Show Navigation

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 242 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy.
    vesuvius454-29-05-2014.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death7-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Youths from inside London's Apple store look at the  makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death20-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death19-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death14-06-10-2011.jpg
  • A detail portrait of Apple's creator Steve Jobs at a  makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death11-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Locked donations box set in wall of St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
    catholic_church10-23-08-2010.jpg
  • At the foot of a tree located opposite the charred Pentagon building days after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington DC, children have made a makeshift memorial by placing a garland around the model of a military B52 bomber, a NASA space Shuttle,  portrait of a smiling president George W Bush and their own interpretation of the attacks on the Twin Towers - with airliners flying towards those symbols of capitalism.  Icons of American technology and patriotic success lie on the ground here beneath the tree near Arlington military Cemetery. In a show of unity, many of those gathered on the grass to view the damage done by terrorists worked for the government or defence organisations, their Hawkish rhetoric appearing to suggest heavy-handed retaliation on those held responsible.
    september11th006-27-09_2001.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy.
    vesuvius460-29-05-2014.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy.
    vesuvius451-29-05-2014.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine featuring Jesus and the Madonna, Naples, Italy.
    vesuvius20-29-05-2014.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine featuring Jesus and the Madonna, Naples, Italy.
    vesuvius08-29-05-2014.jpg
  • A memorial placed where young lawyer Alex Barlow died in a 2002 cycling accident on London Wall A1211, City of London..Supplied non-exclusive 26/3/12 to:.LouisaChadwick@leopardfilms.com.Leopard Films  .1-3 St Peters Street.Islington.London.N1 8JD.United Kingdom.+44 (0) 207 704 3300.+44 (0) 207 704 3301
    alex_barlow_memorial01-16-07-2002.jpg
  • An Apple fan uses an iPad2 to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death6-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Customers walk past the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Covent Garden, one of the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death23-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death21-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death10-06-10-2011.jpg
  • During a journey into America's hinterlands, days after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington DC, the streets between 66th and 67th Streets, in the heart of Manhattan's Upper East Side, was a point of focus for those with missing relatives who attached thousands of posters to walls with pictures and messages to loved-ones in the hope of being reunited. DNA samples were taken at the nearby Armory so human remains might be identified. Here, the coloured ink from desktop printers prints have streaked after rain soaked the posters leaving a sense of the tragic disappearance of thousands - a haunting detail of the missing and the dead. Emotions were therefore running high and we see the sad, rain-soaked messages, the faces of happy people and their physical descriptions and contacts numbers. In most cases, these people were never seen again..
    september11th014-18-09_2001.jpg
  • In the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii we see a fresco in the lararium where a shrine to Roman guardian spirits of the household was situated. Family members performed daily rituals here to guarantee their protection by these domestic spirits. The first two characters are the deeply venerated 'lares' (presumed sons of Mercury and Lara) depicted as two young men in dancing postures, holding drinking horns that guaranteed prosperity. In the centre is the 'genius'. She is another guardian and fertility spirit ensuring the family line (gens) would continue and she wears the 'toga praetexta', bordered in purple, the garment of high-ranking Roman magistrates. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, these frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of volcanic ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster...
    pompeii01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called ?Aiden? died in Prebend Street, London, England. If we just ignored 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: ?Champion among men, now a champion of angels/A star in the Heavens has been named in memory of Aiden.? 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.
    memorials017-05-07_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where ?Amy? died on the A27 near Binstead, Sussex, 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: ?To Amy (aged 14)/In my heart there is a picture worth more than silver and gold/it is a picture of my auntie Amy/whose memory will never grow old/Death comes so very quick/you never know when you?re going to be picked.? 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
    memorials014-05-07_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where murdered school boy Damilola Taylor died at Hordle Promenade, North Peckham Estate, London, 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: ?May your sweet little soul rest in perfect Peace/?Evil kids has took your life away (but your spirit is always with us).? 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 remberences..
    memorials013-30-11_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where two policemen called Tony and Mark died at A2 Shooters Hill, 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. Two read: ?Metropolitan Police Memo. With deep regrets/?C? team, Lewisham.? And "May God be with your families at this time.  From Custody.? 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 remberences.
    memorials012-11-04_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young Spanish schoolboy boy called 'Diego' died at Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "?Diego our friend, we are sorry you had to die like this.? ?School will never be the same without you.? 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 remberences.
    memorials011-10-05_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a man called Dennis died on the  A227 Coldharbour Lane, London, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "This was a good man." 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 remberences.
    memorials010-15-03_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young lawyer called Alex died on London Wall A1211, City of London, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "Missing you so very much at this time of year. Mum and Dad. 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.
    memorials009-16-07_2002.jpg
  • 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.
    memorials008-12-05_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where ?Sarah? died near the A29 in Pulborough, Sussex, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to there too with touching poems and dedications written by family and loved-ones. One reads: ?A little Angel lent, not given/to be born on earth/and grow in Heaven/We have lost a Princess, but gained an Angel/To take you so soon is tragic we know/but when Jesus calls, you just have to go." 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 lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on roadsides and cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials006-05-07_2000.jpg
  • This memorial has been placed where young men called Steve, Si and Sammy died on the A286 Easebourne, Sussex, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "?I am the lucky one - my son survived - I wish so much it had been all of them.? 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?
    memorials003-11-01_2001.jpg
  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy.
    vesuvius277-29-05-2014.jpg
  • A detail portrait of Apple's creator Steve Jobs at a  makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Covent Garden, one of the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death25-06-10-2011.jpg
  • A detail portrait of Apple's creator Steve Jobs at a  makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Covent Garden, one of the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death24-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Customers walk past the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Covent Garden, one of the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death22-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death18-06-10-2011.jpg
  • A londoner lays more flowers at the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death15-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death13-06-10-2011.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death12-06-10-2011.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a youth called ?Indian? died on Warner Road, Camberwell, 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: ?Yo Crucial/Wherever you are you are great.? 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
    memorials020-21-08_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where an unknown person died at Beulah Hill, London, England, UK. If we drove past 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. 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.
    memorials019-10-07_2001.jpg
  • 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.
    memorials018-01-02_2001.jpg
  • Memorials have been placed where a young man called 'Marurice' died on the A215 Walworth Road in 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 read: ?Top fella/Don't worry, I'll look after your sisters/May you and your family find true justive so your soul may rest in Peace.? 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 remberences.
    memorials021-30-05_2001.jpg
  • 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.
    memorials016-21-08_2001.jpg
  • In front of car ad billboards, a memorial has been placed where ?Jay? died on St George's Circus, 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: ?Everything you touched turned to gold? 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
    memorials015-30-05_2001.jpg
  • This memorial has been placed where a young man called 'Clinton' died on the A1206 Manchester Road, London, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "Your body is soft, not like street, Clinton." 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.
    memorials007-10-06_2002.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a fictitious TV character called Victor Meldrew was filmed being killed at Shawford Station, Hants, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "We don't want to win a million, we want Victor back!" 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 remberences.
    memorials005-21-11_2000.jpg
  • This memorial has been placed where a man called 'Lee' died on the A3130 Tickenham Road, Somerset, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "?Do not stand at my grave and weep/I am not there, I do not sleep.? ?I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in a circled flight.? 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.
    memorials004-02-02_2001.jpg
  • Fans use smartphones to photograph the makeshift shrine, where Londoners commemorate Apple's creator Steve Jobs the morning after hearing of his death overnight from pancreatic cancer  at the age of 56 on the 6th Oct 2011. This Apple Store in the capital's Regent's Street was the first to be built in Europe and serves as a flagship outlet for the stylish brand of computer accessories that were largely the brainchild of Jobs who started the company as a student in 1977.
    steveJobs_death17-06-10-2011.jpg
  • This memorial has been placed where a man called 'Andre,' died at Butterfly Walk, London, England, UK. If we drove past 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: "?Did you witness anyone leaving the area with bloodstained clothing?." 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 remberences.
    memorials002-24-08_2000.jpg
  • This memorial has been placed where a young man called Michael died beneath the TGV and Eurostar train overpass at Goussainville, France. If we drove past 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: ?Ses amis." 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.
    memorials001-27-07_2000.jpg
  • A passer-by stands next to a menu from a Chinese restaurant in Gerrard Street in London's Chinatown, England. The words Dim Sum Daily are displayed in neon lights above the person's head, its translated message is written on the top in Chinese characters. In the clear window we can see rows of Peking duck. It is early evening and the street is full of colour from the artificial lighting that creates an inviting mood for those browsing the menus on offer in this lively part of London's West End. The pedestrian is partly silhouetted and she stands in profile looking straight ahead as if ignoring what is on offer.
    electricity35.jpg
  • Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for accountants during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The people are either confidently pacing forward, standing still to seek guidance or simply spontaneously emerging from the shadows to a brighter future, a moment when freedom of choice is offered and the road ahead dictates their fate. It is a scene of corporate theatre and each employee will attend this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
    Ernst+Young_Academy123-21-09-2007 co...jpg
  • The menu on offer outside a Thai restaurant in central London. (Desaturated version).
    thai_menuCC02-03-10-2013.jpg
  • An unseen person's hand reaches from the corner of the picture to offer a chip (French fry) to a hovering seagull at Minehead on the Somerset coast, South-west England. Another younger person has turned around to see what is happening but is also holding up his hand to other birds  none of the others are accepting the free meal. The summer afternoon sky is filled with bird life but clear of clouds and is a deep coastal blue which echoes the reaching shirt sleeve.
    RB-0108.jpg
  • Days before the Queen's diamond Jubilee weekend, a display of patriotic flags and promotional sale offers of free bubbly adorn the window of a bedding shop in south London.
    golden_jubilee_shops16-30-05-2012.jpg
  • Days before the Queen's diamond Jubilee weekend, a display of patriotic flags and promotional sale offers of free bubbly adorn the window of a bedding shop in south London.
    golden_jubilee_shops17-30-05-2012.jpg
  • Filled with suits, jackets, trousers, and overcoats, the choices of mens' office worker clothes fill a shop front window belonging to Mr Byrite, a high-street clothes store chain in London England UK. Bargain sale prices for the items of clothing are all over the window display, offering discounts for £30, £40 or £60 and the mannequins used to wear these clothes either have bald-headed representations of men, or faceless white models wearing sun glasses. There is a sale of cheap items attracting young city men, far from traditional work attire, and more fashionable for the day.
    RB_074-16-02-1992.jpg
  • A Sale sign is seen surrounded by a red theme and light bulbs in the window of a central London street.
    sale_window02-28-02-2013.jpg
  • In the week before Chrsitmas, santa hats on sale outside a tourist trinket shop in London's West End. Each one can be bought for £2.99 or 4 for ten pounds. The colours of a Union jack flag is seen in the background.
    santa_hats01-17-12-2014.jpg
  • Lunchtime city workers queue for free coffee courtesy of The Economist magazine.
    coffee_queue02-13-08-2014.jpg
  • Lunchtime city workers queue for free coffee courtesy of The Economist magazine.
    coffee_queue01-13-08-2014.jpg
  • In Liverpool Street, London a man holds a sign promoting cookery lessons that leads to team building and teamwork,
    city_street10-07-02-2013.jpg
  • A mens' clothing shop advertises a final reduction sale..A Moss Bros (Moss Brothers - a string of formal dress hire shops in the UK) window of suits and shirts fill a mens' clothes shop near Liverpool Street Station in the City of London, UK. From the 'Windows' series.
    final_reductions.jpg
  • A menu of seminar room choices is placed near an entrance for those attending a counselling workshop held for employees at Prospect House, Borough, Southwark, London. Words like 'Visualise, Captivate, Innovate and Expand' are listed vertically on a perspex board as well as directions to amenities such as the toilet and an 'Internet Touchdown.' Soon, seminar participants will arrive for a day's role-playing and brainstorming in classrooms named after these concepts. Encouraging the students to be inspired by these verbs.
    ernst+young_counsillors48-18-09-2007.jpg
  • A menu of seminar room choices is placed near an entrance for those attending a counselling workshop held for employees at Prospect House, Borough, Southwark, London. Words like 'Visualise, Captivate, Innovate and Expand' are listed vertically on a perspex board as well as directions to amenities such as the toilet and an 'Internet Touchdown.' Soon, seminar participants will arrive for a day's role-playing and brainstorming in classrooms named after these concepts. Encouraging the students to be inspired by these verbs.
    ernst+young_counsillors48-18-09-2007.jpg
  • Christmas santa hats on a sunlit rack in a trinket shop on London's Oxford Street.
    christmas_hats03-16-12-2014.jpg
  • In Liverpool Street, London a man holds a sign promoting cookery lessons that leads to team building and teamwork,
    city_street08-07-02-2013.jpg
  • An individual is selling their flat privately for £10,000 + cash on the A202 Peckham Road. Without using an established high street estate agent (realtor) the owner called Nathan has left his own sign attached to railings outside a block of flats on this main road between Camberwell and Peckham in south London. He describes the property as a 2 bed apartment and unusually for London, complete with garage space.
    buy_my_flat1-18-August-2011.jpg
  • A menu of seminar rooms at a counselling workshop held for employees in Borough, Southwark.
    ernst+young_counsillors49-18-09-2007.jpg
  • One day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson successfully asked the Queen to suspend (prorogue) Parliament in order to manoeuvre his Brexit deal with the EU in Brussels, red roses are left attached by two Remainers at the railings of the Houses of Parliament where the statue of English Civil War military and political leader, Oliver Cromwell stands on 29th August 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_protest-02-29-08-2019.jpg
  • Priest raises wafer during Liturgy of the Eucharist Mass at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
    catholic_church80-24-08-2010.jpg
  • Bright colours of plastic flowers bouquet underneath shabby and decaying religious mural on Florence wall.
    florence_italy139-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Details of a small yacht on sale on the Thames estuary at Leigh creek in Old Leigh, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England.
    estuary_walk-09-10-09-2019.jpg
  • One day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson successfully asked the Queen to suspend (prorogue) Parliament in order to manoeuvre his Brexit deal with the EU in Brussels, red roses are left attached by two Remainers at the railings of the Houses of Parliament where the statue of English Civil War military and political leader, Oliver Cromwell stands on 29th August 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_protest-04-29-08-2019.jpg
  • One day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson successfully asked the Queen to suspend (prorogue) Parliament in order to manoeuvre his Brexit deal with the EU in Brussels, red roses are left attached by two Remainers at the railings of the Houses of Parliament where the statue of English Civil War military and political leader, Oliver Cromwell stands on 29th August 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_protest-03-29-08-2019.jpg
  • One day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson successfully asked the Queen to suspend (prorogue) Parliament in order to manoeuvre his Brexit deal with the EU in Brussels, red roses are left attached by two Remainers at the railings of the Houses of Parliament where the statue of English Civil War military and political leader, Oliver Cromwell stands on 29th August 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    brexit_protest-01-29-08-2019.jpg
  • Tourists in matching hats are propositioned by a tour bus rep on London Bridge, on 22nd Martch 2019, in the City of London, England.
    tourist_hats-01-22-03-2019.jpg
  • Saints at Säben Abbey, 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_convent02-15-07-2015.jpg
  • Saints at Säben Abbey, 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_convent01-15-07-2015.jpg
  • Sprayed writing on a closed recession business window.
    last_day01-31-05-2012.jpg
  • Sale sign and mannequin in London's Regent Street clothing shop window
    shoes_sale01-20-01-2011.jpg
  • Priest raises chalice and paten during Liturgy of the Eucharist Mass at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London.
    catholic_church83-24-08-2010.jpg
  • Bright colours of plastic flowers bouquet underneath shabby and decaying religious mural on Florence wall.
    florence_italy138-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Mannequin of Santa Claus peers between Sale signs in garden retail centre in north Somerset.
    christmas_sale02-27-12-2010.jpg
  • Local Christian women say prayers and make offerings at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt216-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Nike trainers on the ancient Olympia's start line. A tourist crouches on the original marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics was among the woodland of Ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad will echo both what was great and horrid about the past.
    The Home Coming01 RBA.jpg
  • While young Egyptian girls joke among themselves, older Christian women say prayers and make offerings at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt217-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Fallen Ionic and Doric columns lay in the undergrowth at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and in the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery here. These fluted columns that date to about 400BC that now lie in the shade were originally piled on top of each other to construct - among other buildings too - the Temple of Zeus. There, the athletes made offerings to Nike, the Goddess of Victory before going out to compete in the many sports. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
    greek_olympiad004-20-10_2003.jpg
  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
    greek_olympiad005-20-10_2003.jpg
  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad001-20-10_2003.jpg
  • A Racing Post vendor looks over to a young woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat on Ladies' Day during Royal Ascot, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar, on 18th June 1992, in London, England. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe’s best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_women2-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Garden table and chairs are tidily propped up awaiting its owners to return to the grassy car park from the races during Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. Cans of lager, a fruit bowl and some Pringles hint at the snacks already eaten. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races09-21-06-1993.jpg
  • A couple just off the train from Waterloo are en-route to Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. Not looking particularly happy to have arrived, two elderly women look at the clothes worn including the man's top hat and tails. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races08-21-06-1993.jpg
  • Two young women walk in a breeze towards the entrance gates to Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. Both dressed in beige browns and with wide-brimmed hats that are about to blow off, they walk with wide smiles. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races05-21-06-1993.jpg
  • Two women dressed in bright pink sit on a station bench en-route to Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. A man with top hat and tails sits reading a newspaper with a Wimbledon tennis news headline on the back page, Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races06-21-06-1993.jpg
  • A gentleman buys an edition of the Evening Standard newspaper outside the gates of the Ascot racecourse on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. The headline 'Maxwells Arrested' refers to the sons of media tycoon Robert Maxwell whose suspicious death triggered fraud allegations to his newspaper empire. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races03-21-06-1993.jpg
  • An aerial view of crowds of racegoers on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. Top-hatted gentlemen and women in posh frocks gather before the next race, planning which horses to back. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races02-21-06-1993.jpg
  • A car-load of women travel towards Ascot in a rented limousine on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. With wide-brimmed hats taking up space in the low-roofed executive car, the ladies look excited at a day of horse racing and bubbly. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races04-21-06-1993.jpg
  • Girlfriends eagerly await the opening by one woman of a bottle of bubbly, en-route by train to Ascot racecourse  on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. The hats are wide-brimmed and the pinks are bright in this first class carriage with an old fashioned corridor. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races07-21-06-1993.jpg
  • Seen from above, we see top-hatted gents discussing business or racing on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot racing week. From our aerial perspective we see their suits and carnation button-holes and racing cards on which details of runners and riders are listed. The name of Major Michael Young is on one man's name badge. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and English social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting. There are sixteen group races on offer, with at least one Group One event on each of the five days. The Gold Cup is on Ladies' Day on the Thursday. There is over £3 million of prize money on offer.
    ascot_races01-21-06-1993.jpg
  • During a journey into America's hinterlands, days after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington DC, eccentric New Yorkers gather at the city's Armory to offer help and support by handing our fluffy bunnies to passers-by. The streets between 66th and 67th Streets, in the heart of Manhattan's Upper East Side, DNA samples were taken at the Armory so human remains might be identified. It was therefore a point of focus for those with missing relatives who attached thousands of posters to walls with pictures and messages to loved-ones in the hope of being reunited. Emotions were running high and many citizens offered spiritual aide such as food and drink. In outpourings of grief, anger and patriotic rhetoric, flags were flown as never before as  America sought to express their emotions and unity..
    september11th013-19-09_2001.jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Richard Baker Photography

  • Archive
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Portfolio
  • About
  • Contact
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Blog