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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
  • 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
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners02-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Aerial view through scaffolding of the of the Gdansk shipyard, from a high gantry overlooking ships, Gdansk, Poland.
    gdansk_shipyard06-03-09-2007.jpg
  • An employee of Cyprea Marine Foods fillets freshly-caught  yellow fin tuna fish at the company's refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan workers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
    maldives93-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners03-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners05-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Clubbing to death an adult yellow fin tuna on the blue deck of a traditional dhoni fishing boat on the Indian Ocean, Maldives
    maldives316-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Seen through a front window of a bar on the Clerkenwell Road, a bald-headed workman tightens screws on a picture frame, on 29th July 2019, in London, England
    window_workman-01-29-07-2019.jpg
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners06-26-10-2020.jpg
  • English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
    oyster10-04-1994.jpg
  • Ex-Tsunami fishermen processing yellow fin tuna at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives.
    maldives91-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Two employees of Cyprea Marine Foods fillet freshly-caught  yellow fin tuna fish at the company's refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan workers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
    maldives89-12-11-2007.jpg
  • A Sri Lankan Airlines cargo inspector checks an aircraft container of tuna fish on a harbour quay before loading.
    maldives422-15-11-2007.jpg
  • Outdoor decorator stands with roller in evening sunshine near hilltop cottage wall in hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, Skye
    9999-RPB59-alan_squires31-28-09-2007.jpg
  • A building worker grinds steel caging on a construction project site in Milton Keynes, UK. Bending down to ground level, the workman touches his grinder to cut the steel structure into the required size and shape, destined to be covered in reinforced concrete for this generic construction project. Sparks fly up though the worker wears no protection gear against burns from the hot sparks.
    90s_construction-18-05-1994.jpg
  • Workers with City of London street contractor Amey, load plastic bags of litter and waste into their van outside the Bank of England, on 3rd September 2018, in London England. Amey PLC provides street cleansing and waste collection services on behalf of the City of London Corporation, along with bespoke total waste management solutions to businesses in and around the City of London. Amey's workforce of 19,000 works across four continents – making us a leading supplier of consulting and infrastructure support services both in the UK and internationally.
    bank_triangle-09-03-09-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-28-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Processing yellow fin tuna at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives.
    maldives103-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Decorator rolls emulsion paint in warm evening sunshine on to hilltop cottage wall in hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, Skye
    9999-RPB59-alan_squires73-28-09-2007.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher09-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher08-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-42-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-27-09-02-2018.jpg
  • A young apprentice stop near the top of a city centre chimney during a steeplejack course in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Using an elaborate system of harnesses and pulleys, the young lad is learning the skills to work safely and efficiently at dangerous heights and the town stretches below. Sponsored training is offered through the Steeplejack Industry Training Group Association and CITB-ConstructionSkills for young people aged 16. Applicants for this scheme will have to pass aptitude tests, literary and Maths assessments, and problem solving. Each year, the Steeplejack Industry Training Group and CITB-ConstructionSkills offer 12 places on training courses for trainee steeplejacks and 12 places for trainee Lightning Conductor Engineers.
    steeplejacks02-17-03-1993.jpg
  • It is dawn in Calcutta, West Bengal, India and on the West bank of the Hooghly River the sun is rising from across the Howrah Bridge. The working day is beginning for this pedestrian seen carrying a large, heavy tank full of liquids, possibly on his way to market or a shop in Central Calcutta. Steady, he balances it weight though he can barely stretch up to grip the carrying handles. The bridge's engineering stretches across the water as the humanity cross to their businesses and markets. The British-built bridge is one of three on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. Bearing the daily weight of approximately 150,000 vehicles and 4,000,000 pedestrians. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in the world. The Hooghly River is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River.
    RB_060-18-11-1996.jpg
  • A chunk of prime yellow fin tuna fish steak lies after filleting on a table in a processing factory on the island of Himmafushi, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and having just been line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been encased in ice since being landed at sea to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan butchers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
    maldives120-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Rosettes and sheep competition mementoes adorn the wall and mantlepiece of champion breeder Vic Bull's crofting bungalow home overlooking Loch Bay, Waternish, Isle of Skye Scotland. Afternoon sunlight pours through a front window into his living room which serves as a shrine to the Sheep. Having already refused a half million Pounds for his house and spectacular view high up on a hill, he prefers to breed his beloved Blackface sheep which he shows only twice a year at local competitions in the Dunvegan area and the prizes and awards are proof of his success. Vic now lives alone rearing his livestock with four sheepdogs for training and company. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008..
    9999-RPB59-vic_bull03-28-09-2007.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher12-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher14-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher06-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A machine operator gives the standard hand signal to a crane driver from inside enclosed equipment cleaning the stone work surfaces of an address in Aldwych WC2, on 2nd May 2019, in London, England.
    building_cleaners-02-02-05-2019.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-25-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-23-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-21-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-17-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-11-09-02-2018.jpg
  • In early morning light shines over Victorian cobbles, a rubbish collector checks the contents of bins at the Tower of London.
    london_time09-03-09-2008.jpg
  • Hosing down a freshly-killed line caught yellow fin tuna fish on the blue deck of a traditional dhoni fishing boat, Maldives
    maldives286-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Warm evening sunshine casts shadow of decorator and his roller on hilltop cottage wall in hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, Skye
    9999-RPB59-alan_squires07-28-09-2007.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher13-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A workman carries lightweight aluminium stepladders and a copy of the Evening Standard, on 3rd September 2018, in London England.
    bank_triangle-12-03-09-2018.jpg
  • Construction workers carry on the development at Nine Elms, Battersea, during the second lockdown of the UK's Coronavirus pandemic, when all but essential retailers and businesses remain shut according to the government's restriction rules, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    nine_elms05-13-11-2020.jpg
  • Members of the local parish community attend a churchyard market, an event helping raise funds outside the Church of St. Michael, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_church02-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher07-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leads Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-30-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Workman bends into hole behind industrial screen in Florence street.
    florence_italy26-22-10-2010.jpg
  • The tail and sharp barbs of a freshly-caught yellow fin tuna fish lies inert on a filleting table at a refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcass has been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed at sea to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The filleting is performed by Sri Lankan ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw the rest.
    maldives98-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Construction workers carry on the development at Nine Elms, Battersea, during the second lockdown of the UK's Coronavirus pandemic, when all but essential retailers and businesses remain shut according to the government's restriction rules, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    nine_elms06-13-11-2020.jpg
  • A contract street cleaner pushes a laden bin trolley beneath the tall columns of St Paul's Cathedral, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
    st_paul's_cleaner01-05-10-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher05-10-08-2020.jpg
  • On the day that the UK death rate during the Coronavirus pandemic surpasses 40,000, including almost 10,000 care home residents, the highest rate in Europe, workmen clear a brownfield site next to a mural created by the anonymous street artist known as 'Artful Dodger' (after Charles Dickens's pickpocket character in Oliver Twist), of a Muslim NHS (National Heath Service) nurse wearing a surgical face mask, at Elephant & Castle in south London, on 121th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Elephant&Castle-03-12-05...jpg
  • Local schoolchildren watch Irish ploughman Tom Nixon leading Shire horses Nobby and Heath as they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
    ruskin_shires-61-09-02-2018.jpg
  • Young apprentices climb ladders to the top of a tall chimney during a steeplejack course in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Climbing together, the youths haul themselves up a series of ladders to reach the top. Sponsored training is offered through the Steeplejack Industry Training Group Association and CITB-ConstructionSkills for young people aged 16. Applicants for this scheme will have to pass aptitude tests, literary and Maths assessments, and problem solving. Each year, the Steeplejack Industry Training Group and CITB-ConstructionSkills offer 12 places on training courses for trainee steeplejacks and 12 places for trainee Lightning Conductor Engineers.
    steeplejacks01-17-03-1993.jpg
  • 1,890 meters (6,200 feet) above sea level and surrounded by lush tea plantations in Sri Lanka's Hill Country district of Nuwara Eliya, women tea pickers bend over trees to harvest Ceylon tea leaves that are taken to the white building on the left for processing. A carpet of velvety green tea bushes stretch into the far distance. This is the heart of the island's tea industry but was a pleasure retreat of the European planters due to its temperate English climate that produces the finest leaves for the country's economy. Teas from this highest region are described as the champagne of Ceylon teas. The leaf is gathered all year round but the finest teas are made from that plucked in January and February. The best teas of the area give a rich, golden, excellent quality liquor that is smooth, bright, and delicately perfumed.
    tea_picking04-12-1980.jpg
  • An engineer working underground during construction of the Heathrow Express train project on behalf of Heathrow airport operator BAA (British Airport Authority), London England. While standing erect, he twists a high-tension tool that secures the concrete sleepers to the steel rails using a Pandrol Clip. The tunnel snakes its way into the distance behind him, lit by temporary lighting on the 5-mile tunnel wall. Its sections are reinforced concrete, shaped for the Heathrow Express electric Siemens-built trains that provide a direct link between Heathrow's terminals and Paddington station in central London. This is now the most expensive rail-mile fare in the UK at £15.50 for a 15-minute journey. In 1994 one tunnel collapsed without warning in one of the most catastrophic civil engineering disasters in British history.
    RB_012-26-03-1997.jpg
  • A General Electric advertisement above a cleaner and pilot near security departure gate at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport1660-24-08-2009.jpg
  • Plumber Pauline Brown in a flat conversion..Pauline Brown lies across the floor in a converted Hackney council flat bathroom... .
    Women_Plumbers016_RBA.jpg
  • Hosing down a freshly-killed line caught yellow fin tuna fish on the blue deck of a traditional dhoni fishing boat, Maldives
    maldives280-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Ex-Tsunami fishermen processing yellow fin tuna at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives.
    maldives88-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Seen through a front window of a bar on the Clerkenwell Road, a bald-headed workman tightens screws on a picture frame, on 29th July 2019, in London, England
    window_workman-03-29-07-2019.jpg
  • A manual labourer passes-by the a head of English playright William Shakespeare whose bust is sunlit in a London shop window.
    shakespeare6-18-10-2011.jpg
  • A glazier carries new glass panes from his van outside British couturier Margaret Howell's Wigmore Street studio
    margaret howell (shop)58-04-07-2007.jpg
  • A chamber maid's trolley with cleaning supplies and equipment stands idle in the corridor of a Paris hotel.
    lambermont-biscuits01.jpg
  • With blood and guts on the blue deck, a fisherman from the Maldives hoses down a yellow fin tuna on the floor of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. After clubbing it death, he has removed its respiratory organs with sharp knives and washes it down with a hose. Next it will be plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught (often weighing 50kg) before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
    maldives281-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Fishermen from the Maldives haul aboard a yellow fin tuna to the deck of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. The tuna has been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth but after being dragged up with hooks, the 50kg fish will be clubbed to death by smashing its skull with repeated blows. Next it will be gutted efficiently with sharp knives and immediately plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
    maldives298-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners04-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners08-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Seen through a front window of a bar on the Clerkenwell Road, a bald-headed workman tightens screws on a picture frame, on 29th July 2019, in London, England
    window_workman-02-29-07-2019.jpg
  • With orange sparks falling away below, a shipbuilder welds while standing on a scaffolding gantry on the hull of a large German ferry at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the worker wears a protective hood on his head. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
    gdansk_shipyard11-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Seen from St Catherine's Church in the old city of Gdansk, Poland, the famously sprawling shipyard is seen from across the city's old housing and trees. Once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
    gdansk_shipyard09-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Two shipbuilders chat beneath the heavy lifting cranes at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the two men in the foreground and those behind, wear bright yellow hard hats, protecting them from steel edges and rusting machinery. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
    gdansk_shipyard07-03-09-2007.jpg
  • A shipbuilder wearing a face mask, leans through the incomplete window belonging to the superstructure of a large German ferry at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work. His overalls are torn from jagged steel edges and his skin is dirty. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today the city of Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • Processing yellow fin tuna at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives.
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  • Ex-Tsunami fishermen processing yellow fin tuna at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives
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  • A fisherman from the Maldives clubs to death a yellow fin tuna on the deck of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. Using a handmade instrument of death, carved from beach flotsam, the man raises his hands to again bring the club down on the dying fish whose skull has already been smashed by repeated blows. Next it will be gutted efficiently with sharp knives and immediately plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
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  • A team of employees of Cyprea Marine Foods fillet freshly-caught yellow fin tuna fish at the company's refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth, just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan workers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
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  • Wearing a company wastecoat and blue rubber gloves, the uniform of a Holiday Inn employee, a man of Black ethnicity bends forward to wipe the glass revolving doors at the entrance of this hotel in Paris. Nearby is the man's trolley containing janitorial cleaning products such as a mop and bucket, towels, cloth rolls, atomiser sprays, detergents and tissues needed to maintain the high standards of this motel chain. Coincidentally, a customer is also bending down to re-arrange something in her baggage and leaning at the same angle as the cleaner.
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  • A workman drags works barriers across the road on Westminster Bridge on a wet, rainy day opposite the Palaces of Westminster, on 21st October 2020, in London, England.
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  • A middle-aged man carefully delivers boxes across a road junction in the City of London.
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  • Pedestrians and workmen cross Westminster Bridge on a wet, rainy day opposite the Palaces of Westminster, on 21st October 2020, in London, England.
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  • A welder joins wire cages with an oxy-acetylene torch for precast concrete pipework at Hanson construction factory, Dallas.
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  • Construction workers carry on the development at Nine Elms, Battersea, during the second lockdown of the UK's Coronavirus pandemic, when all but essential retailers and businesses remain shut according to the government's restriction rules, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • Two workmen from a nearby construction site carry some sheets of plasterboard in Westminster, on 20th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Members of Operation Centaur lead Shire horses Nobby and Heath before they plough an on-going heritage wheat-growing area in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the borough of Southwark, on 9th February 2018, in London, England. The Friends of Ruskin Park are again growing heritage wheat and crops together with the Friends of Brixton Windmill and Brockwell Bake Association. Shire horses are descended from the medieval warhorse but are a breed under threat. Operation Centaur, which maintains the last working herd of Shires in London is dedicated to the protection and survival of the breed. It is an organization set up to promote the relevance of the horse as a contemporary working animal in partnership with humans. This takes the form of heritage skills in conservation and agriculture, transportation, discovery, learning and therapy.
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  • Using the Ball Mat Flooring System, below economy class flooring, a cargo handler manhandles a container of freight in the hold of a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A340
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  • The head of a freshly-caught yellow fin tuna fish lies inert on a filleting table at a refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcass has been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The filleting is performed by Sri Lankan ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
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  • Members of the local parish community attend a churchyard market, an event helping raise funds outside the Church of St. Michael, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • On the day that the UK death rate during the Coronavirus pandemic surpasses 40,000, including almost 10,000 care home residents, the highest rate in Europe, workmen clear a brownfield site next to a mural created by the anonymous street artist known as 'Artful Dodger' (after Charles Dickens's pickpocket character in Oliver Twist), of a Muslim NHS (National Heath Service) nurse wearing a surgical face mask, at Elephant & Castle in south London, on 121th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • A machine operator gives a hand signal to a crane driver from inside enclosed equipment cleaning the stone work surfaces of an address in Aldwych WC2, on 2nd May 2019, in London, England.
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  • Processing uncut yellow fin tuna steak at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives.
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  • Shoppers walk past an NHS (National Health Service) bus shelter ad on the King's Road during the second lockdown of the UK's Coronavirus pandemic, when all but essential retailers and businesses remain shut according to the government's restriction rules, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • As the UK reacts to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement of Lockdown 2 during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, a construction workman stretches green neting along Waterloo Bridge that crosses the Thames river, on 2nd November 2020, in London, England. From midnight on Thursday, all non-essential shops, bars, restaurants and other small businesses will have to closed, according to government Covid restrictions - and for a minimum of 4 weeks in the run-up to Christmas.
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  • Members of the local parish community attend a churchyard market, an event helping raise funds outside the Church of St. Michael, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • Members of the local parish community attend a churchyard market, an event helping raise funds outside the Church of St. Michael, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_church01-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Members of the local parish community attend a churchyard market, an event helping raise funds outside the Church of St. Michael, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_church03-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
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  • Meat industry workers deliver pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher03-10-08-2020.jpg
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