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  • The legs and stylish tights on a shop mannequin in a womens' retailer on Long Acre near Covent Garden, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
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  • The legs and stylish tights on a shop mannequin in a womens' retailer on Long Acre near Covent Garden, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
    shop_legs-01-05-03-2018.jpg
  • Four energetic party goers are dressed up as eccentric 70s punks at a Halloween event in Adrenaline Village, Battersea, London UK. Taken from below them with flash the group is in a dark club environment, their make-up is authentic-looking complete with hair gel and mascara.  They wear tights and a girl on the left has safety pins while being licked on the neck by a man. Another is wearing a Union Jack sleeveless T-shirt while one person is looking directly at the camera. They might look authentic but it has been 20 years since Punk was the huge youth culture of the day.
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  • Half-way across the thin taut wire of a tightrope, an tightwire walker acrobat riding a monocycle pauses and wobbles to compensate his balance before continuing his journey across to safety at the other end of two supporting poles The act forms part of the Canadian circus troupe Cirque de Soleil during a show in Battersea, London. Blue and red spotlights illuminate this daredevil and we see his tights, his wide-sleeved theatrical shirt and the concentration and grim determination on his face - the look of a professional trickster at work. He may be showing a seemingly dangerous and unpredictable stunt though in truth, he will have rehearsed this simple balancing act for many years but must still keep up the illusion of danger for the sake of a gasping, gullible audience.
    tightrope_walker09-27-1990.jpg
  • A lady smokes a cigarette outside the Bank of China in the City of London, Great Britain Uk
    china_london20-18-10-2013.jpg
  • A woman's legs in striped leggings walk across the kerb of a central London street, on 28th March, 2017, in London, England.
    striped_legs-01-28-03-2017.jpg
  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, two friends hold on to each other tight after an international arrival. Standing in front of a Mastercard ad which shows scenes of London, the coupe squeeze each other tight amid an otherwise hectic airport concourse in heathrow's Terminal 5. They have clearly missed each other after such a break apart but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport592-15-07-2009.jpg
  • A motorbike rider has pushed aside other scooters and inserted his own bike into a tight parking space in Westminster, central London. Squashing together the scooter belonging to other commuters, this male worker has shoved them along to make way for his own vehicle. The word Motorcycles has been stencilled onto the road to mark the correct bay in the street reserved for only this type of bike meaning space is tight as the number of bikes in the capital's congestion zone has increased. Across Westminster there are approx 6150 spaces for motorcycles on street. Some of these spaces also have security devices for you to secure your motorcycle to.
    motorcycle_parking1-28-09-2011.jpg
  • A passer-by directs an articulated lorry as it squeezes past a pedestrian crossing post, making a tight turn across the pavement, on 1st August 2017, in Oxford Street, London, England.
    lorry_street-01-01-08-2017.jpg
  • A woman with blue painted nails holds on tight to her partner in a public street.
    hugging_couple01-04-08-2014.jpg
  • We are looking down from above to office and business workers who are lying down and relaxing in the grass in their lunch break at Finsbury Circus, a circular green park space in the heart of London's financial district, the City of London. Surrounding them is an art instillation of steel sheep that are incongruously grazing among the assorted people, much like they once did when London was a home to livestock en-route to market and other animals used for transport. It is a warm afternoon and in the foreground, a man wearing a dark suit has taken off his polished shoes and is lying his head on his jacket in the warm afternoon, loosening his tight tie and stretching his neck. Elsewhere, a lady is sitting eating a packed lunch with the Sun newspaper and a man a little further behind is in jeans and plimsoll shoes. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • A lady protects herself from a mid-day summer summer sun with a brightly coloured parasol brolley. Oblivious to the viewer, she balances her lunch snack on her lap with toes pointing inwards, exposed to the hot solar rays. Meanwhile, she holds on tight to her eager pet poodle dog who is straining on its leash, wanting to go for a walk along the largely unpopulated promenade in this Devon resort, otherwise known as the English Riviera. But splashes of white paint (from the painted beach huts) have been left on the pavement. It is a horrible place to sit in the sun and her partner has left her alone to sit on her sun lounger, leaving the second chair vacant.
    england_beach02-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A detailed close-up of a trader in the central fish market of Malé, Republic of the Maldives. It is located to the west of Republic Square. This area is the main hub of trade and is a hive of activity through out the day. The waterfront and the by-lanes in the area are crowded with shops stocked with a variety of good. Grasping tight a handful of slippery skipjack tuna tails, the unseen man is carrying the fishes over to a stall table for a customer who wants them gutted and filleted, a scene that is familiar in similar markets across the world. The skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), represents 50-75% of all fish caught. The main method is pole and line in the Indian Ocean and fishery is the main occupation and major livelihood of the Maldivian people.
    maldives385-15-11-2007.jpg
  • A bike courier squeezes past a black Mercedes in a narrow lane in the City of London, the capital's financial district, founded by the Romans and whose small lanes still date from medieval times, before the Great Fire of London in 1666, on 4th February 2020, in the City of London, England.
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  • A bike courier squeezes past a black Mercedes in a narrow lane in the City of London, the capital's financial district, founded by the Romans and whose small lanes still date from medieval times, before the Great Fire of London in 1666, on 4th February 2020, in the City of London, England.
    narrow_lane-01-04-02-2020.jpg
  • Detail of a tightly-bound bale of supermarket retail cardboard, ready for recycling and reprocessing in London, UK.
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  • Detail of a tightly-bound bale of supermarket retail cardboard, ready for recycling and reprocessing in London, UK.
    recycling_cardboard02-30-11-2013.jpg
  • As other passers-by pedestrians walk past, a man and woman kiss on the Strand, on 11th July, in London, England.
    city_people-24-11-07-2019.jpg
  • A trailer laden with freshly cut grass squeezes between walls in a rural Slovenian village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • A trailer laden with freshly cut grass squeezes between walls in a rural Slovenian village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-141-19-06-2018.jpg
  • A trailer laden with freshly cut grass squeezes between walls in a rural Slovenian village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-140-19-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-07-07-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-06-07-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-01-07-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-02-07-06-2018.jpg
  • The detail of diagonal rope that holds a ship in winter ice, on the Saint Lawrence River, on 11th January 1999, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
    quebec_canada-11-01-1999.jpg
  • London, 12th August 2017: Revellers endured up to 4hr queues to enter the Sunfall festival in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, south London. Many had travelled from across the country to see their favourite bands had paid upwards of £65 so were angry at the waiting time and lack of organisation.
    sunfall_hernehill-07-12-08-2017.jpg
  • A couple hug as Businessmen enter Bank Underground Station outside the Bank of England on 13th September 2016, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-04-13-09-2016.jpg
  • A detail of garden side door locks.
    locks_detail01-21-01-2014.jpg
  • Three strands of pink ribbon (holding up a home-made sign) on a north Somerset farm.
    tree_ribbon01-04-05-2013.jpg
  • Temporary masking tape sticking works project plastic tape in London's Southbank.
    south_bank03-22-06-2012.jpg
  • Friends say farewell after weekend together at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
    buddhist_retreat101-27-06-2010.jpg
  • Red cord wrapped around London Plain tree trunk.
    tree_rope01-04-07-2010.jpg
  • Cricket sports fans queue patiently outside a game venue in Kolkata (Calcutta).
    kolkata_queue-18-11-1996.jpg
  • A young boy edges through a gap between some railings and the end of a fallen tree trunk that has fallen across a footpath. The child is on his way to nursery school and the night before strong winds brought down trees in the south London area and cause disruption to transport infrastructure. It is an adventure for this child who isn't bothered in the slightest at this minor inconvenience to his journey, a route he takes with his mother or father every morning. Pushing his bike first, he takes care not to hurt himself on the jagged timber
    sam_tree09-18-2003.jpg
  • Taken from a tall apartment block, we see an aerial view overlooking the ex-Portuguese colony of Macau's Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel. The Cemiterio de São Miguel Arcanjo (Saint Miguel Catholic Cemetery) is located right in the middle of Macao island, on Estrada do Cemiterio and host the graves of the old Dutch and Portuguese colonials that helped shape Macau, now one of the world's most densely-populated city. We see a single Chinese lady walking along one of many criss-crossing diagonal pathways carrying a red bucket of water to tend these graves. She appears tiny compared to the multitude of plots, some which have crosses and others which have simple headstones. They are mostly neat and tidy but some have become overgrown with grass sprouting up. Macau's gambling revenue in 2006 weighed in at a massive £3.6bn - about £100m more than Las Vegas. The official languages are Portuguese and Chinese. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover. .
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  • An aerial view of Central Macau, looking down on the ex-Portuguese colony including its Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel. Macau is now administered by China as a Special Economic Region (SER). Taken from a tall apartment block that overloooks the Rua do Almirant e Costa Cabral, we can view the tightly-packed cities of one of the most densely-populated connurbations in the world, this area is a packed warren of houses, businesses and tower blocks, home to a population of mainland 95% Chinese, primarily Cantonese, Fujianese as well as some Hakka, Shanghainese and overseas Chinese immigrants from Southeast Asia and elsewhere. The remainder are of Portuguese or mixed Chinese-Portuguese ancestry, the so-called Macanese, as well as several thousand Filipino and Thai nationals. The official languages are Portuguese and Chinese. The Macau Special Administrative Region, more commonly known as Macau or Macao is one of the two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover. Macao's gambling revenue in 2006 weighed in at a massive £3.6bn - about £100m more than Las Vegas.
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  • A few miles from the finish line, this long-distance runner has stopped in agony to lean against the walls beneath Tower Bridge during th London Marathon, England. Pushing against the solid wall and stretching his cramped leg muscles, he grimaces in pain as other runners speed past on their way completing their personal race. Pushed to his limits, this man needs to continue a few more Kilometres to claim his medal and to claim victory. But he still has to overcome the pain of an overworked body. When glycogen runs low, the body must then burn stored fat for energy, which does not burn as readily. When this happens, the runner will experience dramatic fatigue. This is called "hitting the wall".
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  • A long-distance runner prepares for the London Marathon before the race begins, whilst warming-up in Greenwich Park, London England. Seen in close-up detail, we see his hands and fingers massaging Vaseline jelly into his thighs and groin area to help avoid chafing during the annual 26-mile race through London's streets. He is wearing bright, garish running shorts decorated wth the British Union Jack flag, a sure sign of his patriotic attitude. Other runners are in the background, also preparing clothing that will be taken from the start to the finish line in Westminster.
    RB_088-21-04-1991.jpg
  • Using the Ball Mat Flooring System, below economy class flooring, a cargo handler manhandles a container of freight in the hold of a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A340
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  • A cargo handler operates a loader to place freight containers into the hold of a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A340 at Male.
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  • Using the Ball Mat Flooring System, below the flooring of economy class, a cargo handler manhandles a container of air freight into position in the hold of a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A340 that is about to depart from Male, the capital of the Republic of the Maldives  to Colombo. Inside the aluminium box is fresh tuna fish, freshly caught in the Indian Ocean and bound for the supermarkets of the EU and in particular, the UK whose insatiable appetite for fresh, perishable and sustainable foodstuffs make this fast and efficient form of transport important to speedy delivery. Every square inch is accounted for but as well as passengers' baggage, the cramped spaces beneath this modern airliner store loaded revenue-rich cargo though specially-pressurised and heated compartments accommodate live animals.
    maldives436-15-11-2007.jpg
  • A trailer laden with freshly cut grass squeezes between walls in a rural Slovenian village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-142-19-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-08-07-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-05-07-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-04-07-06-2018.jpg
  • A high-sided HGV lorry squeezes under the railway bridge over the A215 at Herne Hill, on 7th June 2018, in south London, England.
    low_bridge_lorry-03-07-06-2018.jpg
  • Couple arm in arm with young mother against a grey construction hoarding in central London's Trafalgar Square.
    trafalgar_hoarding03-23-09-2015.jpg
  • Couple arm in arm with a lamp post shadow against a grey construction hoarding in central London's Trafalgar Square.
    trafalgar_hoarding02-23-09-2015.jpg
  • Locked doors on the top deck on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. Illustrious is the second of three Invincible-class light aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and is affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty". She is the oldest ship in the Royal Navy's active fleet , expected  to be  withdrawn from service in 2014 (after 32 years' service).
    navy_open_day26-11-05-2013.jpg
  • A lady is sandwiched between her just purchased flowers in the back of a white van, returning home from the annual Chelsea Flower Show. It is a summer May afternoon in west London, when lovers of horticulture have gathered from across the country to admire the ultimate in plants and flowers in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital. With its pink blooms hanging from the main bulk of the shrub, the Fuchsia is resplendent in the late sunshine, a scene of quintessential English gardens and long summer days.
    chelsea_show02-26-05-1989.jpg
  • Corrugated iron gates padlocked and chained up to prevent trespassers.
    padlocked01-25-02-2012.jpg
  • Red and white tape and cane telling pedestrians not to walk on freshly-laid lawn in the City of London.
    bamboo_tape01-26-05-2010.jpg
  • In a narrow street in Florence, a parking attendant stops to check the windscreen (windshield) of a Fiat 500 car. Squeezed into a space that only a car of this length can occupy, the lady warden bends to inspect the owner's city permit. Traffic police in Florence issue approximately 90 tickets every minute, 1,253 tickets a day so a motorist in Florence receives a traffic violation every 40 seconds, according to official figures. Ticket fines average about 140 euro per motorist bringing about 52 million to city hall each year, making it one of Italy's most heaviest fined cities. Officials note that the money entering the municipal budget through traffic fines has tripled in the last 10 years. The Fiat 500 (Cinquecento) designed by Dante Giacosa was produced by Fiat between 1957 and 1975.
    italian_parking01-16-04-1989.jpg
  • Long-distance London Marathon athletes warm-up and apply vaseline to sensitive areas in Greenwich Park.
    marathon_muscles01-21-04-1991.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.
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  • A detail of garden side door locks.
    locks_detail02-21-01-2014.jpg
  • A man wearing a suit makes a hamstring stretch on the Southbank, on 21st September 2018, in London England
    southbank_stretch-01-21-09-2018.jpg
  • A man wearing a suit makes a hamstring stretch on the Southbank, on 21st September 2018, in London England
    southbank_stretch-02-21-09-2018.jpg
  • A female pedestrian wearing odd-coloured tights walks beneath construction site scaffolding and tape.
    scaffolding_legs1-11-July-2011.jpg
  • WHile holding tight to his phone, a scooter courier stretches his arm up to place a bouquet of red Valentines Day roses into a carrying container, on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th February 2020, in London, England.
    valentines_day-01-14-02-2020.jpg
  • A vehicle brakes to corner a tight bend on a rural Northumbrian road, early on an autumnal morning, on 26th September 2017, in Eshott, Northumberland, England.
    eshott-04-26-09-2017.jpg
  • Traffic junction mirror to help locals with tight corners, in Langlade, Charente-Maritime, France.
    longlade_village03-02-07-2014.jpg
  • Yellow security gate scanners, still in place the day after Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral that required tight security, remains as a backdrop for commuting or waiting Londoners.
    security_gate05-18-04-2013.jpg
  • Team GB men's lightweight four rowers interviewed on large TV screen during the London 2012 Olympics. Juxtaposed with two dispensing workers of expensive beer, one of the British silver medallist rowers from the rowers seems to have a thirst for alcohol after a tight finish and spectators pass by. 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_park58-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A two and half year-old girl sits next to her three-month old baby brother, eating lunch during a day out with their mother who is seen holding on tight to the boy. With their hands up to each other's mouths, the girl takes a bite of a slice of bread sandwich. She is clearly relishing her food and has a large appetite while the boy seems to enjoy sucking on his fingers before the age where he can eat solids. From a personal documentary project entitled "Next of Kin" about the photographer's two children's early years spent in parallel universes. Model released.
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  • A wife gives an tight, affectionate hug to her husband on the Promenade at North Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. There is no such showing of reciprocated love from the man who continues to read a cricket report in the sports page of his tabloid newspaper. She is wearing a floral summer top and he is topless. In the background we see a bustling sea front. People are walking along the Prom, enjoying the sun and warmth of this usually chilly area of Britain.
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  • A car brakes to corner a tight bend on a rural Northumbrian road, early on an autumnal morning, on 26th September 2017, in Eshott, Northumberland, England.
    eshott-03-26-09-2017.jpg
  • Family and friends sit on a rocking horse in a playground during summer time in the early 1960s. The portrait has been recorded on a film camera by the boy at the front's father, an amateur photographer in 1961. A man is holding on tight to a black and white pet sheepdog and two mothers chat on the right of the picture in this public park in Kent. The picture shows us a memory of nostalgia in an era from the last century.
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  • Beneath Corinthian pillars and columns, two Met Police officers keep a lookout from a balcony during the annual Trooping of the colour parade in the Mall. From their high vantagepoint, the two policemen watch spectator crowds as members of the armed services as they march past towards the nearby parade ground at Horseguards. Security is tight in an era of IRA terrorist activity in the early 1990s. The Sovereign's birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday in June.
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  • Up on the top deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier, parked F/A-18C Hornets and S-3 Vikings on the USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf. Stacked together in tight formation to fit them all together during a daytime break in operations, the man bends into his task during the hottest time of day. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the
    carrier_deck01-08-05-2000.jpg
  • Yellow security gate scanners, still in place the day after Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral that required tight security, remains as a backdrop for commuting or waiting Londoners.
    security_gate16-18-04-2013.jpg
  • Yellow security gate scanners, still in place the day after Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral that required tight security, remains as a backdrop for commuting or waiting Londoners.
    security_gate15-18-04-2013.jpg
  • Yellow security gate scanners, still in place the day after Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral that required tight security, remains as a backdrop for commuting or waiting Londoners.
    security_gate08-18-04-2013.jpg
  • Yellow security gate scanners, still in place the day after Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral that required tight security, remains as a backdrop for commuting or waiting Londoners.
    security_gate04-18-04-2013.jpg
  • Turning tight over Lake Windemere boating are the 'Red Arrows', Royal Air Force aerobatic team during display.
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  • Up on the top deck, we see a lone sailor brushing off the grubby surfaces of parked F/A-18C Hornets and S-3 Vikings on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf. Stacked together in tight formation to fit them all together during a daytime break in operations, the man bends into his task during the hottest time of day. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the .
    uss_truman_deck-08-05-2000.jpg
  • Brian Lecomber flew as a professional aerobatic pilot for 23 years, during which time his Firebird Aerobatics team completed over 2,800 solo and formation displays in front of an estimated total of 90 million spectators. They gave displays in 15 countries, and had a 100% safety record before closing in 2003. They will be remembered as one of the UK's most successful professional civilian aerobatic display company. Lecomber has been a racing motorcycle mechanic; journalist; wing-walker in a flying circus; chief flying instructor in the Caribbean; crop-spray pilot, and then a best-selling author of aviation novels. We see him in-flight performing a tight turn above southern English fields of Buckinghamshire with flying partner Alan Wade when the team was sponsored by the Rover Group.
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  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a young couple hold on to each other tight after a few weeks separation when the girl took a family holiday away from her boyfriend who needed to work here in London. They have clearly missed each other after such a short break from each other but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport602-15-07-2009.jpg
  • The elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, fly over an area known as the Cliffs on the Akrotiri peninsular of southern Cyprus. We see a barren scene of scrub and in the air, the team are in their signature 'Diamond Nine' formation, climbing up in a long arc through the blue sky and traversing above the dusty, featureless landscape where a naval Transit marker in the shape of a giant red arrow aids coastal shipping to safely navigate but which is missing some panels. The nine Hawk jets pass-by as a tight 'nine-ship' (the term used to describe nine aircraft in close formation) during a training flight in the clear Mediterranean skies. They return to this stretch of Cypriot coast each Spring to complete their rigorous winter schedule before the UK's air show display season.
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  • Rolls of turf are rolled up by exhibition workers at the end of a long day at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. Removing the real grass from at the CFM stand (a company formed from SNECMA and General Electric jet engines) that manufactures a family of 7,200 commercial and military jet engines for Airbus and Boeing airliners. The men bend over to make a tight roll of organic lawn to keep it fresh and watered overnight before another hot day in this hall. Alongside them, a giant turbofan engine is seen, its huge turbine blades lit by artificial lights. The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
    paris_air_show224-20-06-2007.jpg
  • Yellow security gate scanners, still in place the day after Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral that required tight security, remains as a backdrop for commuting or waiting Londoners.
    security_gate02-18-04-2013.jpg
  • Sheep up for auction at the ancient annual Priddy Sheep Fair in Somerset, England. Kept tight in pens, the animals  have been marked with aerosol spray to identify their ownership before the sale commences in this picturesque village in the Mendip Hills. Unauthorised visitors are forbidden to enter the catle pens, avoiding the spread of epidemics like Foot and Mouth. According to tradition, Priddy Sheep Fair moved from Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death, although evidence has been found of a Fair being held at Priddy before that. There is a local legend, which says that as long as the hurdle stack shelter remains in the village, so will the Fair.
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  • Sheep up for auction at the ancient annual Priddy Sheep Fair in Somerset, England. Kept tight in pens, the animals  have been marked with aerosol spray to identify their ownership before the sale commences in this picturesque village in the Mendip Hills. Unauthorised visitors are forbidden to enter the catle pens, avoiding the spread of epidemics like Foot and Mouth. According to tradition, Priddy Sheep Fair moved from Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death, although evidence has been found of a Fair being held at Priddy before that. There is a local legend, which says that as long as the hurdle stack shelter remains in the village, so will the Fair.
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  • Three friends in their thirties are hugging each other tightly at Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the City of London, England. We see their three heads as close as possible accompanied by three wall-mounted lights that are glowing a warm red tone making this a cosy and welcoming atmosphere. The man and one of the girls are chubby with round cheeks and chins and so enjoy the good life.
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  • A young man with a Welcome Home balloon, meets his partner after a long absence, in the airport terminal at Chicago-O'Hare airport, Illinois, USA. Waiting for his partner for some hours in the darkened terminal, a late arrival oon this day, the young man has been patient after a slight delay but finally, the girl comes through the arrivals gate to greet her close friend - loving the balloon gesture and pleased to be safely in his arms. Hugging tightly they embrace in front of other passengers before leaving the airport for home, 12 months before the terrorist attacks on America that changed the public's attitude to flying on commercial airliners.
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  • An airshow aviation enthusiast adorned with badges enjoy aerobatic activity above their heads at Biggin Hill, Kent, England. As a helicopter banks tightly to the right, other groupies film something else to the left from the public areas during the many varied flying displays  at this small airfield north of London that saw action as an important airfield during the WW2 Battle of Britain, a location for the "Operations Room" for the Operation Crossbow V-1 flying bomb defences.
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  • Large round bales of hay drying in summer sun after the harvest near Reedham, a small village on the Norfolk Broads. Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. These round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to twine. Round bales, which typically weigh 300 to 400 kilograms (660–880 lb), are more moisture-resistant, and pack the hay more densely (especially at the center). Round bales are quickly fed with the use of mechanized equipment.
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  • Large round bales of hay drying in summer sun after the harvest near Reedham, a small village on the Norfolk Broads. Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. These round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to twine. Round bales, which typically weigh 300 to 400 kilograms (660–880 lb), are more moisture-resistant, and pack the hay more densely (especially at the center). Round bales are quickly fed with the use of mechanized equipment.
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  • During the Cannes Film Festival, we see a group of women taken from a very low angle , posing in bikinis and revealing swim wear for a frenzy of photographers on La Croisette, Cannes' sea front in the French Riviera resort, Cote d'Azur. One blonde girl is looking down into the camera while we see only the hips, arms, and legs of the others as they parade their bodies in front of the media who are grouped tightly together with cameras and a sound microphone. Young women publicising movies or just themselves regularly strut along the beaches and pavements of this French town. The weather is typically bright for May with clear skies and high temperatures. Cannes  is a major tourist centre and a leading resort on the French Riviera. Located in the Alpes-Maritimes région, Founded in 1939, the International Film Festival is one of the world's most prestigious and eccentric of celebrations of film and the cinema industry.
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  • "Three cylinders of gas and air." A young mother enters the final stage of labour on a labour ward at Kings College Hospital, London. Using the painkiller Pethadine from a cylinder she draws on the mouthpiece to counteract the pain during contractions. A hospital identity tag bearing her name, date of birth and code number is secured to her wrist. She already looks exhausted, tolerating the rythmic stages of birth and she grips tightly a supportive hand. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
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