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  • Helium-filled pastel-coloured brthday party balloons tied to railings in exclusive property in Belgravia's Eaton Place, London
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  • Immaculate columns and pillars frontage of the exclusive classically-designed Victorian property at 100 Eaton Square
    belgravia001-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Ornate iron railings and their shadows outside exclusive property in Belgravia's Wilbraham Place SW1, London
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  • Graffiti has been sprayed in red with aerosol on the wall of an estate agent in Herne Hill, South London England. "Homes for the Homeless, not Yuppies" it reads along with the Anarchists' Circle-A symbol, meaning that housing should be made available for families needing a roof over their heads, rather than overpricing properties for the middle-classes buying for profit and investment. We see the writing on the wall beneath pictures in windows of houses and flats in the SE24 area where prices are posted along with details of the buildings. The house-buying market climbs according to demand in areas of the city such as this, forcing up values which are out of reach to ordinary, working people unable to climb the property ladder.
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  • A young family walk gloomily past property Sold signs in a street at Grays, Essex England. Passing the prominent signs that bear the name of Quirk Deakin, a local estate agent in the industrial towns of south Essex and the Thames Gateway, is the location for dramatic increases of new housing developments. Both the parents and their daughter look depressed in this time of economic recession, when families are having their homes repossessed after defaulting on mortgage repayments. It is a bright summer day in Grays, east of the capital, just outside of the M25 orbital motorway and on the Thames river.
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  • Having packed nearly all their possessions into a removal company's truck, a family have left this terraced house apart from a telephone that sits on the carpet in the middle of the carpet, on a ground floor home in Herne Hill, South London England UK. The family have taken the precaution of using a professional removal company, rather than trying to move themselves,  and we see a yellow storage van parked outside in the street ready to drive  the house's contents to the new property. This family home is now empty awaiting its new occupants who will soon arrive with their own items.
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  • Single pedestrian is about to enter a property in the quiet one-way Godfrey Street off King's Road, Chelsea, SW3
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  • Ornate iron railings and their shadows outside exclusive property in Belgravia's Wilbraham Place SW1, London
    belgravia062-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Immaculate columns and pillars frontage of the exclusive classically-designed Victorian property at 100 Eaton Square
    belgravia004-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Immaculate columns and pillars frontage of the exclusive classically-designed Victorian property at 100 Eaton Square
    belgravia002-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Helium-filled pastel-coloured brthday party balloons tied to railings in exclusive property in Belgravia's Eaton Place, London
    belgravia031-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Immaculate and identical white-painted properties and ornamental lamp post in exclusive Wellington Square, SW1
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  • Housing properties are displayed in a South London estate agent's window with surrounding steet and houses reflected in window
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  • Handsome red brick architecture of Victorian properties in Wilbraham Place, London's Belgravia, SW1
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  • Resident arrives home under immaculate Doric columns of the classic Victorian properties in Eaton Square Belgravia, SW1
    belgravia021-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Immaculate frontage with columns and pillars of the classically-designed Victorian properties in Eaton Square Belgravia, SW1
    belgravia010-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Handsome red brick architecture of Victorian properties in D'Oyley Street, London's Belgravia, SW1
    belgravia068-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Handsome red brick architecture of Victorian properties in Wilbraham Place, London's Belgravia, SW1
    belgravia093-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Immaculate and identical white-painted properties and ornamental lamp post in exclusive Wellington Square, SW1
    belgravia103-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Identical white-painted properties and ornamental fountain with central garden area in exclusive Wellington Square SW1
    belgravia099-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Window cleaner stands on ledge of handsome red brick Victorian properties in D'Oyley Street, London's Belgravia, SW1
    belgravia071-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Immaculate frontage with columns and pillars of the classically-designed Victorian properties in Eaton Square Belgravia, SW1
    belgravia023-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Immaculate frontage with columns and pillars of the classically-designed Victorian properties in Eaton Square Belgravia, SW1
    belgravia008-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Looking up towards majestically tall 100 year-old mature Ash trees and blue skies, the sun glints off a window pane in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beauitiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A couple are walking their dogs past an elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
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  • An arrow pointing to the You Are Here location on a map  of Baildon Green near Shipley and Bradford, showing the streets, roads and landmarks of this Yorkshire village.
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  • An arrow pointing to the You Are Here location on a map of Bradford's University, showing the campus streets, roads, buildings and landmarks of this Yorkshire college.
    you_are_here08-08-05-2009.jpg
  • Outdoor decorator stands with roller in evening sunshine near hilltop cottage wall in hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, Skye
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  • Trunk of an Ash tree in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, London.<br />
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A limited edition (6 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • Early evening lights glow from windows of Edwardian era semi-detached houses with 100 year-old mature ash trees Westminster and city behind, SE24
    ernst+young_counsillors71-09-02-2008...jpg
  • Barbara Christie sits reading in her conservatory of Swordale House overlooking Beinn Na Caillich nr Broadford, Isle of Skye.
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  • Young girl and mother tying birthday party balloons to railings of their immaculate house in Belgravia, London.
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  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
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  • Active retired pensioner measures and cuts roofing felt in his cottage garage before winter arrives on the Isle of Skye
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  • 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..
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  • Bent rubbish bins in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
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  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity243-20-01-2008 .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
  • 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
  • Bent rubbish bins in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
    ernst+young_counsillors66-09-02-2008...jpg
  • The last light of day fades on the still waters of Sgeir Nam Biast, a bay overlooking Waternish Headland, near Dunvegan, north-west Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands. A solitary light bulb glows from an upstairs room in this isolated cottage across the calm lake. The weather is perfect but unusual for one of the wildest parts of Britain. Farming practices have changed irreversably in a generation and many residents have English accents rather than that of native Scots islanders as city dwellers from the far south seek an alternative to urban lifestyles. The weather can have adverse effects on those unprepared for such wild conditions, especially during harsh winters when violent storms batter these Atlantic coasts. But old crofts have been converted to bed and breakfast homes, catering for tourist visitors who adore this form of idyllic escapism....
    9999-RPB59-loch_bay_house07-28-09-20...jpg
  • An electricity pylon is seen through a bedroom window where a pillow
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  • A fluffy 'Home Sweet Home' embroidered cushion is placed on a pink bedspread at the Roskhill guesthouse, Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-home_pillow04-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Active retired pensioner carefully bends to aligns new tiles on roof of his cottage before winter arrives on the Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-mike_kirkland23-28-09-200...jpg
  • A map of the Gloucestershire village of Cricklade showing where visitors reading this map are situated in the High Street of this village on the narrows River Thames that eventually flows to London. Cricklade is a small town in north Wiltshire in England on the Thames, situated midway between Swindon and Cirencester and near the river's source at Lechlade.
    you_are_here04-16-04-2009.jpg
  • An arrow pointing to the You Are Here location on a map of Bradford city centre, showing the streets, roads and landmarks of this Yorkshire town.
    you_are_here07-08-05-2009.jpg
  • Trunk of a  100 year-old mature Ash tree in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
    ernst+young_counsillors68-09-02-2008...jpg
  • Classic Aston Martin DB5 is parked outside the exclusive number 46, Chester Square SW1 in London's Belgravia.
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  • Early evening lights glow from windows of Edwardian era semi-detached houses with 100 year-old mature ash trees and Westminster and city behind, SE24
    ernst+young_counsillors69-09-02-2008...jpg
  • A bright window light shines across the still Loch Bay from Lochbay Boathouse, a remote house at Stein, Waternish Point on the Isle of Skye. Lochbay Boathouse is a unique seaside house. It sits on the shore of Lochbay, on the Waternish peninsula, a few miles from Dunvegan, in the north-west of Skye. Built in the early 19th Century with thick walls of local stone, it was originally the boathouse for the Waternish Estate. In the early 1970's it was converted into a house by the singer Donovan and now combines modern comfort with the character of an unmistakably old building.
    9999-RPB59-loch_bay_house06-28-09-20...jpg
  • Barbara Christie, 58, sits alone in her conservatory at Swordale House overlooking Beinn Na Caillich (The Hill of the Old Woman) mountain. It is nearly dark at this northern latitude and it looks cosy inside this house with its warm and inviting lights. Barbara's father built this family home and she has lived in this house all her life apart from when studying in Edinburgh many years ago. It sits on a tiny road near Broadford on the Isle of Skye, beneath the magnificent hill whose myth goes back to a Norse Princess saga. Barbara sits in the more recent addition to the house, a conservatory that she enjoys sitting and reading away from her Summer Bed and Breakfast guests. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Pretty remote valley farm cottage sits in the secluded Cotswolds Bagpath valley, Gloucestershire.
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  • Pensioner Barbara Dowling sips tea views an electricity pylon from the warm kitchen of her North Somerset home.
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  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity248-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity252-22-01-2008 .jpg
  • A bright window light shines across the still Loch Bay from Lochbay Boathouse, a remote house at Stein, Waternish Point on the Isle of Skye. Lochbay Boathouse is a unique seaside house. It sits on the shore of Lochbay, on the Waternish peninsula, a few miles from Dunvegan, in the north-west of Skye. Built in the early 19th Century with thick walls of local stone, it was originally the boathouse for the Waternish Estate. In the early 1970's it was converted into a house by the singer Donovan and now combines modern comfort with the character of an unmistakably old building.
    9999-RPB59-loch_bay_house09-28-09-20...jpg
  • Barbara Christie sits reading in her conservatory of Swordale House overlooking Beinn Na Caillich nr Broadford, Isle of Skye.
    9999-RPB59-christies_house15-27-09-2...jpg
  • Decorator and part-time chimney sweep Alan Squires prepares to apply another coat of emulsion paint to the exterior walls of a cottage called Burnside in the tiny hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, on the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands. With his shadow looming large on the newly-painted off-white pebbledash that is rendered a warm orange in the low sunlight, Alan walks with his long roller after a day's decorating in this beautiful place near Dunvegan. Alan is an Englishman who came to Skye in 1987 for the community spirit. "everybody knows everybody' he says though admits that southerners come from the south in search of an idyllic lifestyle but harsh winters often send them back to warmer climates. Alain's fresh paint therefore needs to dry before winter weather blows in from the Atlantic. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
    9999-RPB59-alan_squires68-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Across the calm waters of a Scottish bay, isolated houses and crofts sit before the dramatic Cuillin Mountains that rise up in the distance on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sunlight from unusually fine weather spreads across this beautiful landscape seen from the road to Dunvegan, near the hamlet of Harlosh. Farming practices have changed irreversably in a generation and many southerners have English accents rather than that of native Scots islanders as city dwellers from the far south seek an alternative to urban lifestyles. The weather can have adverse effects on those unprepared for such wild conditions, especially during harsh winters when violent storms batter these Atlantic coasts. But old crofts have been converted to bed and breakfast homes, catering for tourist visitors who adore this form of idyllic escapism.
    9999-RPB59-scotland39-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Immaculate railings and heavy gloss-painted doorway of flat number 62a in exclusive Eaton Square, Belgravia.
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  • Immaculate railings and heavy gloss-painted doorway of flat number 62a in exclusive Eaton Square, Belgravia.
    belgravia110-26-04-2008.jpg
  • Warm evening sunshine casts shadow of painter and decorator on hilltop cottage wall in hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, Skye
    9999-RPB59-alan_squires70-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Against orange evening light, a forest of high-rise cranes stand upright at the masive Canary Wharf development on London's Docklands, England. It is early evening and the crane drivers have left for the day, the day's shift have stopped work before resuming tomorrow. The silhouetted lines of each structure stand out clearly against the skyline before the regeneration of this region of East London grows upward. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the office of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape.
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Scaffolding equipment and flower bed during renovation work at a block of flats in the property's garden.
    scaffolding_flowers03-19-08-2010.jpg
  • Smoke has been discovered in the basement of a shop in Market Street, Newport town centre, south Wales. We look down into a dark hole where two fire fighters - one of which is a senior officer, with two stripes on his helmet - have gone down a ladder to find the source of the smoke while wearing breathing apparatus (BA) as a precaution.  While looking up they discuss the possibilities of a seat of fire elsewhere so they talk to their colleagues who crouch over the open floor of the business who dialled 999 for the fire brigade to attend this incident. It is 1984 and the firemens' equipment looks dated, during an era when uniform material was not of a high fire-retardant specification and nor were their helmets which went through important design changes.
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  • Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, a traditional thatcher lays water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage in afternoon sun, on 16th August 1993, in Suffolk, England. He uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates.
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  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, traditional thatcher lays straw on a barn roof in Suffolk, England. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun
    thatchers-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Villagers work on land in a rural Slovenian village shrine, on 20th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • A Northumbrian hunting seat is located at the top of ladders, leaning against a pine tree, on 25th September 2017, in Rothbury, Northumberland, England.
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  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
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  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-05-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-04-25-05-2020.jpg
  • Stepladders seen in a still vacant office space in the City of London, UK.
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  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-09-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-07-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-06-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A building worker bends and attends to a panel while converting a high-street shop in London's Covent Garden.
    building_work03-17-08-2010.jpg
  • A building worker bends and attends to a panel while converting a high-street shop in London's Covent Garden.
    building_work01-17-08-2010.jpg
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