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  • Barack Obama and family seen on BBC News TV screens in London's John Lewis department store after election victory
    obama_election_night61-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Winner Obama College votes totalled on BBC News TV screens in London's John Lewis department store after election victory
    obama_election_night59-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Barack Obama and family seen on BBC News TV screens in London's John Lewis department store after election victory
    obama_election_night57-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Shopper watches Barack Obama Democrat supporters stage rally seen on BBC News TV screens in John Lewis department store
    obama_election_night56-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Barack Obama gives election victory speech on BBC News TV screens on audio floor of John Lewis department store
    obama_election_night55-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Barack Obama gives election victory speech on BBC News TV screens on audio floor of John Lewis department store
    obama_election_night52-05-11-2008.jpg
  • Mannequins laden with price tags in the northern Italian south Tyrolean city of Bozen-Bolzano. Hanging from the clothing on sale in this outdoor retailer in the city centre, we see discounts of up to 80% are on offer. South Tyrol is geographically the northernmost region of Italy with the best known part of South Tyrolean Alps being the Dolomites with the Schlern (2,662 mt) or the Rosengarten (3,002 mt).
    bolzano_italy11-11-07-2015.jpg
  • Shop owner writes a reduced price on an upright mirror with bright furniture on sale in a London street.
    pink_furniture08-23-03-2011.jpg
  • Sale price of £10 Pounds for t-shirts with shirts in window of city menswear clothes shop.
    t-shirt_sale02-10-01-2011.jpg
  • Sale price of £10 Pounds for t-shirts with shirts in window of city menswear clothes shop.
    t-shirt_sale01-10-01-2011.jpg
  • The women ponder the construction and value of ladies shoes that are on sale at a branch of Clarks shoes, in central London. The two females look the same facially and may be sisters, with similar glasses and hairstyles. Shopping together in the city where the busy atmosphere of shopaholics and busy consumers, this scene is frenzied and greedy retail spending and consumerism. The lady on the left has her tongue in her cheek and inspects the sole of a right shoe and its price on the heel. The manufacturer is Ecco, the small town Danish brand that is now available globally.
    women_sales-03-01-1992.jpg
  • Spectators take recently-purchased food away past a menu and price sign in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park28-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Filled with suits, jackets, trousers, and overcoats, the choices of mens' office worker clothes fill a shop front window belonging to Mr Byrite, a high-street clothes store chain in London England UK. Bargain sale prices for the items of clothing are all over the window display, offering discounts for £30, £40 or £60 and the mannequins used to wear these clothes either have bald-headed representations of men, or faceless white models wearing sun glasses. There is a sale of cheap items attracting young city men, far from traditional work attire, and more fashionable for the day.
    RB_074-16-02-1992.jpg
  • A blackboard listing the latest Ladbrokes betting prices on a Hung Parliament versus a majority voctoary for the Conservative Party in Britain's general election on 6th May 2010. Below the Palace of Westminster, in evening light, the Conservatives appear to be leading while without a majority, pointing to the possibility of a hung Parliament, the first time such a division of power since 1974.
    2010election_day46-06-05-2010.jpg
  • A blackboard listing the latest Ladbrokes betting prices on a Hung Parliament versus a majority voctoary for the Conservative Party in Britain's general election on 6th May 2010. Below the Palace of Westminster, in evening light, the Conservatives appear to be leading while without a majority, pointing to the possibility of a hung Parliament, the first time such a division of power since 1974.
    2010election_day47-06-05-2010.jpg
  • Two people of east Asian-descent look at Toshiba laptops displayed in a computer specialist in Tottenham Court Road - the centre for technology, gadgets and computing in central London. It is 1990 and the smaller, more portable laptop market is just taking off. The man takes notes on paper, writing prices, technical  specifications and offers for these Japanese-made items. Vying for sales with Toshiba in this particular window is Psion, Epson and Canon - all players in the early 1990s.
    toshiba_buyers-03-03-1990.jpg
  • A blackboard listing the latest Ladbrokes betting prices on a Hung Parliament versus a majority voctoary for the Conservative Party in Britain's general election on 6th May 2010. Below the Palace of Westminster, in evening light, the Conservatives appear to be leading while without a majority, pointing to the possibility of a hung Parliament, the first time such a division of power since 1974.
    2010election_day48-06-05-2010.jpg
  • A blackboard listing the latest Ladbrokes betting prices on a Hung Parliament versus a majority voctoary for the Conservative Party in Britain's general election on 6th May 2010. Below the Palace of Westminster, in evening light, the Conservatives appear to be leading while without a majority, pointing to the possibility of a hung Parliament, the first time such a division of power since 1974.
    2010election_day45-06-05-2010.jpg
  • A blackboard listing the latest Ladbrokes betting prices on a Hung Parliament versus a majority voctoary for the Conservative Party in Britain's general election on 6th May 2010. Below the Palace of Westminster, in evening light, the Conservatives appear to be leading while without a majority, pointing to the possibility of a hung Parliament, the first time such a division of power since 1974.
    2010election_day43-06-05-2010.jpg
  • A blackboard listing the latest Ladbrokes betting prices on a Hung Parliament versus a majority voctoary for the Conservative Party in Britain's general election on 6th May 2010. Below the Palace of Westminster, in evening light, the Conservatives appear to be leading while without a majority, pointing to the possibility of a hung Parliament, the first time such a division of power since 1974.
    2010election_day42-06-05-2010.jpg
  • A blackboard listing the latest Ladbrokes betting prices on a Hung Parliament versus a majority voctoary for the Conservative Party in Britain's general election on 6th May 2010. Below the Palace of Westminster, in evening light, the Conservatives appear to be leading while without a majority, pointing to the possibility of a hung Parliament, the first time such a division of power since 1974.
    2010election_day44-06-05-2010.jpg
  • The tower containing Big Ben amid the Gothic architecture of Britain's Houses of Parliament and jogger on the Embankment. Passing-by at speed with a slight blur, the male sportsman runs by the racks of colourful postcards showing London scenes, their prices written on makeshift marker on a white board. Beyond is Westminster Bridge that stretches of the River Thames, towards the British Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben's clock tower rising high above. It is a fine sunny day and a woman is writing more prices for tourist mementoes of another board, leaning on the river wall. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords (the upper house). Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster.
    parliament12-08-04-2010.jpg
  • A visitor to the General Electric (GE) exhibition stand at Britain's Farnborough Air Show, points to a feature on a massive, GE90-115B turbofan jet engine. Powering Boeing 777 airliners with up to 115,000 Pounds of thrust, this is a state-of-the-art engine that entered service in April 2004 with Air France. Its giant blades are lit with blue stage lighting to make it look iconic and imposing, dominating this picture of technology and innovation. Such mechanical excellence attached to the world's aircraft are helping to make them quieter and more energy and fuel efficient at a time when oil prices are making air travel an expensive mode of transport.
    farnborough_air_show14-14-07-2008.jpg
  • Looking up towards majestically tall 100 year-old mature Ash trees and blue skies, the sun glints off a window pane in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beauitiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A couple are walking their dogs past an elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
    ernst+young_counsillors64-09-02-2008...jpg
  • A year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Communist Eastern Bloc, a wooden crate of cauliflowers are displayed underneath the prices of other vegetables at a street market in Leipzig in eastern Germany, on 4th November 1990, in Leipzig, Germany.
    90s_germany-15-06-1990_8.jpg
  • A detal of Brompton fold-up bikes on display with their prices in the window of the Farringdon Road branch of Evans Cycles, on 20th November, in the City of London, England.
    bike_shop-01-20-11-2019.jpg
  • A Mana shop window displaying family clothing and Euro discount prices, on 23rd June 2018, in Celje, Slovenia.
    slovenia-266-23-06-2018.jpg
  • Low prices for second-hand womens' clothes inside a shop window in Porto, Portugal.
    portugal_porto-66-21-07-2016.jpg
  • Low prices for second-hand womens' clothes inside a shop window in Porto, Portugal.
    portugal_porto-67-21-07-2016.jpg
  • Prices at the pumps in the Jet petrol station, Europe's first completely unleaded forecourt in London in 2001. The detailed picture shows us the amounts we paid for fuel in the early part of the 21st century when the UK's economy was still very prosperous, before the crashes and recessions of the following decade. This forecourt was the first to offer exclusively Unleaded petrol which wasn't then available across the country. Drivers were forced to journey to specially-converted stations far apart. On this day, it cost 36.8p a litre whereas 13 years later it would cost roughly £1 more for the same amount.
    unleaded_pump01-04-09-2001.jpg
  • In the local community Stratford Centre shopping mall in East London, we see official Olympic merchandising on sale during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. A few hundred metres from the giant Westfield plaza complex that acts as a gateway to the main Olympic arenas, this market outdates the newer development where similar souvenirs can be bought for up to twice the prices offered by the stall holder. Cashions are £10 (Pounds) and duvet covers (bedding) are £20.
    olympic_stratford29-06-08-2012.jpg
  • Bureau de change reflected in parked car window on Florence street. A bureau de change shop offers deals and best prices to tourists and Italian passers-by on a Florence street. With the countries' flags on the far left and across, are the buy and sell rates for the Euro. Lit with dot matrix numbers, the list of decimal figures can be seen from across the street. A local-looking people walk past the store situated in a pedestrian street in the commercial centre of the city and we see the typical flag stones that line the pavements and roads.
    florence_italy24-22-10-2010.jpg
  • A detal of Brompton fold-up bikes on display with their prices in the window of the Farringdon Road branch of Evans Cycles, on 20th November, in the City of London, England.
    bike_shop-02-20-11-2019.jpg
  • A detail of foreign exchanges showing current prices for US Dollars, British Pounds, Euros and Swiss Francs in a kantor window box, on 22nd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-324-22-09-2019.jpg
  • On day 2 of the annual lawn tennis championships, an unknown tennis player looks at property prices in the window of an estate agent in the south London suburb. The Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, have been held at the nearby All England Club since 1877.
    wimbledon21-25-06-2013.jpg
  • In the local community Stratford Centre shopping mall in East London, we see official Olympic merchandising on sale during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. A few hundred metres from the giant Westfield plaza complex that acts as a gateway to the main Olympic arenas, this market outdates the newer development where similar souvenirs can be bought for up to twice the prices offered by the stall holder. Cashions are £10 (Pounds) and duvet covers (bedding) are £20.
    olympic_stratford30-06-08-2012.jpg
  • In the local community Stratford Centre shopping mall in East London, we see official Olympic merchandising on sale during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. A few hundred metres from the giant Westfield plaza complex that acts as a gateway to the main Olympic arenas, this market outdates the newer development where similar souvenirs can be bought for up to twice the prices offered by the stall holder. Cashions are £10 (Pounds) and duvet covers (bedding) are £20.
    olympic_stratford28-06-08-2012.jpg
  • In the local community Stratford Centre shopping mall in East London, we see official Olympic merchandising on sale during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. A few hundred metres from the giant Westfield plaza complex that acts as a gateway to the main Olympic arenas, this market outdates the newer development where similar souvenirs can be bought for up to twice the prices offered by the stall holder. Cashions are £10 (Pounds) and duvet covers (bedding) are £20.
    olympic_stratford26-06-08-2012.jpg
  • Graffiti has been sprayed in red with aerosol on the wall of an estate agent in Herne Hill, South London England. "Homes for the Homeless, not Yuppies" it reads along with the Anarchists' Circle-A symbol, meaning that housing should be made available for families needing a roof over their heads, rather than overpricing properties for the middle-classes buying for profit and investment. We see the writing on the wall beneath pictures in windows of houses and flats in the SE24 area where prices are posted along with details of the buildings. The house-buying market climbs according to demand in areas of the city such as this, forcing up values which are out of reach to ordinary, working people unable to climb the property ladder.
    RB_040-30-04-2008.jpg
  • Crowds of visitors and locals gather on the terrace of an Ocean Drive cafe in Miami Beach. It is early evening and we see the blurred people moving about over the picture during a time-exposure of a few seconds. The colours of ambient neon lights that these streets are well-known for have become very vivid with bright pinks and reds a main feature of this scene. A menu board listing cocktail drinks prices stands on the sidewalk. Candles have been lit in glass jars on table tops. Ghostly, blurred Palm trees sway about in the coastal breeze against the fading sky of early evening. This is a vibrant district of tropical Miami, Florida. The place to hang-out and be noticed. Glowing pinks and blues are vivid in this scene where beautiful people and expensive cars cruise along slowly, each parading bodywork and personality.
    miami_beach01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A young, vulnerable-looking youth stands close to two members of a local Evangelical church who are using a carpet warehouse as a temporary Ministry. Rolls of carpets and rugs are behind these Christians as the two officials practice the 'laying on of hands' to cleanse the soul of their young convert during a religious meeting in Newport, Wales. As the ceremony takes place when this boy is persuaded to accept Jesus into his life, two retail signs proclaim the prices and credit terms of the household items. The laying on of hands is a religious practice found throughout the world in varying forms. In Christian churches, this practice is used as both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit during baptisms, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other holy church ceremonies.
    RB_034-13-05-1986.jpg
  • 'Last Day' is written on a closed taylors business in London, a victim of the UK recession. Reduced prices and services are listed on the glass with a poster urging customers to grab a bargain. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    last_day02-19-12-2009.jpg
  • Twenty per-cent discounts are available in the Piccadilly Circus branch of Lillywhites during the second lockdown in the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 6th November 2020, in London, England. All non-essential retailers are to remain closed for 4 weeks until at least 2nd December.
    coronavirus_discounts04-06-11-2020.jpg
  • Twenty per-cent discounts are available in the Piccadilly Circus branch of Lillywhites during the second lockdown in the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 6th November 2020, in London, England. All non-essential retailers are to remain closed for 4 weeks until at least 2nd December.
    coronavirus_discounts03-06-11-2020.jpg
  • Twenty per-cent discounts are available in the Piccadilly Circus branch of Lillywhites during the second lockdown in the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 6th November 2020, in London, England. All non-essential retailers are to remain closed for 4 weeks until at least 2nd December.
    coronavirus_discounts01-06-11-2020.jpg
  • Londoners view stolen Barbara Hepworth sculpture Two Forms (1969) stolen from Dulwich Park where it was installed for 40 years. ..Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art (sculpture in particular) in Britain.
    hepworth_sculpture3-01-01-2012.jpg
  • Remains of the stolen Barbara Hepworth sculpture Two Forms (1969) stolen from Dulwich Park where it was installed for 40 years. Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art (sculpture in particular) in Britain.
    hepworth_sculpture1-01-01-2012.jpg
  • Twenty per-cent discounts are available in the Piccadilly Circus branch of Lillywhites during the second lockdown in the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 6th November 2020, in London, England. All non-essential retailers are to remain closed for 4 weeks until at least 2nd December.
    coronavirus_discounts02-06-11-2020.jpg
  • Charged board for the chain ferry crossing the River Yare in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads.
    reedham_ferry08-01-08-2013.jpg
  • Remains of the stolen Barbara Hepworth sculpture Two Forms (1969) stolen from Dulwich Park where it was installed for 40 years. Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art (sculpture in particular) in Britain.
    hepworth_sculpture2-01-01-2012.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-24-10-09-2018.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-23-10-09-2018.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-22-10-09-2018.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-21-10-09-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-03-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-02-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-01-23-04-2018.jpg
  • City workers walk past a new menswear retailer in the Square Mile, selling suits from £149, on 3rd March 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-06-03-04-2017.jpg
  • The shop window of a menswear retailer closing down soon, on 2nd February 2017, in the City of London, England.
    closing_down-01-02-02-2017.jpg
  • Menswear suits discounted by 50% in the window of an Oxford Street shop window in London, UK.
    last_day-03-24-08-2016.jpg
  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London.
    closed_business02-19-02-2014.jpg
  • A cafe offering breakfasts for £1.95 Pounds in central London has closed, a victim of the UK recession. Swirls of emulsion paint on the business's window creating abstract patterns on the glass. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    recession_cafe03-28-02-2013.jpg
  • A cafe offering breakfasts for £1.95 Pounds in central London has closed, a victim of the UK recession. Swirls of emulsion paint on the business's window creating abstract patterns on the glass. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    recession_cafe01-28-02-2013.jpg
  • Sale sign and mannequins in a window of clothing emporium Hobbs in London's Long Acre.
    hobbs_sale2-09-12-2011.jpg
  • A young trader in currencies leans back in his chair on the currency trading floor of Barclays Bank in the City of London, England, UK. Easing back during the stress of a day when the money markets have been volatile, this young man has the responsibilities of millions of Pounds Sterling to trade and value. He has old technology at his disposal, in the decade when technology made a big impression on the workplace but before the arrival of the internet and e-mail. Communication was therefore slow and unreliable although banks like Barclays who traded money across the world were skilled in migrating information across time-zones.
    city_banker07-16-1998.jpg
  • Shop window mannequins and banners for Sale and further redictions in the wide window pane of Austin Reed in London's regent Street, England.
    windows_regent_street02-13-07-2007.jpg
  • Young cashier wearing the hejab awaits customers at the state-run MIFCO exporting 100% Maldivian seafoods to Europe and Asia .
    maldives53-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Ex-Tsunami fishermen processing yellow fin tuna at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives.
    maldives91-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Tinned tuna steak in oil lie in baskets at the shop of state-run MIFCO who export 100% Maldivian seafoods to Europe and Asia .
    maldives60-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Imported foodstuffs and and expensive sundries on display in a side street shop window in Male, Maldives
    maldives377-15-11-2007.jpg
  • Processing uncut yellow fin tuna steak at Cyprea Marine Foods EU-standard factory at Himmafushi, Republic of Maldives.
    maldives124-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Bent rubbish bins in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
    ernst+young_counsillors66-09-02-2008...jpg
  • Early evening lights glow from windows of Edwardian era semi-detached houses with 100 year-old mature ash trees and Westminster and city behind, SE24
    ernst+young_counsillors69-09-02-2008...jpg
  • A chunk of prime yellow fin tuna fish steak lies after filleting on a table in a processing factory on the island of Himmafushi, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and having just been line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been encased in ice since being landed at sea to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan butchers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
    maldives120-12-11-2007.jpg
  • A detailed close-up of a trader in the central fish market of Malé, Republic of the Maldives. It is located to the west of Republic Square. This area is the main hub of trade and is a hive of activity through out the day. The waterfront and the by-lanes in the area are crowded with shops stocked with a variety of good. Grasping tight a handful of slippery skipjack tuna tails, the unseen man is carrying the fishes over to a stall table for a customer who wants them gutted and filleted, a scene that is familiar in similar markets across the world. The skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), represents 50-75% of all fish caught. The main method is pole and line in the Indian Ocean and fishery is the main occupation and major livelihood of the Maldivian people.
    maldives385-15-11-2007.jpg
  • An employee of Cyprea Marine Foods fillets freshly-caught  yellow fin tuna fish at the company's refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan workers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
    maldives93-12-11-2007.jpg
  • Details of a small yacht on sale on the Thames estuary at Leigh creek in Old Leigh, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England.
    estuary_walk-09-10-09-2019.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-26-10-09-2018.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-25-10-09-2018.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-20-10-09-2018.jpg
  • A crate of chopped logs for sale by a man called George for £130 on 10th September 2018, near Lingen, Herefordshire, England UK.
    herefordshire_walk-19-10-09-2018.jpg
  • Aerial view of a Sandals Holidays ad on the roof of a London taxi and the reality of passers-by at Elephant & Castle on 23rd April 2018, in London, England.
    sandals_ad-04-23-04-2018.jpg
  • City workers walk past a new menswear retailer in the Square Mile, selling suits from £149, on 3rd March 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-07-03-04-2017.jpg
  • City workers walk past a new menswear retailer in the Square Mile, selling suits from £149, on 3rd March 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-09-03-04-2017.jpg
  • Bi-lingual languages of English and Flemish in a menswear suits shop window, on 24th March 2017, in Leuven, Belgium.
    flemish_sign-02-24-03-2017.jpg
  • A 50p a go telescope looking out to the Thames estuary, on the Western Esplanade at Southend.
    southend_seafront-06-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Traditional seafront holiday trinket and seaside memento shop doorway on Pier Hill at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
    southend_seafront-21-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Menswear suits discounted by 50% in the window of an Oxford Street shop window in London, UK.
    last_day-01-24-08-2016.jpg
  • Menswear suits discounted by 50% in the window of an Oxford Street shop window in London, UK.
    last_day-02-24-08-2016.jpg
  • Male suit mannequin and overhead power wiring  in Montpellier, south of France.
    montpellier-09-17-06-2016.jpg
  • Ad for Spicy Wings junk food outside a south London fast food cafe.
    cafe_ad01-27-04-2015.jpg
  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London.
    closed_business03-19-02-2014.jpg
  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London.
    closed_business01-19-02-2014.jpg
  • A menswear outfitters advertises suits and business attire at reduced sale rates of up to 70% off in Fenchurch Street, the heart of the capital's financial district. A shop employee talks to a younger man who has removed his jacket in the warm spring sunshine. The store is offering reductions on the office clothing, formal attire expected by many corporations in this oldest area of the capital.
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  • A life-size cardboard cut-out of Queen Elizabeth stands in a print business window in central London, ahead of a weekend of nationwide celebrations for the monarch's Diamond Jubilee. A few months before the Olympics come to London, a multi-cultural UK is gearing up for a weekend and summer of pomp and patriotic fervour as their monarch celebrates 60 years on the throne and across Britain, flags and Union Jack bunting adorn towns and villages.
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  • Visitors to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show make their way home through local streets after the last day's plant sell-off.
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  • Sale sign and mannequins in a window of clothing emporium Hobbs in London's Long Acre.
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  • A plastic food tray of prime Maldives-sourced yellow fin tuna steaks makes its journey along a conveyor belt at New England seafood suppliers in Chessington, London England. Driven along by a blue chain it will next be sealed before shipment. Flown by air freight from the Maldives where it has been traditionally line caught in the Indian Ocean, this fish is bound for the UK's main supermarkets. New England Seafood is a major supplier of fresh and frozen premium sustainable fish and seafood in the UK and one of the largest importers of fresh tuna. Their customers are: the UK's leading supermarkets including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose; as well as smaller retail outlets; restaurant chains; food service markets and wholesale sectors nationwide.
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  • Near the junction of the 400 to Buckhead, the 401 highway divides and splits during afternoon rush-hour traffic which slows and builds up so that vehicles and cars back-up as they head home and out of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The inner median is coned off during some construction work which slows the traffic even more. Crossing the 5-lane road comes a train of Atlanta's own mass-transit system, the MARTA network and it approaches the overpass with care. We see the infrastructure of a modern metropolis at the busiest time of day when the exodus to get home puts the roads and feeder lanes under the most pressure. Fortunately, the weather is fine with good visibility making drivers' journeys a little shorter and more tolerable but it shows too America's habit and dependency on car culture.
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  • Trunk of an Ash tree in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, London.<br />
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A limited edition (6 of 6) Lambda digital framed print created for the Werk Nu (Work Now) exhibition at the Z33 Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium and including specially selected text by Alain de Botton from his 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' book (Hamish Hamilton, 2009). <br />
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The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
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For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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