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  • Traditional seaside imagery and contemporary toy dispenser in Barra, Costa Nova, Aveiro, Portugal.
    portugal_costanova-08-18-07-2016.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman wearing Plus fours, a wax jacket, tweed flat cap and carrying a copy of the Times newspaper crosses Jermyn Street, SW1, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
    jermyn_street-03-05-03-2018.jpg
  • A woman checks herself after sitting beneath the statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, with a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-07-10-01-2019.jpg
  • A couple and the statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-02-10-01-2019.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-03-10-01-2019.jpg
  • Two Muslim women walk past an image of a girl wearing a bikini in a high-street advert for sunbeds, on 26th December 2016, in Bristol's Broadmead, England UK
    women_cultures-03-26-12-2016.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-06-10-01-2019.jpg
  • A woman checks herself after sitting beneath the statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, with a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-08-10-01-2019.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-05-10-01-2019.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-04-10-01-2019.jpg
  • A man walks two Muslim women and an image of a girl wearing a bikini in a high-street advert for sunbeds, on 26th December 2016, in Bristol's Broadmead, England UK.
    women_cultures-04-26-12-2016.jpg
  • Two men walk past a girl wearing a bikini in a high-street advert for sunbeds, on 26th December 2016, in Bristol's Broadmead, England UK
    women_cultures-02-26-12-2016.jpg
  • A father pushes a pushchair past a girl wearing a bikini in a high-street advert for sunbeds, on 26th December 2016, in Bristol's Broadmead, England UK
    women_cultures-01-26-12-2016.jpg
  • A yodelling lady singer belts out traditional Alpine Swiss songs during a concert in the Liechtenstein capital, Vaduz. In front of an audience consisting of locals and visiting tourists, the lady is dressed in traditional Swiss/Alpine dress called a dirndl, a type of traditional dress worn in Germany – especially Bavaria – Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and South Tyrol, based on the historical costume of Alpine peasants. Dresses that are loosely based on the dirndl are known as Landhausmode ("country-inspired fashion"). A dirndl skirt generally describes a light circular cut dress, gathered at the waist, that falls below the knee
    swiss_singer-08-02-1990.jpg
  • Four small vessels belonging to traditional oyster fishermen use nets to catch a new harvest of shellfish aboard their antique boat from the Fal Estuary. On calm waters, the oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oystermen-04-10-1994.jpg
  • Dressed in typical overalls for the area, traditional Alpine farmer Peter Eberle stands looking up at the viewer for a portrait in the courtyard of his dairy farm in Balzers, Liechtenstein. Mr Eberle wears a woolen hat and blue workman's overalls. He looks a proud but tired and weathered gentleman in his latter years and appears to be an experienced Alpine farmer and we can see a heap of manure over his shoulder and an old fashioned scythe for mowing long grass, leaning against a barn wall. Liechtenstein is a landlocked Principality bordered by the Alpine countries of Austria and Switzerland and is a winter sports resort, though best known as a tax haven, attracting companies worldwide to register their assets in complete secrecy. Its agricultural output is mainly wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, livestock and dairy products though technology companies have been eroding the traditional ways of life such as Peter's for decades.
    liechtenstein_farmer01-08-02-1990.jpg
  • Dressed in typical overalls for the area, traditional Alpine farmer Peter Eberle stands looking up at the viewer for a portrait in the courtyard of his dairy farm in Balzers, Liechtenstein. Mr Eberle wears a woolen hat and blue workman's overalls. He looks a proud but tired and weathered gentleman in his latter years and appears to be an experienced Alpine farmer and we can see a heap of manure over his shoulder and an old fashioned scythe for mowing long grass, leaning against a barn wall. Liechtenstein is a landlocked Principality bordered by the Alpine countries of Austria and Switzerland and is a winter sports resort, though best known as a tax haven, attracting companies worldwide to register their assets in complete secrecy. Its agricultural output is mainly wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, livestock and dairy products though technology companies have been eroding the traditional ways of life such as Peter's for decades.
    RB-0018.jpg
  • Members of the Deptford Jack in the Green dance from pub to pub to Greenwich, London to mark the start of spring. In the 16th and 17th centuries in England, people would make garlands of flowers and leaves for the May Day celebration. After becoming a source of competition between works Guilds. Participants wear traditional green faces and forest foliage, at tradition from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade decorated with garlands and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. Amongst modern "folkies" and neo-pagans the Jack in the Green has become identified with the mysterious Green Man depicted in mediaeval church carvings and is widely felt to be an embodiment of natural fertility, a spirit of the primeval greenwood and a trickster.
    jack-ofthe_green19-01-05-2013.jpg
  • A group of young Nepali children stand on the terrace of a small hut where they live in the village of Rip in the Gorkha district of central Nepal, one of the 75 districts of modern Nepal. The kids gaze into many directions while two village elders attend to domestic chores in the dirt. Beyond them, we see snow capped peaks of Himalayan mountains. Gorkha has lent its name to the Gurkha soldier, from where young teenage boys are typically recruited for service into the British army, a tradition that goes back to the Indian Mutiny of 1857
    nepal_rural02-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Traditional oyster fishing boats in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994.jpg
  • Traditional fencing method and vineyards in the wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy.
    appiano_italy43-12-07-2015.jpg
  • Members of the Deptford Jack in the Green dance from pub to pub to Greenwich, London to mark the start of spring. In the 16th and 17th centuries in England, people would make garlands of flowers and leaves for the May Day celebration. After becoming a source of competition between works Guilds. Participants wear traditional green faces and forest foliage, at tradition from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade decorated with garlands and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. Amongst modern "folkies" and neo-pagans the Jack in the Green has become identified with the mysterious Green Man depicted in mediaeval church carvings and is widely felt to be an embodiment of natural fertility, a spirit of the primeval greenwood and a trickster.
    jack-ofthe_green24-01-05-2013.jpg
  • Members of the Deptford Jack in the Green dance from pub to pub to Greenwich, London to mark the start of spring. In the 16th and 17th centuries in England, people would make garlands of flowers and leaves for the May Day celebration. After becoming a source of competition between works Guilds. Participants wear traditional green faces and forest foliage, at tradition from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade decorated with garlands and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. Amongst modern "folkies" and neo-pagans the Jack in the Green has become identified with the mysterious Green Man depicted in mediaeval church carvings and is widely felt to be an embodiment of natural fertility, a spirit of the primeval greenwood and a trickster.
    jack-ofthe_green14-01-05-2013.jpg
  • Members of the Deptford Jack in the Green dance from pub to pub to Greenwich, London to mark the start of spring. In the 16th and 17th centuries in England, people would make garlands of flowers and leaves for the May Day celebration. After becoming a source of competition between works Guilds. Participants wear traditional green faces and forest foliage, at tradition from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade decorated with garlands and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. Amongst modern "folkies" and neo-pagans the Jack in the Green has become identified with the mysterious Green Man depicted in mediaeval church carvings and is widely felt to be an embodiment of natural fertility, a spirit of the primeval greenwood and a trickster.
    jack-ofthe_green10-01-05-2013.jpg
  • Members of the Deptford Jack in the Green dance from pub to pub to Greenwich, London to mark the start of spring. In the 16th and 17th centuries in England, people would make garlands of flowers and leaves for the May Day celebration. After becoming a source of competition between works Guilds. Participants wear traditional green faces and forest foliage, at tradition from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade decorated with garlands and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. Amongst modern "folkies" and neo-pagans the Jack in the Green has become identified with the mysterious Green Man depicted in mediaeval church carvings and is widely felt to be an embodiment of natural fertility, a spirit of the primeval greenwood and a trickster.
    jack-ofthe_green09-01-05-2013.jpg
  • A lady office worker trying to enjoy her lunchtime in spring sunshine, ignores a traditional band of Morris Men who gather to begin a St George's Day performance at the church of St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate in the City of London. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448.
    st_georges_day11-23-04-2009.jpg
  • Traditional fencing method and vineyards in the wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy.
    appiano_italy42-12-07-2015.jpg
  • A traditional band of Morris Men dance outside the ancient Christian church of St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate in the City of London on St George's Day. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448. The church may have survived the Great Fire of London unscathed, and only lost one window in the Second World War, but on 24 April 1993 was one of the many buildings to be damaged by an IRA bomb.
    st_georges_day14-23-04-2009.jpg
  • Traditional Morris Men jig in the undervover Leadenhall Market in the City of London, on England's national St George's Day the 23rd April.
    st_georges_day20-23-04-2015.jpg
  • Logs and covered equipment outside a traditional Polish mountain shepherd's hut, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-219-21-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Morris Men jig in the undervover Leadenhall Market in the City of London, on England's national St George's Day the 23rd April.
    st_georges_day28-23-04-2015.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-23-18-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-13-18-April-2011.jpg
  • A pair of awkwardly splayed legs disappear into the cold, murky waters of the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. Having just dived head-first off a platform that juts out into the lake, the person is half in and half out and the splash is frozen in time. He or she is in incopetent diver with such ungainly plunge into the waters. It is otherwise a quiet moment. The water is largely undisturbed apart from the dive and buoy markers float to for a boundary line to keep rowing boats and bathers apart. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club have the use of this Royal lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The Serpentine gets its name from its supposedly snakelike, curving shape. It was formed in 1730 when Queen Caroline, wife of George II, ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park. ..
    RB-0191.jpg
  • English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
    oyster10-04-1994.jpg
  • Hosing down a freshly-killed line caught yellow fin tuna fish on the blue deck of a traditional dhoni fishing boat, Maldives
    maldives286-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Logs and covered equipment outside a traditional Polish mountain shepherd's hut, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-218-21-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of a traditional Slovenian barn in a rural village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-87-19-06-2018.jpg
  • An physical education instructor tests an army recruit for concussion after a bout of Milling, a test of aggression that  recruits must pass before qualifying as a paratrooper in the Para Regiment of the British Army, on 23rd July 1996, at Aldershot, England. The controversial Milling tradition unique to the Paras is a test for young men to prove they have a killer spirit by a timed gloved one-to-one boxing fight. Within that time, they have to punch as fiercely as possible, often resulting in blooded noses and temporary concussion.
    milling_paras-23-07-1996.jpg
  • The City Marshal during the traditional ceremony of the proclamation of the dissolution of Parliament, on the day that David Cameron announces the beginning of theh 2015 election campaign.City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.
    election_common_cryer19-30-03-2015.jpg
  • The City Marshal during the traditional ceremony of the proclamation of the dissolution of Parliament, on the day that David Cameron announces the beginning of theh 2015 election campaign.City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.
    election_common_cryer20-30-03-2015.jpg
  • City of London constables stand under the pillars of Royal Exchange, Cornhill before the traditional ceremony of the proclamation of the dissolution of Parliament, on the day that David Cameron announces the beginning of theh 2015 election campaign. City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.
    election_common_cryer13-30-03-2015.jpg
  • City of London constables stand under the pillars of Royal Exchange, Cornhill before the traditional ceremony of the proclamation of the dissolution of Parliament, on the day that David Cameron announces the beginning of theh 2015 election campaign. City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.
    election_common_cryer14-30-03-2015.jpg
  • City of London constables stand under the pillars of Royal Exchange, Cornhill before the traditional ceremony of the proclamation of the dissolution of Parliament, on the day that David Cameron announces the beginning of theh 2015 election campaign. City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.
    election_common_cryer01-30-03-2015.jpg
  • The City Marshal during the traditional ceremony of the proclamation of the dissolution of Parliament, on the day that David Cameron announces the beginning of theh 2015 election campaign.City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.
    election_common_cryer04-30-03-2015.jpg
  • Browsing man outside traditional, but disappearing, bookshop on Charis Cross Road.
    charing_cross_bookshop01-18-03-2015.jpg
  • A young traveller tries out a new pony at the ancient annual Priddy Sheep (and horse) fair in Somerset, England. The young man rides bareback around a field on the outskirts of the village. Set in the Mendip Hills, in the south-western English county of Somerset, the Priddy Sheep fair is host to an odd mix of farmers and travellers (commonly and incorrectly known as gypsies). In this field set aside purely for travellers, many with West Country accents but also with nearby Welsh and Irish too, deals are done with a traditional spit on the hand and a smacking of palms, selling a pony to another family. The Priddy Sheep Fair moved from the city of Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death.
    priddy_fair17-21-08-2013.jpg
  • Travellers from across the West Country and beyond try out Romany carriages and horses at the ancient annual Priddy Sheep (and horse) fair in Somerset, England.Set in the Mendip Hills, in the south-western English county of Somerset, the Priddy Sheep fair is host to an odd mix of farmers and travellers (commonly and incorrectly known as gypsies). In this field set aside purely for travellers, many with West Country accents but also with nearby Welsh and Irish too, deals are done with a traditional spit on the hand and a smacking of palms, selling a pony to another family. The Priddy Sheep Fair moved from the city of Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death.
    priddy_fair16-21-08-2013.jpg
  • Travellers from across the West Country and beyond try out Romany carriages and horses at the ancient annual Priddy Sheep (and horse) fair in Somerset, England. Offloading the carriage, the men will parade around a field on the outskirts of the village, hoping to sell the vehicle. Set in the Mendip Hills, in the south-western English county of Somerset, the Priddy Sheep fair is host to an odd mix of farmers and travellers (commonly and incorrectly known as gypsies). In this field set aside purely for travellers, many with West Country accents but also with nearby Welsh and Irish too, deals are done with a traditional spit on the hand and a smacking of palms, selling a pony to another family. The Priddy Sheep Fair moved from the city of Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death.
    priddy_fair15-21-08-2013.jpg
  • In a London street, an apprentice in the bakery or milk industry endures a shower of fresh milk being poured over his head after a dusting of flour. This traditional ritual is usually performed on the unfortunate young man when he has successfully passed his apprenticeship term in the company - his mates participating in making his day as miserable as possible. But he takes it with good humour as it means he is now initiated into the industry.
    apprentice_ritual-02-07-1998.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. <br />
The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-8-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-5-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-12-18-April-2011.jpg
  • Holidaymakers are seated in deckchairs on the North Pier at Blackpool, England. As a man in the back row drinks deeply from a can and a lady next to him looks intently at life to the right, a more eccentric woman sleeps with a lacy handkerchief stretched across her face, pinned inside her sunglasses. Looking very English with embroidered or printed pattern of flowers. This northern seaside resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. Blackpool is the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people from industrial towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
    blackpool02-30-07-1993.jpg
  • On table 3, a holiday couple enjoy a full English cooked breakfast in the bay window of a Bed & Breakfast (B+B) in the Devon seaside resort of Paignton. Seated in the bright area that overlooks the seafront, beach huts and the calm sea in the distance. On the gingham tablecloth is a traditional English tea pot, toast rack and jam and they tuck into slices of white bread toast accompanied by orange juice. A No Vacancies sign hangs in the window for potential guests to spot as they walk the promenade.
    bed_and_breakfast02-21-07-1992.jpg
  • A traditional agricultural hut in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Smoke houses such as these sell Oszczypek, a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland.
    poland-83-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Morris Men jig in the undervover Leadenhall Market in the City of London, on England's national St George's Day the 23rd April.
    st_georges_day26-23-04-2015.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, a portrait of traditional thatchers with straw for a barn roof in Suffolk, England. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-21-18-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-19-18-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-10-18-April-2011.jpg
  • On a hot night at Bahrain International Airport, a Boeing airliner is about to be pushed backwards and start its engines. Two airport agents wearing traditional Arab dress stand patiently high up on the air bridge (that joins the aircraft fuselage during its turnaround time), several metres above ground level, ensuring no last-minute problems occur before departure. This Gulf State is, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. 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_corbis08-21-04-2001.jpg
  • Clubbing to death an adult yellow fin tuna on the blue deck of a traditional dhoni fishing boat on the Indian Ocean, Maldives
    maldives316-14-11-2007.jpg
  • Hosing down a freshly-killed line caught yellow fin tuna fish on the blue deck of a traditional dhoni fishing boat, Maldives
    maldives315-14-11-2007.jpg
  • The timbers of a traditional Slovenian barn in a rural village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-85-19-06-2018.jpg
  • The City Marshal during the traditional ceremony of the proclamation of the dissolution of Parliament, on the day that David Cameron announces the beginning of theh 2015 election campaign.City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.
    election_common_cryer21-30-03-2015.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, traditional thatcher lays straw on a barn roof in Suffolk, England. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching01-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-20-18-April-2011.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-15-18-April-2011.jpg
  • Tuna fishermen drag a thrashing sailfish on to the deck of a traditional dhoni fishing boat on the Indian Ocean, Maldives.
    maldives295-14-11-2007.jpg
  • A British family watch the Queen's speech to the nation on Christmas Day, a tradition started in 1932 and which she first broadcast on television in 1957, on 25th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
    queen's_speech-09-25-12-2019.jpg
  • Detail of logs in a traditional Slovenian barn in a rural village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-106-19-06-2018.jpg
  • Two young wait to cross the road beneath traditional Azulejo tiles on the wall of Capela Das Almas (church), on Rua Santa Catarina Porto, Portugal. The panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-13-19-07-2016.jpg
  • From a low vantage point looking upwards, the atrium of British architect Sir Richard Rogers' Lloyds building in the City of London. We see the post-modern architecture of the insurance underwriters Lloyd's building, home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London which is located at number 1, Lime Street. Lloyd's is a British insurance market. It serves as a meeting place where multiple financial backers or "members", whether individuals (traditionally known as "Names") or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk. The Lloyds market began in Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse around 1688 and is today the world's leading insurance market providing specialist insurance services to businesses in over 200 countries and territories.
    lloyds_of_london01-18-03-1993.jpg
  • Christmas presents remain unopened beneath a Christmas tree and footage of Prince Charles meeting members of the military during the Queen's speech to the nation on Christmas Day, a tradition started in 1932 and which she first broadcast on television in 1957, on 25th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
    queen's_speech-08-25-12-2019.jpg
  • A small traditional Polish house, on 20th September 2019, in Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-158-20-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-19-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady struggles with sticks beneath traditional Azulejo tiles on the wall of Capela Das Almas (church), on Rua Santa Catarina Porto, Portugal. The panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-25-20-07-2016.jpg
  • With few visitors to see, a young boy pees into the water surrounding a model town at the Splendid China model village, the 30 hectares large tourist attraction in the city of Shenzhen, China. The kid aims into the water with his mother's help. In the background we see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, modern skyscrapers in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional village life. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
    shenzhen_peeing04-21-1995.jpg
  • A British family watch the Queen's speech to the nation on Christmas Day, a tradition started in 1932 and which she first broadcast on television in 1957, on 25th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
    queen's_speech-11-25-12-2019.jpg
  • Christmas presents remain unopened beneath a Christmas tree during the Queen's speech to the nation on Christmas Day, a tradition started in 1932 and which she first broadcast on television in 1957, on 25th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
    queen's_speech-04-25-12-2019.jpg
  • A hiking trail map outside the Bocowka restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-225-21-09-2019.jpg
  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-55-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A traditional Polish mountain housing architecture, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-52-16-09-2019.jpg
  • With the highest peaks in Slovenia in the distance is a traditional Slovenian mountain hut in the Slovenian Julian Alps, on 22nd June 2018, in Trenta, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Beyond are the mountains, Kreiski 2050m, Pihavec 2419m, Dolina Zadnjica and Triglav 2864m.
    slovenia-212-22-06-2018.jpg
  • Traditional multicoloured and portable Slovenian bee hives on the edge of a meadow in rural Slovenia, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
    slovenia-204-21-06-2018.jpg
  • Logs and timbers in a traditional Slovenian barn in a rural village, on 19th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-89-19-06-2018.jpg
  • A communist-era tractor is parked next to a traditional Slovenian village barn, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-06-18-06-2018.jpg
  • Traditional seafront holiday trinket and seaside memento shop on Pier Hill at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
    southend_seafront-19-17-09-2016.jpg
  • The painted bow of a Moliceiro boat with the background of traditional homes on the Canal de S. Roque, Aveiro, Portugal. Moliceiros are vessels circulating in the lagoon area of Rio Vouga, Aveira, originally used for the harvesting of seaweed but currently most used for tourism trips.
    portugal_aveira-20-18-07-2016.jpg
  • Pedestrians pass beneath traditional Azulejo tiles on the wall of Capela Das Almas (church), on Rua Santa Catarina Porto, Portugal. The panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-08-19-07-2016.jpg
  • A local builder drives beneath traditional Azulejo tiles on the wall of Capela Das Almas (church), on Rua Santa Catarina Porto, Portugal. The panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-11-19-07-2016.jpg
  • Pedestrians pass beneath traditional Azulejo tiles on the wall of Capela Das Almas (church), on Rua Santa Catarina Porto, Portugal. The panels depict scenes from the lives of various saints including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine. Eduardo Leite painted the tiles in a classic 18th-century style, though they actually date back only to the early 20th century.
    portugal_porto-14-19-07-2016.jpg
  • London pub window.Looking through an ornately traditional English pub window, an unidentified drinker reaches for their pint of beer, as seen through the front frosted window of a tradtional pub in Drury Lane, in London's West End..From the 'Windows' series.
    Daily scenes in London3 RBA.jpg
  • Christmas presents remain unopened beneath a Christmas tree as Queen Elizabeth meets NHS staff during her speech to the nation on Christmas Day, a tradition started in 1932 and which she first broadcast on television in 1957, on 25th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
    queen's_speech-07-25-12-2019.jpg
  • Christmas presents remain unopened beneath a Christmas tree during the Queen's speech to the nation on Christmas Day, a tradition started in 1932 and which she first broadcast on television in 1957, on 25th December 2019, in Bristol, England.
    queen's_speech-02-25-12-2019.jpg
  • An ornate wooden window of the Bocowka restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-236-22-09-2019.jpg
  • An ornate wooden window of the Bocowka restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-235-22-09-2019.jpg
  • A walker and hiking trail map outside the Bocowka log restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-232-22-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiking trail map outside the Bocowka restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-199-21-09-2019.jpg
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