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  • Specialist Corporal Mal Faulder is an armourer engineer (qualified to handle ejection seats and weaponry on military jets) but here in the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team he is seen polishing the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows129_RBA.jpg
  • Specialist Corporal Mal Faulder is an armourer engineer (qualified to handle ejection seats and weaponry on military jets) but here in the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team he is seen polishing the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows127_RBA.jpg
  • Two men with the Hippodrome Casino polish a brass sill in Leicester Square, on 13th August 2018, in London, England. The Hippodrome Casino has well & truly established itself as a cornerstone of West End life. The biggest & busiest casino in the UK, they are also London’s most popular entertainment venue and have welcomed over 7 million visitors since opening in 2012.
    gambling_polish-02-13-08-2018.jpg
  • Two men with the Hippodrome Casino polish a brass sill in Leicester Square, on 13th August 2018, in London, England. The Hippodrome Casino has well & truly established itself as a cornerstone of West End life. The biggest & busiest casino in the UK, they are also London’s most popular entertainment venue and have welcomed over 7 million visitors since opening in 2012.
    gambling_polish-01-13-08-2018.jpg
  • A cleaner polishes the brass nameplate at the entrance to the Department for International Development, Kirkland House, 22 Whitehall, on 13th November 2018, in London, England.
    whitehall_polish-01-13-11-2018.jpg
  • A cleaner polishes the brass nameplate at the entrance to the Department for International Development, Kirkland House, 22 Whitehall, on 13th November 2018, in London, England.
    whitehall_polish-02-13-11-2018.jpg
  • Catering staff polish silverware and glasses at the tables soon to be occupied by City of London dignitaries at the Guildhall when the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major's Conservative government of makes his annual speech. Tables and cutlery are prepared before the bankers and financiers file in for this formal banquet in the ancient City's town hall. The Banker's Dinner is held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor of London when the Chancellor delivers his forecast predicts growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_banquet01-16-06-1994.jpg
  • A cleaner polishes the brass nameplate at the entrance to the Department for International Development, Kirkland House, 22 Whitehall, on 13th November 2018, in London, England.
    whitehall_polish-03-13-11-2018.jpg
  • A driver stands on the rear wheel of his vehicle and reaches to polish its roof, in a central London street, England.
    car_cleaner-01-23-09-2016.jpg
  • A businesswoman stands seductively over a Victorian-style shoe-shiner in a corner of Leadenhall Market in the City of London. Her black shoe is resting on a small brass plinth for the leather to be buffed up with the help of Kiwi polish and the efficient speed of a good brushing technique with the final stage being a dusting to bring the best reflective shine. Their relationship is that of paying-customer and servant and we look see a sexually-dominant situation where the wealthy-looking lady is standing over the man with her strong leg showing in a provocative manner. Wearing a red uniform and ID, the shoe-shiner is on bended-knees, his weight resting on a soft, red cushion, protection from the cold, hard pavement while looking down, concentrating on the job in hand.
    RB_093-15-04-1993.jpg
  • Catering staff polish silverware and glasses at the tables soon to be occupied by City of London dignitaries at the Guildhall when the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major's Conservative government of makes his annual speech. Tables and cutlery are prepared before the bankers and financiers file in for this formal banquet in the ancient City's town hall. The Banker's Dinner is held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor of London when the Chancellor delivers his forecast predicts growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_banquet02-16-06-1994.jpg
  • A lady polishes the front door of a fine property in Mayfair, on 8th March 2018, in London, England.
    mayfair_cleaner-01-08-03-2018.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows116_RBA.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows112_RBA.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows117_RBA.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows123_RBA.jpg
  • The owner of a home-built aeroplane polishes its shiny surfaces during the world's largest aviation airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, at Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. The event annually generates $85 million in revenue over a 25 mile radius from Oshkosh. The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days long and typically begins on the last Monday in July. The airport's control tower is the busiest control tower in the world during the gathering.
    oshkosh_airshow07-07-01-2000.jpg
  • A businessman stands over a Victorian-style shoe-shiner in a corner of Leadenhall Market in the City of London. His black shoe is resting on a small brass plinth for the leather to be buffed up with the help of Kiwi polish and the efficient speed of a good brushing technique with the final stage being a dusting to bring the best reflective shine. Their relationship is that of paying-customer and servant and we look downwards from the perspective of the wealthier man, a superior view that the client feels when paying for such a service. Wearing a red uniform, the shoe-shiner is on bended-knees, his weight resting on a soft, red cushion, protection from the cold, hard pavement while looking down, concentrating on the job in hand.
    shoeshiner-15-04-1993.jpg
  • A businessman stands over a Victorian-style shoe-shiner in a corner of Leadenhall Market in the City of London. His black shoe is resting on a small brass plinth for the leather to be buffed up with the help of Kiwi polish and the efficient speed of a good brushing technique with the final stage being a dusting to bring the best reflective shine. Their relationship is that of paying-customer and servant and we look downwards from the perspective of the wealthier man, a superior view that the client feels when paying for such a service. Wearing a red uniform, the shoe-shiner is on bended-knees, his weight resting on a soft, red cushion, protection from the cold, hard pavement while looking down, concentrating on the job in hand.
    city_london12-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Street cleaner polishes the bronze surfaces of a businessman statue that survived the 9/11 attacks in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
    manhattan04-25-05-2014.jpg
  • A lady polishes the front door of a fine property in Mayfair, on 8th March 2018, in London, England.
    mayfair_cleaner-02-08-03-2018.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows114_RBA.jpg
  • Poishing a model of Virgin Galactic's space tourism vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2) at the Farnborough air show.
    virgin_galactic09-11-07-2012.jpg
  • Using a mop and bucket, a chamber maid bends over in a bathroom to service a Paris hotel room.
    Lambermont_biscuits_03.jpg
  • Wearing a company wastecoat and blue rubber gloves, the uniform of a Holiday Inn employee, a man of Black ethnicity bends forward to wipe the glass revolving doors at the entrance of this hotel in Paris. Nearby is the man's trolley containing janitorial cleaning products such as a mop and bucket, towels, cloth rolls, atomiser sprays, detergents and tissues needed to maintain the high standards of this motel chain. Coincidentally, a customer is also bending down to re-arrange something in her baggage and leaning at the same angle as the cleaner.
    esa_guiana02113-08-2007.jpg
  • City businessmen have their shoes shined in Leadenhall Market, a few days before Christmas.
    leadenhall_shoeshine02-21-12-2015.jpg
  • A young modern Polish women walks and smokes a cigarette, passing a poster outside a Spar supermarket that shows the stereotyping of gender: a mother and her daughter enjoying baking in the kitchen together, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. The poster translates as: 'My neighborhood ,my spar'.
    poland-342-23-09-2019.jpg
  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-21-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-01-06-11-2019.jpg
  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-17-06-11-2019.jpg
  • A walker rests with a background of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-109-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-16-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-02-06-11-2019.jpg
  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-14-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-08-06-11-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-29-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-25-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-12-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-07-06-11-2019.jpg
  • A torn election poster for a Polish political candidate, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Poland's parliamentary elections will be held on 13 October 2019 when all 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators will be elected. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland is the lower house of the Polish parliament. It consists of 460 deputies elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the "Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland"
    poland-200-21-09-2019.jpg
  • An information board in the Remembrance Garden (opened 2015), detailing the service and sacrifice of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-26-06-11-2019.jpg
  • An information board in the Remembrance Garden (opened 2015), detailing the service and sacrifice of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-23-06-11-2019.jpg
  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-20-06-11-2019.jpg
  • From the viewpoint of the hillside chairlift, a grass meadow landscape, Polish visitors look down on the Polish village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-210-21-09-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-13-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-11-06-11-2019.jpg
  • A horse looks down towards a traditional Polish shepherds' mountain hut, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-164-20-09-2019.jpg
  • A detail of Polish T-shirts, scarves and baseball caps featuring the White eagle, Poland's national symbol, outside a shop on Krupowki Street, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-60-16-09-2019.jpg
  • The celebrated tomb of Polish-born composerFrédéric François Chopin in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was born in ?elazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there; he composed many mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20.
    pere_lachaise17-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Seated on a park bench, as a cyclist passes-by, a young Polish woman reads a book in late afternoon sunshine, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-346-23-09-2019.jpg
  • An election poster for Polish political candidates Marta Fogler and Jan Karpiel of the Citizens' Coalition, on a residential street's tree, on 21st September 2019, in Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Poland's parliamentary elections will be held on 13 October 2019 when all 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators will be elected. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland is the lower house of the Polish parliament. It consists of 460 deputies elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the "Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland"
    poland-191-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of a Polish village Catholic shrine that stands next to a rusting agricultural trailer on a grassy verge, on 17th September 2019, in Witow, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-127-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of a Polish village Catholic shrine that stands next to a rusting agricultural trailer on a grassy verge, on 17th September 2019, in Witow, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-126-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing in the Polish town of Koscielisko that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-07-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A cross in sunlight shows the Katyn memorial set in a forest in Warsaw, Poland. The Katyn war cemetery is a Polish military cemetery located in Warsaw commemorating the massacre of Polish officers during the second world war although the town of Katyn is a small village near Smolensk, Russia. It contains the remnants of 4,412 Polish officers of the Kozelsk prisoner of war camp, who were murdered in 1940 in what is called the Katyn massacre. The soldiers were buried in six large mass graves. Until 1991 it was known that the Nazis were responsible but after the end of Communism did they Russians admit that Stalin's forces killed the Poles. There is also a Russian part of the cemetery, where an undisclosed number of victims of the Soviet Great Purges of the 1930's were buried by the NKVD. The cemetery was officially opened in 2000.
    misc_poland11-06-09-2007.jpg
  • Morning sunlight on traditional wooden Polish mountain architecture, on a house in the village of Jaworki, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-248-22-09-2019.jpg
  • A Polish mother and her child walk past advertising signs, on 21st September 2019, in Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-189-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A defaced election poster for the Polish political candidate Anna Waliczek, on 20th September 2019, in Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Poland's parliamentary elections will be held on 13 October 2019 when all 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators will be elected. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland is the lower house of the Polish parliament. It consists of 460 deputies elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the "Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland"
    poland-155-20-09-2019.jpg
  • Two walkers make their way down a mountain footpath in  Polana Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-110-17-09-2019.jpg
  • An aerial landscape of new housing that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains in the Polish town of Koscielisko, on 16th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
    poland-14-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A torn election poster for a Polish political candidate, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Poland's parliamentary elections will be held on 13 October 2019 when all 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators will be elected. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland is the lower house of the Polish parliament. It consists of 460 deputies elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the "Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland"
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  • In late afternoon, three conscript soldiers  of the Polish army are dressed in brown uniforms eating ice cream cones in Plac Zamkowy, outside the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. The Polish army (Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. The name has been used since the early 19th century, although it can be used to refer to earlier formations as well. Polish Armed Forces consist of the Army (Wojsko L?dowe), Navy (Marynarka Wojenna) and Air Force (Si?y Powietrzne) branches and are under the command of the Ministry of Defense (Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej). The combined Polish armed forces consist of 215,000 active duty personnel and in addition 450,000 reserves. The armed forces are made up of conscripts who serve for a period of 9 months, and professional soldiers.
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  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
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  • Two shipbuilders chat beneath the heavy lifting cranes at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the two men in the foreground and those behind, wear bright yellow hard hats, protecting them from steel edges and rusting machinery. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
    gdansk_shipyard07-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-24-06-11-2019.jpg
  • From the viewpoint of the hillside chairlift, a grass meadow landscape, Polish visitors look down on the Polish village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-211-21-09-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-06-06-11-2019.jpg
  • A  Polish father and his children walk past advertising signs, on 21st September 2019, in Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Walkers rest and make their way down a mountain footpath in  Polana Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A detail of a Polish shop window selling assorted childrens' toys and girls' dolls, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Seated on a park bench, a young Polish woman reads a book in late afternoon sunshine, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Solar panels on a local Polish country wood-constructed home, on 22nd September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism appartments and short-stay properties in southern Poland mountain region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles but at the cost of the local environment and landscape.
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  • A lady churchgoer attends to flowers at a traditional southern Polish Catholic shrine outside St. Adalbert Bishop And Martyr Church, on 21st September 2019, in Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Walkers pass the entrance of a local Polish restaurant on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Among autumn leaves are the names of fallen WW2 Polish air crew at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-18-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-09-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-03-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, is the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-10-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-05-06-11-2019.jpg
  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-04-06-11-2019.jpg
  • A single hiker descends from the tops of southern Polish mountains, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A single hiker descends from the tops of southern Polish mountains, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Young local Polish schoolchildren take part in a cycling challenge held in an open green space and in front of large wooden lettering for their southern Polish town, on 17th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • An information board in the Remembrance Garden (opened 2015), detailing the service and sacrifice of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, at the Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 (a total of 2,408) but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
    polish_memorial-27-06-11-2019.jpg
  • A display of fresh fruit, mainly apples, paprikas and peppers, outside a small Polish supermarket, on 21st September 2019, in Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A display of fresh fruit, mainly apples, paprikas and peppers, outside a small Polish supermarket, on 21st September 2019, in Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-196-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A display of fresh fruit, mainly apples, paprikas and peppers, outside a small Polish supermarket, on 21st September 2019, in Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • With the Slovakian border on the distant forested ridge, cattle graze on Polish agricultural land in southern Poland, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-106-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Cyclists climb along a cobbled road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-98-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A spread of old Polish Zloty bank notes are spread out in the hands of a private market trader in Central Warsaw. His arms appear from the bottom left of frame and we can see a dozen or so notes of 2000 and 5000 and other denominations in an arc, held together with both thumbs. In the back ground and out of focus is the hustle and bustle of a summer's day at this market at a football stadium where Polish citizens come to sell and buy their possessions in the hope of making a little money to support meagre incomes. Women are inspecting clothing and materials on a stall in the open-air, under a bright sun. On the front-facing note is the medieval ruler Mieszko I though these notes were phased out in 1995 when hyperinflation forced, the currency to undergo redenomination.
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  • Seated on a park bench, as a scooter passes-by, a young Polish woman reads a book in late afternoon sunshine, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Seated on a park bench, a young Polish woman reads a book in late afternoon sunshine, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-345-23-09-2019.jpg
  • With the Slovakian border on the distant forested ridge, cattle graze on Polish agricultural land in southern Poland, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-168-20-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of a Polish version of Disneyland that features a deflated childrens' inflatable bouncy castle, on 18th September 2019, near the Wielka Krokiew ski jump, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Two Polish walkers take the path straight ahead in the Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-25-16-09-2019.jpg
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