Woman waits for interview with life-size carboard cut-out of Prince William in a London street during filming of vox pop.
    prince_william_prop07-07-04-2011.jpg
  • Woman waits for interview with life-size carboard cut-out of Prince William in a London street during filming of vox pop.
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  • Woman waits for interview with life-size carboard cut-out of Prince William in a London street during filming of vox pop.
    prince_william_prop05-07-04-2011.jpg
  • TV man holds a life-size carboard cut-out of Prince William in a London street during filming of vox pop.
    prince_william_prop03-07-04-2011.jpg
  • TV man holds a life-size carboard cut-out of Prince William in a London street during filming of vox pop.
    prince_william_prop01-07-04-2011.jpg
  • A south London landscape with a question mark being held in the context of a billboard ad, on 10th February 2019, in London, England.
    question_mark-05-11-02-2019.jpg
  • A south London child walks beneath a question mark being held in the context of a billboard ad, on 10th February 2019, in London, England.
    question_mark-02-11-02-2019.jpg
  • A south London landscape with a question mark being held in the context of a billboard ad, on 10th February 2019, in London, England.
    question_mark-04-11-02-2019.jpg
  • A south London child walks beneath a question mark being held in the context of a billboard ad, on 10th February 2019, in London, England.
    question_mark-01-11-02-2019.jpg
  • The tattooed hermit, Tom Leppard (1935-2016) at his secret island hideaway on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 2007. <br />
<br />
(See main gallery caption).
    5247-RPB59-leopard_man157-27-09-2007.jpg
  • The tattooed hermit, Tom Leppard (1935-2016) at his secret island hideaway on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 2007. <br />
<br />
(See main gallery caption).
    5247-RPB59-leopard_man141-27-09-2007.jpg
  • The tattooed hermit, Tom Leppard (1935-2016) at his secret island hideaway on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 2007. <br />
<br />
(See main gallery caption).
    5247-RPB59-leopard_man137-27-09-2007.jpg
  • The tattooed hermit, Tom Leppard (1935-2016) at his secret island hideaway on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 2007. <br />
<br />
(See main gallery caption).
    5247-RPB59-leopard_man128-27-09-2007.jpg
  • Stopping work for a moment to pose for a portrait on the sea wall at Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, a team of the resort's lifeguards show their youth, fitness and bodies beautiful, displaying themselves in the sun of a fine summer day. There is only one female member but some are standing on the wall while others are seated in deck chairs, a ladder seat or on the hot sand near three sexy girls are are sunning themselves near a railing. Wearing bikinis one is not asleep but eyeing-up some of the alpha-male specimens  on show wearing only red shorts. Meanwhile, holidaymakers walk past with ice-creams. It is a bright scene and obviously a busy time for these safety experts when tourists forever get themselves into danger in the sea and surf. Currents here make for a hazardous experience for those unable to swim out of trouble.
    england_beach04-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Birds in-flight blur across a landscape of the boating lake in Dulwich park, on 8th December 2020, in London, England.
    dulwich_park08-08-12-2020.jpg
  • Birds in-flight blur across a landscape of the boating lake in Dulwich park, on 8th December 2020, in London, England.
    dulwich_park07-08-12-2020.jpg
  • A lady presses the crossing signal in front of a question mark in the context of a billboard ad at East Dulwich, on 14th February 2019, in London, England.
    question_mark-02-14-02-2019.jpg
  • A question mark in the context of a billboard ad in East Dulwich, on 10th February 2019, in London, England.
    question_mark-04-12-02-2019.jpg
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