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An edited gallery of commissioned photography (out of 4,000) created for the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland - a collaboration between Allianz AGI, The School of Life and Profile Books, published in 2015.

Nine chapters (here in book layout order) are interspersed with photo reportage including, families living beneath Vesuvius; a principal ballerina at the Paris Opera; a Heathrow air traffic controller; a NY skyscraper inspector and a partially-sighted Paralympic downhill skier.

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  • Risk Wise book images
    Risk Wise book images
    51 images
    The 50 hi-res images from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland, published by Profile Books in January 2015. Three more book pictures were sourced from the ICRC and are not listed here as are the original lo-res or RAW files. Some pictures show full frames and not the crops in the final layouts.
  • Introduction
    Introduction
    1 image
    The 50 hi-res images from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland, published by Profile Books in January 2015. Three more book pictures were sourced from the ICRC and are not listed here as are the original lo-res or RAW files. Some pictures show full frames and not the crops in the final layouts.
  • Playing with Fire
    Playing with Fire
    58 images
    From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
  • Under the Volcano
    Under the Volcano
    99 images
    From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014).
  • The Price of Happiness
    The Price of Happiness
    21 images
    From the chapter entitled 'The Price of Happiness' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
  • Étoile
    Étoile
    72 images
    From the chapter entitled 'Etoile' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015). FOR USAGE OTHER THAN THAT RELATED TO THE BOOK 'RISK WISE', PERMISSION FROM DOROTHEE GILBERT IS REQUIRED.
  • The Skyline
    The Skyline
    105 images
    From the chapter entitled 'The Skyline' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
  • Up in the Air
    Up in the Air
    82 images
    From the chapter entitled 'Up in the Air' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
  • The Law of Gravity
    The Law of Gravity
    51 images
    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).
  • Possible Futures
    Possible Futures
    57 images
    From the chapter entitled 'Possible Futures' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
  • A Life to Save
    A Life to Save
    53 images
    From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
  • Conclusion
    Conclusion
    40 images
    Images to accompany the Conclusion chapter written by Alain de Botton for the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014).
  • Unpublished chapter
    Unpublished chapter
    21 images
    The 50 hi-res images from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland, published by Profile Books in January 2015. Three more book pictures were sourced from the ICRC and are not listed here as are the original lo-res or RAW files. Some pictures show full frames and not the crops in the final layouts.
  • Risk Wise - Pitch images
    Risk Wise - Pitch images
    29 images
    Series of archive pictures gathered to a pre-production pitch for the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland, published by Profile Books in January 2015.
  • Risk Wise book: 24 Favourites
    Risk Wise book: 24 Favourites
    24 images
    Twenty-four personal favourite images commissioned for the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland - a collaboration between Allianz AGI, The School of Life and Profile Books, to be published in 2015.