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  • A husband and wife make their way along a pavement towards the entrance of the Ascot racecourse where the annual Ladies' Day event is held as part of the English social season calendar. Leading the way and carrying two walking sticks and in a polythene bag, his best jacket for the dress-code is important if one is allowed access to the private enclosures. He wears a top hat and waste coat as he hobbles along with wife in tow. She is behind him rummaging through her handbag perhaps looking for tickets or cash. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
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  • Two young men dressed in office suits casually stuff their lunches during a hot lunchtime break in the Broadgate Estate in the City of London. Both with legs across knees, the lads in their 20s sit on a bench beneath a tree alongside the statue of a traditional gardener, slightly bent and equipped with hoe and wearing a wastecoat, hobnailed boots and flat cap, an iconic salt-of-the-earth workman. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-exhausted man whose life has been spent working the honest land.  The English social divide is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus the youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
    city_resting01-16-1993.jpg
  • As a young office worker sleeps incongruously on a marble pavement, a street sweeper nearby brushes away litter with a small dustpan. The manual labourer wears blue overalls, yellow gloves and keys in his back pocket while the man in a wastecoat and smart trousers and polished slip-on shoes appears to be fast asleep, his fingers across his chest. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-demanding job of a man whose life has been spent cleaning and sweeping. English social differences is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus a lazy youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
    city_resting03-16-1997.jpg
  • As a sleeping homeless man lies curled up in his sleeping bag on a central London pavement, two window cleaners have carefully placed their ladders at his feet to clean a Boots the chemist sign. Each wearing identical blue working overalls and each wiping the frontage with their left hands, the men are symbolic of the working man versus that of a homeless person without a job, prospects or perhaps a future. The wide gap between hopelessness and the pride of one's achievement is shown here on the sidewalk of modern-day Britain. London is home to some 50,000 homeless people whose place of rest can often be recesses and shop doorways where they seek sanctuary from the cold and street violence. On the opposite end of the wealth and social divides are those who seek work with a positive outlook on life.
    homeless_ladders03-16-1993.jpg
  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of rock band Status Quo play guitar riffs during gig on European tour in Lille, France. .
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  • Francis Rossi and musician John (Rhino) Edwards of rock band Status Quo play guitar during gig on European tour in France..
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  • Rick Parfitt of  the rock band Status Quo comes off stage after gig during European tour at L'Aeronef in Lille, France.
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  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of Status Quo prepare in dressing room while on the road during European tour in Lille, France. .
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  • French and British front-row audience fans of rock band Status Quo listen during European tour gig at L'Aeronef in Lille, France
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  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of  Status Quo relax in canteen while on the road during European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo081-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Roadies of rock band Status Quo roll gig equipment in travel cases off stage in Lille, france durin group's European tour.
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  • Ageing guitarist Rick Parfitt of Status Quo adjusts his Marshall Amplifier during sound check on European tour in Lille, France.
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  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of  Status Quo relax in canteen while on the road during European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo075-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Rock band Status Quo merchandising on sale after group's gig at L'Aeronef in Lille, France during group's European tour.
    status_quo174-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Barefoot Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of Status Quo relax in a dressing room on European tour Lille, France.
    status_quo103-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Francis Rossi and of Status Quo sit on the stage after their sound check while on European tour at L'Aeronef in Lille, France.
    status_quo072-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of rock band Status Quo play guitar riffs during gig on European tour in Lille, France. .
    status_quo131-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Drummer Matt Letley and blonde Rick Parfitt of Status Quo play on stage during on European tour at at L'Aeronef, Lille, France.
    status_quo051-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Drummer Matt Letley of Status Quo plays drums under blue lights on stage during European tour at L'Aeronef in Lille, France.
    status_quo152-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Stage hand of the rock band Status Quo adjusts overhead lights high above the stage while on European tour at in Lille, France.
    status_quo002-15-10-2007.jpg
  • Status Quo fan shows off rock band merchandising in street outside L'Aeronef in Lille, France during group's European tour.
    status_quo170-15-10-2007.jpg
  • An elderly homeless man walks slowly past a Barclays Bank cash dispenser at which business people are either queueing or typing in their PIN numbers from cash accounts, or simply passing-by. One middle-aged gent stands eyeing the poor man suspiciously while other men of wealth, prospects and prosperity are tall and stand erect in smart suits and polished shoes, the homeless man is hunched and dishevelled, carrying a supermarket bag - perhaps containing all of his worldly goods. It is a tragic scene of extremes between the haves and the have-nots; the rich and poor; between people with hope and those in despair. This is the City of London, near Fenchurch Street Station where the UK's insurance companies are based and it is impossible to know if any of these men in smart clothes are the same age as the poor man.
    city_london14-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • In the middle of a field serving as a grass car park, three couples celebrate the Ladies' Day event at Royal Ascot. Holding their glasses to toast a grand day out at this annual sporting event in the social calendar, the gentlemen are dressed in formal top hats and tails, the ladies in wide hats and summer dresses. Grinning and looking smug in their upp-class social status, they are seated eccentrically and comically around a plastic table with a tablecloth, two Candelabras and their picnic lunch plates full of fine food.
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  • As workmen clean drains, a passing businessman pauses to photograph the notorious Traitors Gate at the Tower of London
    london_time07-03-09-2008.jpg
  • Passers-by ignore destitute bag-lady in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui street on the Kowloon side.
    street_beggar01-20-01-1995.jpg
  • Household refuse pollutes a coral beach on Meedu Island, an indigenous community in the Republic of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Packaging, foodstuffs and general waste has been tossed away on this otherwise beautiful place, north of the capital Male. Unfortunately, the practice of tossing away one's rubbish is a normal practice in this culture, the local people selfishly unconcerned about the future of their habitat and the health of their community. Only a few miles from Meedu are islands that serve as holiday resorts where families from Europe travel by air for the perffect vacation - unaware that fly-tipping is so widespread that it threatens this nation's worldwide status as a paradise on earth..
    maldives212-13-11-2007.jpg
  • A woman street beggar prostrates herself on a pavement, ignored by Italian shoppers and pedestrians in Florence. As shoppers and tourists walk past in a hurry, pulling suitcases or carrying shopping, the people walk around the kneeling body whose stick lies on the ground with a paper cup to collect any spare change offered. There seems to be a mixture of indifference, pity and shame for what has become the modern face of Italian society in this once-grand medieval city. The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
    florence_italy140-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Rosettes and sheep competition mementoes adorn the wall and mantlepiece of champion breeder Vic Bull's crofting bungalow home overlooking Loch Bay, Waternish, Isle of Skye Scotland. Afternoon sunlight pours through a front window into his living room which serves as a shrine to the Sheep. Having already refused a half million Pounds for his house and spectacular view high up on a hill, he prefers to breed his beloved Blackface sheep which he shows only twice a year at local competitions in the Dunvegan area and the prizes and awards are proof of his success. Vic now lives alone rearing his livestock with four sheepdogs for training and company. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008..
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  • Rosettes and successes from Blackface sheep competitions on mantlepiece and wall of breeder and crofter Vic Bull Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-vic_bull12-28-09-2007.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
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  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his breaking sign for a menswear shop's closure sale.
    sign_man30-26-04-2012.jpg
  • A sleeping Big Issue magazine seller sits alone without passing business as disinterested on-lookers pass-by in London.
    big_issue_seller06-07-03-2011.jpg
  • A young woman begs on London Bridge, and sits on the pavement to read her newspaper as a contractor sucks up litter around her.
    beggar_cleaner01-24-10-2013.jpg
  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London.
    homeless_wealth03-06-03-2014.jpg
  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London.
    homeless_wealth07-06-03-2014.jpg
  • A smart suited businessman walks past an unfortunate homeless man holding his worldly possessions.
    homeless_man3-18-10-2011.jpg
  • A sleeping Big Issue magazine seller sits alone without passing business in London's Trafalgar Square.
    big_issue_seller01-07-03-2011.jpg
  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London.
    homeless_wealth09-06-03-2014.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
    sign_man28-26-04-2012.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
    sign_man23-26-04-2012.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
    sign_man04-26-04-2012.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
    sign_man05-26-04-2012.jpg
  • Wrapped in a sleeping bag, a homeless person lies in the doorway of Waterstones bookshop which is displaying copies of both Michelle and Barack Obama's bestselling books ('Becoming' and 'A Promised Land' respectively), on Piccadilly, on 2nd February 2021, in London, England.
    west_end_night03-02-02-2021.jpg
  • A few pedestrians and a homeless person on the junction at Bank Triangle, in front of Royal Exchange and the Bank of England, during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, in the 'City of London', the capital's financial district, aka The Square Mile, on 2nd February 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city04-02-02-2021.jpg
  • Homeless man beneath the statue of philathropist, banker and entrepreneur George Peabody ( 1795 - 1869)
    peabody_statue01-03-04-1993.jpg
  • Rosettes and successes from Blackface sheep competitions on mantlepiece and wall of breeder and crofter Vic Bull Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-vic_bull09-28-09-2007.jpg
  • A street beggar has been noticed by a young Italian boy who points out the poor kneeling body to his parent. A stick lies on the ground with a paper cup to collect any spare change offered and a cash customer stands entering his pin number into the automated bank dispenser, his back to the underclass of society. This has become normal for what has become the modern face of Italian society in this once-grand medieval city. The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
    florence_italy171-24-10-2010.jpg
  • As normal life continues a man under the influence of alcohol lies unconscious in Hollywood near a poster of Charlie Chaplin.
    chaplin_drunk01-20-08-1998.jpg
  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London.
    homeless_wealth02-06-03-2014.jpg
  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London.
    homeless_wealth05-06-03-2014.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
    sign_man26-26-04-2012.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man returns a dropped scarf for a young woman in central London.
    sign_man19-26-04-2012.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
    sign_man10-26-04-2012.jpg
  • A sleeping Big Issue magazine seller sits alone without passing business as on-lookers pass disdainfully in London.
    big_issue_seller03-07-03-2011.jpg
  • A young man stops to show off his exotic pet python comfortably wrapped aroud his shoulder in Miami, Florida.
    miami_snake-18-05-1996.jpg
  • A street sign by the NAACP expressing the view that not much has changed in rights and status for black American people. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination". Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, uses the once common term colored people.
    atlanta_naacp-05-11-1995.jpg
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