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  • Hidden in a wooden hut, a group of bird-spotting ornithologists peer through binoculars at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) rreserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex England. Watching dozens of wintering birds, the group are intensely looking through their optical equipment in anticipation of seeing rare breeds at this Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a wetland alongside the River Thames, 20 miles from Central London. A narrow slit is open to keep them hidden from sight so leaning on elbows and with a guide sheet in front to identify particular species, they concentrate on their hobby. The RSPB has 200 nature reserves covering almost 130,000 hectares, home to 80% of Britain's rarest or most threatened bird species. Its role is to speak out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten the environment.
    electricity385-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Using binoculars to sight yellow fin tuna on the upper deck aboard a traditional dhoni fishing boat on the Indian Ocean, Maldives
    maldives244-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Shipping spotters train binoculars on a Hapag-Lloyd container cargo ship navigating downstream on the River Thames.
    river_business351-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • Camouflaged birdspotters peer through binoculars for wildlife at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex
    electricity367-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Daily information board and wildlife film provided for RSPB bird ornithologists at Rainham Marshes, reserve.
    electricity389-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • The cargo ship "CMA CGM Turkey" eases past two elderly shipping spotters who log its details on the River Thames
    river_business375-12-02-2008 .jpg
  • A lookout scans the horizon for tuna fish aboard a traditional Maldivian dhoni fishing boat on calm waters of the Indian Ocean
    maldives307-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Birdspotters peer through binoculars in a hide at the the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity379-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • The entrance to the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity388-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • The cargo ship "CMA CGM Turkey" eases past two elderly shipping spotters who log its details on the River Thames
    river_business373-12-02-2008 .jpg
  • Bird seed, nuts and boxes on sale in the shop at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity348-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Camouflaged birdspotters peer through binoculars for wildlife at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex
    electricity363-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • The entrance to the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity375-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • A camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle11-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Looking down a firing range towards numbered targets, seen down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle10-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher signs autographs at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher359-30-08-2014.jpg
  • A giant eye from a construction site hoarding watches pedestrians and their long shadows on Neal Street, London.
    eye_hoarding02-21-09-2010.jpg
  • Wearing darkened glasses, unsighted Tim Gutteridge walks along a suburban pavement near to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association's offices in Reading, England with Lewis, a one year-old Labrador Retriever who has been groomed to become a guide dog. Tim is hoping to forge a strong relationship with his new-found companion who confidently leads the way along the path anticipating and avoiding obstacles and dangers. Animals like Lewis don't start learning with a guide dog trainer until they are 12-15 months old. There are around 5,000 working guide dogs in the UK today, though the Guide Dogs charity care for around 8,000 dogs, including breeding stock, puppies, dogs in training and retired dogs.
    guide_dog02-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Wearing darkened glasses, unsighted Tim Gutteridge stands outside The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association's offices in Reading, England with Lewis, a one year-old Labrador Retriever who has been groomed to become a guide dog. Tim is hoping to forge a strong relationship with his new-found companion whose job is to confidently leads the way anticipating and avoiding obstacles and dangers. Animals like Lewis don't start learning with a guide dog trainer until they are 12-15 months old. There are around 5,000 working guide dogs in the UK today, though the Guide Dogs charity care for around 8,000 dogs, including breeding stock, puppies, dogs in training and retired dogs. A sign in bright yellow says 'Please don't distract me I'm working.'
    guide_dog01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Looking down on them from above, we see a brother and sister play with free airline blindfolds while in their parents' bed at the family home in South London. Pretending to be blind, they giggle at this hilarious and childish game as if acting out the speak and see no evil. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
    ella+sam26-23-07_2002.jpg
  • An unsighted man walks with the aide of a white stick passing a local fruit and veg shop, on 8th May 2019, in London, England.
    bus_journey-01-08-05-2019.jpg
  • A 50p a go telescope looking out to the Thames estuary, on the Western Esplanade at Southend.
    southend_seafront-06-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Children stare at sleeping homeless man in central London doorway.
    homeless_stripes02-09-04-2015.jpg
  • Members of Royal Marines Commandos demonstrate various weaponry to small children and young adults  during a public open-day in Greenwich, London during which the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day16-11-05-2013.jpg
  • A welder works high up from the ground from the safety of a hydraulic platform on the side of a lift shaft being constructed on a large development project on London Wall in the City of London, the capital's financial district - also known as the Square Mile. With the visor of his helmet lit by the glow from his acetylene torch, the man leans towards the detail of this close-up contact job. Oxy-fuel welding (commonly called oxyacetylene welding, oxy welding, or gas welding in the U.S.) and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases and oxygen to weld and cut metals, respectively.
    construction_welder07-14-03-2013.jpg
  • We see two unsighted children reaching out to feel the soft feathers of a penguin as part of their learning experience for unsighted (or near-blind) children as well as the extra therapy of heightening their touch sensation. The penguin belongs to Drusillas Park Zoo near to Alfriston, in East Sussex targeting children aged between about 2 to 10. The zoo is home to many exotic wild and domestic animals with hands-on activities such as this.
    blind_children01-12-02-1991.jpg
  • Seen through the abstract coloured mirrored glass of a backstreet bar, an unsighted pedestrian negotiates the road.
    coloured_street_corner2-11-July-2011.jpg
  • A giant eye from a construction site hoarding watches street next to a workman up a ladder on Neal Street, London.
    eye_workman01-22-09-2010.jpg
  • A giant eye from a construction site hoarding watches pedestrians and their long shadows on Neal Street, London.
    eye_hoarding01-21-09-2010.jpg
  • Behind railings that honoured American aviator Wilbur Wright at the annual Le Mans air show, France, seven spectators gaze upwards to a clear sky where a lone but unseen aircraft performs in front of the French crowd. Wright made 110 flights at Le Mans and nearby Auvours in 1908 and his legacy for French and global aerospace lives on at events like this where a replica of his Wright Flyer was also exhibited. It is a bright summer's day and the blue sky has vapour trails left by a previous display pilot's jet engine. A prominent British Union Jack flutters on a pole and the words 'invites' (for invited guests only) are printed on to sheets of paper. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis27-20-07-1998.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher signs autographs at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher347-30-08-2014.jpg
  • A welder works high up from the ground from the safety of a hydraulic platform on the side of a lift shaft being constructed on a large development project on London Wall in the City of London, the capital's financial district - also known as the Square Mile. With the visor of his helmet lit by the glow from his acetylene torch, the man leans towards the detail of this close-up contact job. Oxy-fuel welding (commonly called oxyacetylene welding, oxy welding, or gas welding in the U.S.) and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases and oxygen to weld and cut metals, respectively.
    construction_welder02-14-03-2013.jpg
  • As a small monkey looks on through the thick glass of its enclosure, we see two unsighted children reaching out to feel the soft feathers of a Barn Owl. As part of their learning experience as blind (or near-blind) children as well as the extra therapy of heightening their touch sensensation..The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). Drusillas Park is a small zoo near to Alfriston, in East Sussex targetting children aged between about 2 to 10. The zoo is home to many exotic wild and domestic animals with hands-on activities such as this.
    druscilla_children-12-02-1991.jpg
  • London city tour bus stopped at lights by construction work in central London.
    bus_roadworks09-21-05-2015.jpg
  • London city tour bus stopped at lights by construction work in central London.
    bus_roadworks04-21-05-2015.jpg
  • London city tour bus stopped at lights by construction work in central London.
    bus_roadworks01-21-05-2015.jpg
  • A tour bus drives beneath a large advert for American Airlines of a wide-bodied airliner in Waterloo, south London.
    airline_ad10-15-05-2015.jpg
  • A tour bus drives beneath a large advert for American Airlines of a wide-bodied airliner in Waterloo, south London.
    airline_ad04-15-05-2015.jpg
  • A schoolboy of Afro-Caribbean descent stands looking confused on a platform at Victoria mainline station in central London. The young lad looks smart in a new school uniform of cap, blazer, long trousers and polished black shoes. We might guess that it is the start of a new academic year and that he is about to attend a new school for which he needs to take a train on his own. His mother and younger and older sister are also to the far right of the picture so he may go with his elder sibling carrying a multi-coloured umbrella and a bright blue briefcase containing his lunch and a few items needed for lessons. Surrounded by adult commuters, some of who look on with mild amusement, also make await their train from the city out of town. Mostly, people mind their own business and what is a special day for the boy will become a much-travelled route.
    platform_schoolboy09-23-1994.jpg
  • Reflections in a tourist's sunglasses of the Church of St Mary on Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-275-23-09-2019.jpg
  • A aerial view of an excited young boy and older tourists being taken around the capital by horse-drawn carriage down Whiutehall in Westminster, on 5th June 2019, in London, England.
    bus_journey-07-05-06-2019.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen squinting down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle14-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park34-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park33-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park30-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park28-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park25-10-08-2012.jpg
  • The Sense of Light, 2001 by the artist Christopher Le Brun RA (Royal Academy) in situ installed at the United Reform Church, Camberwell. The Sense of Sight is a bronze relief, an edition of 3. Christopher Mark Le Brun was born in Portsmouth in 1951. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (DFA) in London from 1970-74 and at Chelsea School of Art (MA) from 1974-75. Le Brun has exhibited in many significant surveys of international art, including Nuova Immagine, Milan 1981, Zeitgeist Berlin 1982, Avant-garde in the Eighties, Los Angeles 1987 Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art New York 2005 and Watercolour Tate Britain 2011. From 1987-88 he received the D.A.A.D. award from the German government, living and working in Berlin for a year. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1996 and in 2000 became the Academy's first Professor of Drawing. Le Brun is a former trustee of the Tate, the National Gallery, and the Dulwich Picture Gallery. He is currently a trustee of the Prince's Drawing School. In 2010 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of the Arts London. in 2011 he was elected President of the Royal Academy.
    le_brun_art02-01-02-2012.jpg
  • The Sense of Light, 2001 by the artist Christopher Le Brun RA (Royal Academy) in situ installed at the United Reform Church, Camberwell. The Sense of Sight is a bronze relief, an edition of 3. Christopher Mark Le Brun was born in Portsmouth in 1951. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (DFA) in London from 1970-74 and at Chelsea School of Art (MA) from 1974-75. Le Brun has exhibited in many significant surveys of international art, including Nuova Immagine, Milan 1981, Zeitgeist Berlin 1982, Avant-garde in the Eighties, Los Angeles 1987 Contemporary Voices, Museum of Modern Art New York 2005 and Watercolour Tate Britain 2011. From 1987-88 he received the D.A.A.D. award from the German government, living and working in Berlin for a year. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1996 and in 2000 became the Academy's first Professor of Drawing. Le Brun is a former trustee of the Tate, the National Gallery, and the Dulwich Picture Gallery. He is currently a trustee of the Prince's Drawing School. In 2010 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of the Arts London. in 2011 he was elected President of the Royal Academy.
    le_brun_art01-01-02-2012.jpg
  • Seen from across a hillside opposite, we see the rising and imposing steeple of the L'église de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame church (1717 ) in Ban-de-Laveline in the Vosges mountain of eastern France. Through fast-clearing mist, the spire is a beautiful early morning sight amongst the evergreen forests on the far hills.
    vosges_church01-16-10-1997.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle16-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle12-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Lying on his stomach, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle08-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth with a photographer shooting pictures, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF.
    sniper_rifle03-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle02-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • Construction workers wearing hard hats hook up a pile of concrete beams on to a waiting crane hook. One man bends down to help loop a chain beneath one of the girders and attached to the dangling hook while another secures the chain and another man is in radio contact with the crane driver out of sight. Importantly, behind their low-loader truck is a Smirnoff advertising billboard with a famous ad campaign for the Vodka distillery. It depicts three carved Polynesian statues of Easter Island but seen through a botttle of the alcoholic beverage, is a representation of a face wearing a head band and MP3 headphones. Seen juxtaposed with the construction men and their building technology this scene describes a visual pun between an ancient lost civilization and the modern age of technology. Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow, by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov. The .brand is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. The Sminoff advertising campaign is said to be based on the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte whose paradoxical images stretched our ideas of what was reality and the fantastic...
    RB-0141.jpg
  • Circus acrobats perform high above auditor staff during a company Academy Day held for 3,000 of their London employees at Excel in London's Docklands England. Lit with blue light by powerful spotlights, the two girls are suspended in mid-air using hoops attached to safety ropes. They both make dramatic shapes in the air to demonstrate confidence, synchronised teamwork and co-operation between partners, the themes of this corporate day out of the office. The employees out of sight below are attending 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_Academy129-21-09-2007.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park32-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Kneeling in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle22-06-03-2008 .jpg
  • A bemused passer-by walks past a strange sight in Wardour Street, Central London, England UK. Even for London where bizarre events take place, this strange scene attracts attention from strangers such as this mountain bike that has been attached to the top of a parking notice pole, locked in place by a D-lock - a crime prevention measure to thwart any determined bike thief, of which there are many in the city. Cycling in London is increasing by 80% every year but 52 bikes are stolen with nearly 440,000 reported stolen a year.
    RB_045-06-04-1994.jpg
  • Construction workers wearing hard hats hook up a pile of concrete beams on to a waiting crane hook. One man bends down to help loop a chain beneath one of the girders and attached to the dangling hook while another secures the chain and another man is in radio contact with the crane driver out of sight. Importantly, behind their low-loader truck is a Smirnoff advertising billboard with a famous ad campaign for the Vodka distillery. It depicts three carved Polynesian statues of Easter Island but seen through a botttle of the alcoholic beverage, is a representation of a face wearing a head band and MP3 headphones. Seen juxtaposed with the construction men and their building technology this scene describes a visual pun between an ancient lost civilization and the modern age of technology. Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow, by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov. The .brand is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. The Sminoff advertising campaign is said to be based on the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte whose paradoxical images stretched our ideas of what was reality and the fantastic...
    RB-0141.jpg
  • A lone male figure makes his way along a corridor of power in the newly-opened European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. As the new head-quarters of the EU and an administrative home to the Members of European Parliament (MEPs), it is a contemporary architectural symbol of infuence and modernity. We see the man walking towards an open atrium. The viewer can see three floors though there are many more out of sight and on two of the levels there are TV screens with the stars denoting the number of member states at that time. The interior is grid-like with warm and inviting lighting, making for a productive environment in which office workers can feel comfortable when dealing with European political business.
    european_parliament01.jpg
  • Standing on weathered concrete at an old launchpad from a bygone age, space tourists stop to photograph the current Ariane 5 launchpad while on a tour of the European Space Agency at Kourou, French Guiana. They are mostly Japanese, representing their B-SAT communications satellite which is to be sent into orbit later that night alongside a US-made Hughes Corporation and Lockheed Martin technology. An American NASA space technician walks past the four Japanese as they hold cameras that record their souvenirs of a memorable day at this space facility deep in the South American rainforest. The orange bags carried by all are gas masks. Should the out of sight rocket booster explode or leak liguid propellant, dangerous fumes might overcome the visitors.
    esa_guiana09114-08-2007.jpg
  • One of the paintings by Paul Rubens on the ceiling of Banqueting House, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England. The ceiling of the Banqueting House is a masterpiece and the only surviving in-situ ceiling painting by Flemish artist, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. It is also one of the most famous works from the golden age of painting. The canvases were painted by Rubens and installed in the hall in 1636. The three main canvasses depict The Union of the Crowns, The Apotheosis of James I and The Peaceful Reign of James I. Most likely commissioned by King Charles I in 1629-30, this ceiling was one of his last sights before he was executed on a scaffold outside on Whitehall in 1649.
    banqueting_hall-06-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The painting by Paul Rubens on the ceiling of Banqueting House, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England. The ceiling of the Banqueting House is a masterpiece and the only surviving in-situ ceiling painting by Flemish artist, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. It is also one of the most famous works from the golden age of painting. The canvases were painted by Rubens and installed in the hall in 1636. The three main canvasses depict The Union of the Crowns, The Apotheosis of James I and The Peaceful Reign of James I. Most likely commissioned by King Charles I in 1629-30, this ceiling was one of his last sights before he was executed on a scaffold outside on Whitehall in 1649.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans meet the public at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans meet the public at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher385-30-08-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher345-30-08-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher370-30-08-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.<br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'The Law of Gravity' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • A teenage boy tries the sights of a WW2 sten gun during 1995 VE Day 50th anniversary celebrations in London. Picking up the replica weapon, the boy takes aim along the barrel of the gun, pretending to shoot an unseen enemy. Wearing military clothing and a hat with union jack colours plus flag in a back pocket, he plays the soldier at a time of remembrance of those killed during wartime. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now – as they did in 1945 – played a large part in the country’s patriotic well-being.
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  • Similarly-dressed tourist couples tour London in the rain, stopping to take take in the sights of the UK capital.
    rain_tourists04-27-04-2012.jpg
  • The painting by Paul Rubens on the ceiling of Banqueting House, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England. The ceiling of the Banqueting House is a masterpiece and the only surviving in-situ ceiling painting by Flemish artist, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. It is also one of the most famous works from the golden age of painting. The canvases were painted by Rubens and installed in the hall in 1636. The three main canvasses depict The Union of the Crowns, The Apotheosis of James I and The Peaceful Reign of James I. Most likely commissioned by King Charles I in 1629-30, this ceiling was one of his last sights before he was executed on a scaffold outside on Whitehall in 1649.
    banqueting_hall-05-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The painting by Paul Rubens on the ceiling of Banqueting House, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England. The ceiling of the Banqueting House is a masterpiece and the only surviving in-situ ceiling painting by Flemish artist, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. It is also one of the most famous works from the golden age of painting. The canvases were painted by Rubens and installed in the hall in 1636. The three main canvasses depict The Union of the Crowns, The Apotheosis of James I and The Peaceful Reign of James I. Most likely commissioned by King Charles I in 1629-30, this ceiling was one of his last sights before he was executed on a scaffold outside on Whitehall in 1649.
    banqueting_hall-03-17-09-2017.jpg
  • People visiting the sights in the capital gather in Trafalgar Square on 13th April 2015 in London, United Kingdom. This is one of the major tourist sites in London where people come to enjoy the open space and fountains.
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  • People visiting the sights in the capital gather in Trafalgar Square on 13th April 2015 in London, United Kingdom. This is one of the major tourist sites in London where people come to enjoy the open space and fountains.
    fat_woman01-13-04-2015.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher354-30-08-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher379-30-08-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher376-30-08-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London.
    kelly_gallagher375-30-08-2014.jpg
  • Similarly-dressed tourist couples tour London in the rain, stopping to take take in the sights of the UK capital.
    rain_tourists02-27-04-2012.jpg
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