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  • A hunched, homeless elderly man walks along Fenchurch Street in the City of London while younger and affluent office workers saunter past, smiling and with a care in the world. It is a scene of social class division, the contrasts between wealth and poverty, have and have nots, prospects and no hope for the future and of old age and youth. The old man carries a plastic bag with all his belongings and the workers carry their lunch in a paper bag. They are not only smart and he dishevelled but they stand tall and he is stooped, further proof of the hard, demanding life he leads on the capital's streets.
    misc-london02-30-08-2007.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
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church02-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-25-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-06-16-09-2019.jpg
  • The statue of Sir Thomas Guy stands outside the historical entrance of Guys hospital, on 9th June 2020, in London, England. Thomas Guy (1644 – 1724) was British bookseller, speculator and founder of Guy's Hospital, London whose links to the global slave trade is now a controversial aspect of this businessman by anti-slavery activists and more recently, Black Lives Matter protesters. His wealth came through shares in the South Sea Company whose main business was in the selling of slaves from Africa to the Spanish colonies. In 1720 he successfully sold his stock of the company for approx £400 million (at today's prices) and amassed a large fortune, opening the Guy's Hospital  in 1725 which today serves as one of  the capital's major NHS healthcare centres. In the aftermath of the George Floyd protests in the US and UK Black Lives Matter groups who are calling for the removal of statues and street names with links to the slave trade, Guy's and other statues of British slavery owners and profiteers, have become a focus of impassioned protest.
    black_lives_matter_statue-28-09-06-2...jpg
  • A poverty-stricken homeless man looks down at the pavement while a smartly-dressed professional puts a finger on his location on a steel map (and his own position in life) - a scene of wealth and prosperity and the downtrodden in society. They are both in a place known as Bank Triangle in what is called the Square Mile, London's oldest district of banking and finance businesses.
    homeless_tourist01-17-05-1998.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church04-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church07-10-08-2020.jpg
  • An excavator and aspirational poster on wall during building of 2012 Olympic Westfield City shopping centre, Stratford. A glamorous woman representing the good times - wealth and beauty and the symbols of affluence - while the working Man is seen small in comparison, the downtrodden Man. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector..
    olympic_stratford31-15-03-2012.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church05-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-26-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-10-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Morning sunshine and the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church09-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church12-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-27-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-11-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Morning sunshine and the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church11-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church03-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church08-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A viewpoint from a hilltop of new short-stay tourist housing for winter sports and summer walking activity visitors, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-252-22-09-2019.jpg
  • A viewpoint from a hilltop of new short-stay tourist housing for winter sports and summer walking activity visitors, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-250-22-09-2019.jpg
  • Solar panels on a local Polish country wood-constructed home, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism appartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-245-22-09-2019.jpg
  • An image featuring new housing on a traditional Polish agricultural barn, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-223-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A local Polish building project for sale, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-50-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-29-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-28-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-12-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-08-18-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-04-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Four associates celebrate a successful day's business by treating themselves to a lunchtime bottle of white wine amid the scenes of prosperity and wealth of early 90s Britain. At their feet in the bay window are the fruits of a buoyant economy - Magnums of and jeroboams of Champagne to help revel in the success of the era. This is the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district where money is earned in great quantities and commodities traded in their millions. The commissions are huge and lunchtimes are extravagant.
    city_lunchtime02-20-05-1993.jpg
  • Two very posh Belgian ladies window shop in one of Belgium's smartest chocolatiers in the famous Galleries de la Reine in central Brussels. Wearing fur coats and warm hats, they epitomise wealth and prosperity in late 1980s Europe. Golden packaging is seen in this wonderful display where individual chocolates and shaped hearts and cakes show their exclusive values.
    chocolate_window-20-12-1989.jpg
  • Morning sunshine and the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church10-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Roadsigns outside the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church06-10-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, a building funded from the wealth of the 14th century local weaving industry, on 10th August 2020, in Worstead, Norfolk, England.
    worstead_church01-10-08-2020.jpg
  • Two men walk around the corner of a property wall and towards a roundabout, on 20th March 1968, in Kuwait, Persian Gulf. The period of 1946-82 is often termed "the golden period of Kuwait" by western academics. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kuwait was considered by some as the most developed country in the region. Kuwait was the pioneer in the Middle East in diversifying its earnings away from oil exports. The Kuwait Investment Authority is the world's first sovereign wealth fund. From the 1970s onward, Kuwait scored highest of all Arab countries on the Human Development Index.
    sixties_kuwait-20-03-1968.jpg
  • A viewpoint from a hilltop of new short-stay tourist housing for winter sports and summer walking activity visitors, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-251-22-09-2019.jpg
  • New short-stay tourist housing undergoing the final stages of construction, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism appartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-203-21-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-14-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-13-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-09-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-07-18-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-05-16-09-2019.jpg
  • An excavator and aspirational poster on wall during building of 2012 Olympic Westfield City shopping centre, Stratford. A glamorous woman sips a drink with a straw representing the good times - wealth and beauty and the symbols of affluence - while the working men are seen small in comparison, the downtrodden Man. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector..
    olympic_stratford29-15-03-2012.jpg
  • Two Cheryl Cole L'Oreal poster ads next to filthy derelict doorway with stenciled face, a scene of wealth versus poverty.
    cheryl_cole_ad02-19-11-2010.jpg
  • Two Cheryl Cole L'Oreal poster ads next to filthy derelict doorway with stenciled face, a scene of wealth versus poverty.
    cheryl_cole_ad01-19-11-2010.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
  • A homeless man lies on City seating as a businessmen smokes, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
    wealth_poverty-02-14-09-2017.jpg
  • A homeless man lies on City seating as a businessmen smokes, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
    wealth_poverty-03-14-09-2017.jpg
  • A homeless man lies on City seating as a businessman smokes above, on 14th September 2017, in the City of London, England.
    wealth_poverty-01-14-09-2017.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a government and NHS (National Health Service) notice urges the public to stay Covid secure during a high infection rate in the capital, during the third English lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city10-01-03-2021.jpg
  • The figure of a fallen soldier of the First World War and an exterior of the Bank of England in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england13-01-03-2021.jpg
  • The figure of a fallen soldier of the First World War and an exterior of the Bank of England in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england12-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England and the statue of a mounted Duke of Wellington, are seen through the half-open gates of an entrance to Bank Underground Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england33-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, buses queue at red lights with a wide view of the Bank of England (left) and Royal Exchange (right) in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england20-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England (left) and Royal Exchange (right) in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england26-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England and the statue of a mounted Duke of Wellington, are seen through the half-open gates of an entrance to Bank Underground Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england32-01-03-2021.jpg
  • The figure of a fallen soldier of the First World War and an exterior of the Bank of England in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england14-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, Royal Exchage (left) and the Bank of England (right) are seen reflected in an office property's window along with the silhouetted statue of  civil engineer James Henry Greathead, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground.
    bank-of_england35-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, buses queue at red lights with a wide view of the Bank of England (left) and Royal Exchange (right) in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england22-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a government and NHS (National Health Service) notice urges the public to stay Covid secure during a high infection rate in the capital, during the third English lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city07-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England and the statue of a mounted Duke of Wellington, are seen through the half-open gates of an entrance to Bank Underground Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england31-01-03-2021.jpg
  • A wealthy Latino couple enjoy the beach as a man carrying possessions walks past, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
    miami_beach-15-05-1996_4.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England (left) and Royal Exchange (right) in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england11-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England (left) and Royal Exchange (right) in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england25-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a government and NHS (National Health Service) notice urges the public to stay Covid secure during a high infection rate in the capital, during the third English lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city06-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, Royal Exchage (left) and the Bank of England (right) are seen reflected in an office property's window along with the silhouetted statue of  civil engineer James Henry Greathead, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground.
    bank-of_england37-01-03-2021.jpg
  • An elderly woman walks beneath the tall columns of the Bank of England, at the corner of Threadneedle and Princes Streets in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england06-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a government and NHS (National Health Service) notice urges the public to stay Covid secure during a high infection rate in the capital, during the third English lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city08-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Mythical Greek male telamon figures look towards a female caryatid sculpture on the exterior of the Bank of England (left) and the columns of Royal Exchange (right) in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england19-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a government and NHS (National Health Service) notice urges the public to stay Covid secure during a high infection rate in the capital, during the third English lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city02-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a government and NHS (National Health Service) notice urges the public to stay Covid secure during a high infection rate in the capital, during the third English lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city03-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, Royal Exchage (left) and the Bank of England (right) are seen reflected in an office property's window along with the silhouetted statue of  civil engineer James Henry Greathead, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground.
    bank-of_england36-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Two young women rest beneath the statue of the Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington which stands in front of Royal Exchange in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. Designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria , Royal Exchange is the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
    bank_of_england04-01-03-2021.jpg
  • A Rolls-Royce limousine drives past less wealthy onlookers opposite the temporary renovation hoarding of luxury brand Louis Vuitton in New Bond Street, on 25th February 2019, in London, England.
    vuitton_corner-01-26-02-2019.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
  • Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as two posh couples arrive for the day's racing dressed in showy dresses for the ladies and the men in formal top hat and tails. The posh lady in the front is in yellow and holds on to her straw hat on this windy summer day. Each wears their red Ascot badges allowing them entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humerous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged with one couple but discomfort from those behind.
    ascot_women01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • 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.
    ascot_couple06-18-1992.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
  • Arriving hoi polloi for Royal Ascot's Ladies Day parade to a private members' enclosure gate, watched by the Common People..Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June.
    ascot_posh02-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England and the statue of a mounted Duke of Wellington, are seen through the half-open gates of an entrance to Bank Underground Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
    bank_of_england28-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, little traffic or pedestrians pass through a quiet Queen Victoria Street during the third lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st march 2021, in London, England.
    bank_junction02-01-03-2021.jpg
  • Reflection of a construction crane with existing corporate office windows in the City of London, UK.
    city_construction-01-15-08-2016.jpg
  • Ladies in fancy hats pass-by a jockey poster during the Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
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  • Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is seated against a gold leaf backdrop of Islamic texts in a reception room of his palace in central Khartoum. Al Bashir is head of the National Congress Party and has been in power since October 1993.
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  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England (left) and Royal Exchange (right) in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
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  • Two young women rest beneath the statue of the Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington which stands in front of Royal Exchange in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. Designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria , Royal Exchange is the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
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  • The statue of civil engineer James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground railway beneath the flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow, VTB Group’s Corporate Investment Business is a leader in the international investment banking sector in Russia. VTB Bank is one of the leading universal banks of Russia. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group, offering a wide range of banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. The Group’s largest subsidiaries in Russia is the Bank of Moscow.
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  • City workers near David Cameron's Conservative party's election promise on Evening Standard headline in the City of London. David Cameron has said his aim is to guarantee a "good life" for British workers and families as he launched the Conservatives' election manifesto. The prime minister said he wanted "to finish the job" of rebuilding Britain on behalf of "working people". Labour said the Conservatives were the "party of the richest in society".
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  • Immaculate and identical white-painted properties and ornamental lamp post in exclusive Wellington Square, SW1
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  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, thedistorted architecture Bank of England is seen reflected in the windscreen of a London bus which is driving through the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
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  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a government and NHS (National Health Service) notice urges the public to stay Covid secure during a high infection rate in the capital, during the third English lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, 1st March 2021, in London, England.
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  • Days before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget, a wide view of the Bank of England and the statue of a mounted Duke of Wellington, are seen through the half-open gates of an entrance to Bank Underground Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 1st March 2021, in London, England.
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  • Two young women rest beneath the statue of the Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington which stands in front of Royal Exchange in the City of London, on 1st March 2021, in London, England. Designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria , Royal Exchange is the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
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  • Casually-dressed young successful businessmen, each with large cigars, walk along Conhill, a City of London street, on 11th August, 2017, in London, England.
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  • The Chinese and British national flags hanging together in a City of London sidestreet.
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  • Cityscape of skyscrapers looking across Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.
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  • A guest looks out from a walkway down on to a  wide atrium within Sofitel, a 605 bedroom, 27 suite and 45 meeting room accommodation and business hub, situated at Heathrow Airport 's Terminal 5 hotel. Large areas of glass make this a landscape of modernity and the last daylight mixes with artificial lighting from the atrium's spotlights.From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...
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  • Receptionist in the British Airways Galleries First .for First Class passengers at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
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  • Helium-filled pastel-coloured brthday party balloons tied to railings in exclusive property in Belgravia's Eaton Place, London
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