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  • As the UK's Conornavirus pandemic lockdown continues, but with travel restrictions and social distancing rules starting to ease after three months of closures and isolation, a boy walks past a billboard that has appeared across the capital, telling Londoners that Community is Strength and that staying together is best, while someone has added a more confusing message asking for others to save lives by spitting, a breach of pandemic health guidelines, on 9th June 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_walworth-01-09-06-2020.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-23-28-02-2017.jpg
  • We are looking upwards towards three converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. Traffic leaves its light trails between the lens-distorted columns as it passes eastwards towards Bank Triangle, a busy intersection. It is early evening as the ambient light fades while artificial illumination becomes the dominant light-source.  With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influencial in the UK's economy. The dark pillars contrasting with the colourful (colorful) light emitted from this established Bank makes for a scene of stability and strength.
    RB-0038.jpg
  • Looking upwards towards the back of a number 8 red London bus which passes the pillars of the famous Bank of England building at Cornhill in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. We see the Bank rising as an imposing classical structure. Its columns are converging because of wide-angle lens-distortion, giving us the image of strength, stability and influence in UK economics. The bus is a traditional design called a Routemaster which has been in service on the capital's roads since 1954 and is nowadays only seen on heritage routes. Its distinctive rounded rear bodywork is easily recognisable as that classic British icon.
    RB-0037.jpg
  • With a grimace on her pained face, a female Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst splashes through a water obstacle during  an endurance race. Recruits are running a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perseverance or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
    sandhurst_cadet04-12-1996.jpg
  • As the UK's Conornavirus pandemic lockdown continues, but with travel restrictions and social distancing rules starting to ease after three months of closures and isolation, a boy walks past a billboard that has appeared across the capital, telling Londoners that Community is Strength and that staying together is best, while someone has added a more confusing message asking for others to save lives by spitting, a breach of pandemic health guidelines, on 9th June 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_walworth-02-09-06-2020.jpg
  • Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. It is early evening as the ambient light fades while artificial illumination becomes the dominant light-source. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The dark pillars contrasting with the colourful (colorful) light emitted from this established Bank makes for a scene of stability and strength against the pity and tragedy of a past conflict that claimed millions of lives.
    bank_triangle01-04-20-1997.jpg
  • "Homo erectus." At the exact moment that a young human being walks for the first time, an eleven month-old girl infant conquers her fear and takes her first tentative upright unaided steps. After months of building lower leg strength by pushing and leaning against household objects, she now leaves the protective hands of a delighted but nervous mother who relishes the joyous moment of her offspring's great achievement. The girl's legs and hips help propel her forward motion, naturally making her an upright bi-pedal species. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella21-20-04-1995.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-24-28-02-2017.jpg
  • A middle-aged man dressed in a smart dark suit is about to descend underground to Bank tube (subway) station beneath the converging columns of the famous Bank of England and Cornhill Exchange at Bank Triangle in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The gentleman is on his way home in the afternoon, his commuting exodus to be shared by its daily working population of 311,000. This perspective of suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
    bank_triangle02-04-20-1997.jpg
  • Roof architecture showing Torso Node engineering strength at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport690-17-07-2009.jpg
  • Roof architecture showing Torso Node engineering strength at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport687-17-07-2009.jpg
  • Roof architecture showing Torso Node engineering strength at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport685-17-07-2009.jpg
  • "On all fours." An eleven month-old infant crawls up some back garden steps and into her parents' house. Her head and shoulders are already hidden as she disappears inside. She is exploring a familiar world, being bold, gaining strength and confidence to move independently to eventually stand upright and walk unaided. Someone has taped a short stick to the upper step to help her position herself downwards when exiting the house backwards.  Wearing only a nappy (diaper) it is clearly a warm summer's day. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella20-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Garden ballet." With hands outstretched, a ten month-old infant supports her weight on some garden chairs as she learns to stand on her own two feet. Without the strength in her legs, she loses her balance and her mother stands behind holding her daughter by the waist preventing her from falling over. It is a warm summer afternoon with both mother and child barefoot on the back garden patio and we see the experience of an adult encouraging a developing human being with the confidence to stand erect with back straight. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella18-20-04-1995.jpg
  • On the living room floor at home, a young mother grabs a few minutes to herself to exercises her pelvic floor muscles three weeks after giving birth to a baby girl who lies asleep in a Moses basket carry cot on the carpet. She rotates her hips to her right, twisting her body to regain strength in her lower torso, still sore from labour. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella07-20-04-1995.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos (of about 325-300BC) in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-25-28-02-2017.jpg
  • Strong men perform strength acts as the great British public brave bad weather to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee flotilla on the river Thames. 1,000 boats made their way past Battersea Park, London including their reigning monarch of 60 years and other members of the royal family during a weekend of official festivities and street parties.
    jubilee_celebrations22-03-06-2012.jpg
  • A holy Sadhu man attracts a crowd on the Maidan in central Calcutta, India. Near some ballustrades built by the British during the last years of the Raj, the man is leaning forward on his knees and his head is buried in gravel. Practicing Tapas or Niyamas, is one form of Austerity that holy men like this perform to cleanse themselves of bad thoughts. It is a conservation of energy; an increase of power in the system by sense control; a process of positive-thought, self-imposed  hardships and inner-strength - all to gain a higher being for oneself. They might stand in cold water in winter, stand on or bury their heads in earth. Niyamas also breeds non-violence, truthfullness, non-stealing, moderation, non-possessiveness, purity, contentment, discipline, study and surrender.
    RB_059-18-11-1996.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange37-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange29-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange18-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange23-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange39-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange32-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange13-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange14-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange12-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange20-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_recruitment08-16-01-1997.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0416-01_1997.jpg
  • A lone walker passes by a partially-collapsed broken sign announcing the summit of Rannoch Moor, Scotland UK, 1,350 feet above sea level. He is hunched against a driving wind at this altitude and the country he is walking over is bleak and boggy, a wetland high up in the Scottish Highlands. Thick tufts of grass and moss lie about in this tough terrain, held in great affection for long-distance hikers. Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km²) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rannoch Moor is designated a National Heritage site.
    RB_128-12-10-1996.jpg
  • Teenage Nepali boys await the start of a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They have to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    doko_gurkhas-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Climbing club and gritstone geology on Long Causeway cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...Located in the Peak District National Park in England Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside including Hathersage, Castleton and the 'Shivering Mountain', Mam Tor in the west. A walk along the edge is an easy route but the exposed cliff can make conditions difficult throughout the year as it is often battered by wind, rain and regular snowfall in the winter months. There are a number of popular walks including routes along the remains of a Roman Road and towards Redmires Reservoir to the east as well as longer walks such as those including the nearby Longshaw Estate. Sopurce http://www.stanageedge.co.uk
    stanage_edge20-03-06-2010.jpg
  • It is dawn in Calcutta, West Bengal, India and on the West bank of the Hooghly River the sun is rising from across the Howrah Bridge. A man has waded out into waist-deep water and stands in the polluted river saying his prayers and offering thanks to his Hindu Gods. He has found inner-peace, a tranquillity surrounded by the chaotic pace of Indian life in this city. The engineering of the bridge stretches across the water as the humanity cross to their businesses and markets. The bridge is one of three on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. Bearing the daily weight of approximately 150,000 vehicles and 4,000,000 pedestrians. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in the world. The Hooghly River is an approximately 260 km long distributary of the Ganges River.
    RB_058-18-11-1996.jpg
  • Climbing club and gritstone geology on Long Causeway cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...Located in the Peak District National Park in England Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside including Hathersage, Castleton and the 'Shivering Mountain', Mam Tor in the west. A walk along the edge is an easy route but the exposed cliff can make conditions difficult throughout the year as it is often battered by wind, rain and regular snowfall in the winter months. There are a number of popular walks including routes along the remains of a Roman Road and towards Redmires Reservoir to the east as well as longer walks such as those including the nearby Longshaw Estate. Sopurce http://www.stanageedge.co.uk
    stanage_edge21-03-06-2010.jpg
  • A young girl volunteer is caked in mud after an activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo. Beaming from ear to ear, the lady relishes her time here in one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It will have been a life-changing experience for her and her new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    expedition_woman01-28-09-1992.jpg
  • A young girl volunteer is hauled from a mud hole after an activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo. Beaming from ear to ear, the lady relishes her time here in one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It will have been a life-changing experience for her and her new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    expedition_woman03-27-01-2011.jpg
  • A local man carries electric cabling uphill on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. With few roads that can transport supplies and raw materials up to remote foothill communities, the only way is often to carry what one needs on the back or by yak. The paths are even but often very steep in places so stamina and endurance are needed to get even modest weights uphill. Nepalis up here often want newer technology and basic electricity to power lights and showers although solar power is another answer.
    himalayas_porter02-12-12-1997.jpg
  • Team GB's Vicky Holland at the front of a group in the cycling phase of the womens' Triathlon held in Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The race was eventually won in a photo finish by the Swiss Nicola Spirig, Lisa Norden (Silver) and Australia's Erin Densham (Bronze)
    olympic_triathlon02-04-08-2012.jpg
  • The plaza at Broadgate Tower, on 17th April 2018, in the City of London, England.
    broadgate_architecture-05-17-04-2018.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange31-27-02-2021.jpg
  • The plaza at Broadgate Tower, on 17th April 2018, in the City of London, England.
    broadgate_architecture-02-17-04-2018.jpg
  • Motivational sports psychology in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.<br />
2015). <br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'The Law of Gravity' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    kelly_gallagher152-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher162-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher310-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Engineering struts await use near scaffolding on a City of London construction site.
    city_poles01-20-10-2002.jpg
  • A young man stops to show off his exotic pet python comfortably wrapped aroud his shoulder in Miami, Florida.
    miami_snake-18-05-1996.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange16-27-02-2021.jpg
  • After a weekend of large numbers of Britons leaving London for holiday resorts and coastal beauty spots, and crowding into the capital's parks, the UK government is considering further restrictions of movement in public places to help social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic. Indoor gyms are now closed but this open-air space in Ruskin Park, south London has attracted south Londoners including members of the Brixton Street Gym who exercise together in warm spring sunshine, on 23rd March 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lambeth-41-23-03-2020.jpg
  • Cyclists cycle past the Tate Modern art gallery on Bankside, on 8th May 2017, in London, England.
    millennium_bridge-04-08-05-2017.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher88-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Corporate offices perspective in the City of London. Seen from a distance, away from this location on the northern boundary of the old part of London, we see the steel structure built in the 1980s at the height of Thatcher's building boom, the Broadgate development within the ancient boundary of the capital's Square Mile, it's financial district founded by the Romans in AD43.
    broadgate_offices01-04-03-2014.jpg
  • With a dark, weathered face, an elderly man carries a harvest of straw on his back - a traditional way of bringing in the harvested - in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The man is close to the viewer, looking directly at us while other members of his community appear around a bend. Agriculture accounts for about 40% of Nepal's GDP, services comprise 41% and industry 22%. Agriculture employs 76% of the workforce, services 18% and manufacturing/craft-based industry 6%. Agricultural produce -- mostly grown in the Terai region bordering India -- includes tea, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops, milk, and water buffalo meat. Industry mainly involves the processing of agricultural produce, including jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and grain.
    gorkha04-16-01-1997.jpg
  • A satirical Margaret Thatcher Spitting Image puppet by Fluck and Law wears a blue Conservative rosette and For Hire sticker.
    margaret_thatcher17-03-09-2007.jpg
  • "First shoes in Wales." An eleven month-old infant tries to walk in her first pair of proper rigid shoes whilst on holiday in Snowdonia, North Wales UK. Tentatively taking a few unconfident steps the young girl  cries out in surprise, almost falling over. Her mother instinctively grabs her coat hood before she topples into into the pebbles and soft mud of a river bed which would soil her clean clothes. We see a mother preventing her daughter from getting dirty and from hurting herself, a fast reaction to stop injury on a small child. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella22-20-04-1995.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange30-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange27-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange24-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A sunlit detail of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange15-27-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow02-08-02-2021.jpg
  • An office worker walks beneath the architecture of  22 Leadenhall Street, (aka the Leadenhall Building) on Leadenhall Street in the City of London during the Coronavirus pandemic, a time when office workers are still largely still working from home, on 16th September 2020, in London, England. The commercial skyscraper opened in July 2014 and was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and is informally known as "The Cheesegrater" because of its distinctive wedge shape.
    leadenhall_architecture03-16-09-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher08-10-08-2020.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher05-10-08-2020.jpg
  • After a weekend of large numbers of Britons leaving London for holiday resorts and coastal beauty spots, and crowding into the capital's parks, the UK government is considering further restrictions of movement in public places to help social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic. Indoor gyms are now closed but this open-air space in Ruskin Park, south London has attracted south Londoners including members of the Brixton Street Gym who exercise together in warm spring sunshine, on 23rd March 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lambeth-28-23-03-2020.jpg
  • After a weekend of large numbers of Britons leaving London for holiday resorts and coastal beauty spots, and crowding into the capital's parks, the UK government is considering further restrictions of movement in public places to help social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic. Indoor gyms are now closed but this open-air space in Ruskin Park, south London has attracted south Londoners including members of the Brixton Street Gym who exercise together in warm spring sunshine, on 23rd March 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_lambeth-23-23-03-2020.jpg
  • Traffic and Londoners outside the Bank of England in the City of London, the capital's financial district aka The Square Mile, on 29th August 2018, in London, England.
    bank_people-02-29-08-2018.jpg
  • Lightweight long-span cellular beams Crown Place, a new office construction development in Sun Street in the City of London - the capital's historic financial district - on 20th August 2018, in London, England. One Crown Place will comprise of existing period buildings with two new residential towers offering 246 apartments. The six-floor podium features 15,500sqm of high-quality office space, with a variety of retail space at ground level.
    city_construction-07-21-08-2018.jpg
  • Construction girders on a new development in the City of London - the capital's historic financial district - on 20th August 2018, in London, England.
    city_construction-05-20-08-2018.jpg
  • Eighties office architecture and the steel rivets from one of Tower Bridge's steel suspension anchor girders, on 14th December 2017, in the City of London, England.
    tower_bridge-02-14-12-2017.jpg
  • Following the attack on a group of Muslim men outside the Finsbury Park mosque which killed one person and seriously injured another ten, defiant messages are stuck to the Arsenal football shop window, on 19th June 2017, in the borough of Islington, north London, England
    finsbury_park_islamophobia-35-19-06-...jpg
  • Following the attack on a group of Muslim men outside the Finsbury Park mosque which killed one person and seriously injured another ten, defiant messages are stuck to the Arsenal football shop window, on 19th June 2017, in the borough of Islington, north London, England
    finsbury_park_islamophobia-32-19-06-...jpg
  • Seen through a window, a lady stretches to echo an image of a man hanging from bars, outside a Fitness First gym, on 1st September 2016, in south London, England UK.
    city_people-04-01-09-2016.jpg
  • Boulder traps stopping falling rocks above the South Tyrolean town of Klausen-Chiusa in northern Italy.
    klausen_italy05-15-07-2015.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher43-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Children battle it out using soft weapons during a Gladiator-style game. Bashing each other on the bodies on high platforms, they use the padded sticks to avoid injury, their heads protected by helmets. An instructor/judge look up to the boys to ensure their safety. In the background is a bouncy castle and other childrens' play area locations.
    children_gladiators-12-05-1999.jpg
  • The One Canada Square is seen soon after its completion in the early-1990s. Seen from a low angle inside the dome of Cabot Square shopping mall, we see the tall building rising above us. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the office of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape. One Canada Square (often incorrectly called Canary Wharf, after its location) is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It was the tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2010, standing at 235 metres (770 ft) above ground level and containing 50 storeys.
    canary_wharf-13-08-1991.jpg
  • The shadow of a crane is spread across the concrete surface of a lift shaft with their floors marked vertically at 5 Broadgate, designed by Make Architects which will become the new home of UBS in London when fully occupied. Rising towards the sky is the tower-like structure with blue numbers of future storeys, stencilled on to the grey reinforced concrete. There will be 12 floors to this office complex of 700,000 sq feet (66,890 sq m), scheduled to be completed in 2016. The City of London is the capital's historic centre first occupied by the Romans then expanded during following centuries until today, it has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
    construction_core08-14-03-2013.jpg
  • Overhead construction site scaffolding and a neon light above a young worker.
    neon_scaffolding1-05-July-2011.jpg
  • A male jogger exercises in a wide landscape of late winter light of south London's Ruskin Park.
    ruskin_park02-09-12-2010.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman towels himself down after emerging from his regular morning swim in the cold waters off Paignton.
    elderly_bather-19-07-1993.jpg
  • Pet Terrier dog plays harmlessly at biting frayed rope in a home garden.
    dog_biting03-28-08-2010.jpg
  • Pet Terrier dog plays harmlessly at biting frayed rope in a home garden.
    dog_biting02-28-08-2010.jpg
  • Londoners get wet in a splash experience at the South Bank during the free Mayor's Thames Festival celebration along the capital's river.
    south_bank10-14-09-2008.jpg
  • An athletic man poses against a wall on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida. This fine specimen of a man wears roller-blades and trousers tucked into his skates with a yellow t-shirt with the word Frequency across his pectoral muscles. His shdow appears across the wall and because of the angle, his shape has been greatly exaggerated, his body becoming a much wider, stockier proportion than the reality. He stands with an arm resting high on the wall and the other on his hip, almost in a feminine manner. He is nonetheless the epitome of maleness, of virility with the healthy physique that women adore and other men are jealous of! The sdidewalk pavement arcs around a corner and the wall with its long shadow is a strong diagonal line across the picture, disappearing to the far right.
    miami_beach05-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher is seen giving her last speech as Prime Minister at the October 1990 Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, Lancashire before being removed by her own colleagues a few weeks afterwards. Her fighting spirit and stern expression gives her the reputation of Iron Lady with a gaze that make her opponents uncomfortable. She is wearing a favourite two-tone blue suit with wide shoulders and a pearl ear-rings. The ambient stage lights emphasize the blonde highlights in her hair.
    margaret_thatcher10-03-09-2007.jpg
  • A female member of the Territorial Army hangs on to ropes before falling in pond water during weekend initiative manoeuvres
    territorial01-12-06-1988.jpg
  • Margaret Thatcher returns to the Conservative conference a year after being deposed by her own party colleagues, Blackpool.  .
    margaret_thatcher11-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Margaret Thatcher returns to the Conservative conference a year after being deposed by her own party colleagues, Blackpool.  .
    margaret_thatcher08-03-09-2007.jpg
  • One of Arup's 'torso nodes' help support 50 ton tusk rafters to made Heathrow airport's T5 largest free-standing building in UK
    heathrow_airport842-22-07-2009.jpg
  • One of Arup's 'torso nodes' help support 50 ton tusk rafters to made Heathrow airport's T5 largest free-standing building in UK
    heathrow_airport698-17-07-2009.jpg
  • Sudanese police stand guard during a visit by a western delegration to the 4 sq km Abu Shouk refugee camp, which is (disputedly) home to 38,000 displaced persons, on the outskirts of Al Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan.
    sudan158-23-05-2009.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange38-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange33-27-02-2021.jpg
  • With modern offices of financial institutions behind, an architectural sunlit view of the friezes and Latin inscriptions on the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 27th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but 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.
    royal_exchange22-27-02-2021.jpg
  • A meat industry worker delivers pork carcasses to a local butchers, on 10th August 2020, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England.
    aylsham_butcher09-10-08-2020.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
  • The plaza at Broadgate Tower, on 17th April 2018, in the City of London, England.
    broadgate_architecture-07-17-04-2018.jpg
  • The legs and arms of young speed skaters merge during a race at a local track, on 11th January 1999, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
    quebec_canada-11-01-1999_4.jpg
  • Leaping over waves, London Fire Brigade (LFB) fire fighters train on the River Thames using an inflatable dinghy
    firemen_boat01-02-02-1990.jpg
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