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  • Reaching out to a tower of scaffolding, high above the skyline of North London, a member of a company of abseiling construction scaffold workers make use of circus skills. Suspended with ropes, carabinas and a seat harness normally used by mountaineers, this man is wearing a safety helmet and blue overalls and his dirty gloved hand is about to make contact with yellow iron work as his colleague looks skyward, already tethered to the reinforced structure. A 60s tower block is immediately behind and suburban houses and streets are below. We see a man about to make contact with a place of safety, reaching out to his destination while spread across London's skies. Lit by flash, this picture is confusing because the viewer sees a false sense of size and scale between the iron work and the flats behind.
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  • A detail of a City of London Goldsmith's street sign on the corner of Suffolk Lane and Lombard Street in the heart of the capital's financial district. A golden crown sits above the head of an eminent 18th century financier.
    banking_sign02-20-05-1993.jpg
  • Two workmen paint black iron railings of a restaurant on Dean Street in the heart of Soho, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
    painting_railings-02-05-03-2018.jpg
  • High above the streets of London's Holborn, we see the sign for the Olde Cock Tavern, one of the city's old inns from the 16th century. Ye Olde Cock Tavern is a public house on London's Fleet Street. Originally built before the 17th century, it was rebuilt, including the interior (which is thought to include work by carver Grinling Gibbons) on the other side of the road in the 1880s when a branch of the Bank of England was built where it stood. However, in the 1990s a fire broke out and destroyed many of the original ornaments, and the building has since gone through a restoration using photographs. It has been frequented by Samuel Pepys, Alfred Tennyson and Charles Dickens
    tavern_sign01-20-05-1993.jpg
  • The notorious moto in German labour and extermination camps Arbeit Macht Frei ('Work will set you free') in the Nazi and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WW2, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen05-06-04-2013.jpg
  • The notorious moto in German labour and extermination camps Arbeit Macht Frei ('Work will set you free') in the Nazi and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WW2, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen06-06-04-2013.jpg
  • Corrugated iron roof of semi-derelict crofter's outbuilding in hamlet of Waterloo, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
    5108-RPB59-angus_mchattie126-28-09-2...jpg
  • Two workmen paint black iron railings of a restaurant on Frith Street in the heart of Soho, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
    painting_railings-01-05-03-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-27-21-08-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-25-21-08-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-21-21-08-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-28-21-08-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-24-21-08-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-23-21-08-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-22-21-08-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession,
    city_construction-26-21-08-2018.jpg
  • An elderly lady makes her way from her community village Memorial Hall which she has been volunteering this winter morning as part of a charity funds raising event. The lady might be old and frail but her spirit is such that she still finds the time to integrate into community life and remains active despite her years. Walking beneath the wrought-iron sign in Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire, she edges under tentatively to make her way home wearing a quilted coat and her wedding ring on her gnarled hands. A chilly late-morning sun shines across the architecture of the building and this is the look of a lady happy with her morning's activities with fellow parishioners.
    village_hall11-18-1995.jpg
  • Desaturated image of boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works sign on street corner.
    no_work_cc01-22-11-2012.jpg
  • Permit to Work and No Entry notices in construction barriers, in a south London street.
    work_fence03-07-10-2015.jpg
  • City of London office workers pass one of a pair of leaning figures by Anthony Gormley entitled Parralel Field (1990), part of Sculpture in the City, a summer street art exhibition in the Square Mile, the capital's financial district. Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture near Newcastle upon Tyne in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998.
    city_gormley05-09-07-2013.jpg
  • City of London office workers pass one of a pair of leaning figures by Anthony Gormley entitled Parralel Field (1990), part of Sculpture in the City, a summer street art exhibition in the Square Mile, the capital's financial district. Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture near Newcastle upon Tyne in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998.
    city_gormley02-09-07-2013.jpg
  • A boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works triangle sign on a Holborn corner.
    no_work03-22-11-2012.jpg
  • A boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works triangle sign on a Holborn corner.
    no_work02-22-11-2012.jpg
  • A boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works triangle sign on a Holborn corner.
    no_work01-22-11-2012.jpg
  • A man sleeps in mid-afternoon sunshine on the steps of Royal Exchange opposite the Bank of England in the City of London, taking a nap in the heart of the capital's financial district. A red double-decker Routemaster bus has stopped in a queue of traffic opposite with an advert for London buses saying 'We've got to get this city to work' but with tattoos on his arms and his forehead and wearing heavy army-style boots, he is clearly not on his way to a job and therefore out-of-place in this busy part of London. With arms folded and head resting on an unseasonal coat, the man is asleep and going nowhere.
    london_bus02-21-04-1993.jpg
  • BBC warm-up man Miles Crawford holds up two boards prompting the audience watching the National Lottery Show to Clap or Laugh in BBC Television Centre in West London, England. Lit by studio lighting with a universe of stars in the background, Crawford is a respected and versatile stand-up comic and TV personality in his own right  working for the BBC, Sky, Channel 4 and ITV. Ironically, warm-ups perform a preliminary act before a TV show is recorded to literally warm an audience into non-spontaneous laughter to help a comedy's atmosphere - albeit with the help of prompt signs like these. The first National Lottery Live show was at 19:00 on Saturday 19 November 1994.
    RB_013-16-03-1996.jpg
  • During a fair at the famous Alexandra Palace in north London England, where the first BBC broadcasts were made in the mid-30s, the British Inventors Society (BIS) meet in a stand during a British Invention Show, an expo to help international entrepreneurs to sell their new ideas and concepts. BIS was formed in December 2003. The team that came together includes leading inventors and innovators, academics and entrepreneurs who share a common belief - that invention is the vital spark that drives the world's technology and new orders of wealth creation. But there is no-one at home here, its stand remains unoccupied with vacated seats seen through the open doorway and beneath the plain sign. It is a comical and ironic scene, of unfulfilled ambition and failing innovation.
    inventors_fair02-19-10-2007.jpg
  • Seen through a junk shop window in north London, the large letters Last Day have been painted in white emulsion paint on the pane of glass. Between the letters are figures and bric-a-brac on sale in this budget store. A tiger model; a Jesus figure; a doll in a green dress. 'Last Day' is also ironic in a Biblical context as it was taken a few days after the Day of Resurrection and Easter.
    window_lastday_03002-17-04-2007.jpg
  • A beautifully simple white cotton shirt by couturier Margaret Howell is displayed in the company's workshop factory in Edmonton, North London. England. Ironed without creases, the garment has been set on a dress making tailor's dummy made by Kennett and Lindsell of Romford Essex. The pure white shirt is seen against a similarly-toned white wall and lit by daylight. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
    margaret_howell20223-05-2007 .jpg
  • Permit to Work and No Entry notices in construction barriers, in a south London street.
    work_fence01-07-10-2015.jpg
  • City of London office workers pass one of a pair of leaning figures by Anthony Gormley entitled Parralel Field (1990), part of Sculpture in the City, a summer street art exhibition in the Square Mile, the capital's financial district. Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture near Newcastle upon Tyne in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998.
    city_gormley06-09-07-2013.jpg
  • Desaturated image of boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works sign on street corner.
    no_work_cc02-22-11-2012.jpg
  • Construction landscape of Tate Britain art gallery on London's Southbank. The promise of more space for visitors is proclaimed by gallery owners.
    lomdon_walk12-02-02-2016.jpg
  • Construction landscape of Tate Britain art gallery on London's Southbank. The promise of more space for visitors is proclaimed by gallery owners.
    lomdon_walk11-02-02-2016.jpg
  • Construction landscape of Tate Britain art gallery on London's Southbank. The promise of more space for visitors is proclaimed by gallery owners.
    lomdon_walk10-02-02-2016.jpg
  • Sheeting covers the exterior of a Holiday Inn which is still managing to remain open in the borough of Southwark, on 14th May 2017, in London, England.
    open_hotel-01-14-05-2017.jpg
  • Sheeting covers the exterior of a Holiday Inn which is still managing to remain open in the borough of Southwark, on 14th May 2017, in London, England.
    open_hotel-02-14-05-2017.jpg
  • Ground crew members of 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team - known as Blues - in off-duty Cyprus quarters.
    Red_Arrows290_RBA.jpg
  • A shop window in Camden north London proclaims in red stencilled letters the business is open seven days a week when the store has gone out of business and the words No Hope have been added after the pane of glass has been white-washed. Stickers have been applied and torn off again. It is a graphic picture of irony and delusion, a misguided shop owner who thought his company was successful when it was heading for closure.
    window_nohope_03003-17-04-2007.jpg
  • A simple white cotton shirt set on a dressmaker's tailoring dummy in the design studio at couturier Margaret Howell's workshop
    margaret_howell20723-05-2007 .jpg
  • Tourists pose for photos beneath the golden gates of the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen - sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers - were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s.
    versaille_palace02-18-08-2012.jpg
  • The golden gates of the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. Replicas of the original 80m wrought iron and gold leaf gates grace the entrance to Louix XVI's former power base. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen - sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers - were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s.
    versaille_palace08-18-08-2012.jpg
  • The golden gates of the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. Replicas of the original 80m wrought iron and gold leaf gates grace the entrance to Louix XVI's former power base. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen - sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers - were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s.
    versaille_palace07-18-08-2012.jpg
  • The golden gates of the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. Replicas of the original 80m wrought iron and gold leaf gates grace the entrance to Louix XVI's former power base. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen - sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers - were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s.
    versaille_palace05-18-08-2012.jpg
  • Tourists queue to gain entrance below the golden gates of  the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen - sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers - were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s.
    versaille_palace01-18-08-2012.jpg
  • The blurred lights of Blackpool's south pier register as a circle in this time exposure. Reflected on the puddles in beach sand, we see the colours of this iron structure on England's north west coast. Work began to build the pier in 1892. It was constructed, at a total cost of £50,000. .South Pier (originally known as Victoria Pier) is one of three piers in Blackpool, England. Located on South Promenade on the South Shore, the pier contains a number of amusement and adrenalin rides. It opens each year from March to November and is owned by Six Piers Limited.
    blackpool_pier-08-08-1992.jpg
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