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29 images Created 20 Nov 2008

"The aesthetics and workplaces of accountancy, photographed at the European headquarters, seminar classes and academic days of a firm of accountants."

These 30 images are from the book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton, published by Penguin in April 2009.

This gallery is part of a short series relating to this book, though their titles have in some cases been adapted for this archive. They are viewed here as a showcase but will be released for sale on the 1st April 2009 at Photoshelter and Alamy or exclusively at CORBIS and therefore each file has its own restrictions which can be read within its metadata.

The book pictures are reproduced in black and white but all appear here in colour.

A blog story about the project's photography is at:
http://wp.me/p3fbj-4j

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  • Taiwanese (Traditional Chinese) edition book cover of Alain de Botton's "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work" containing photography by Richard Baker.
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  • Squiggles and unreadable notes written on a whiteboard at an auditing companys's London headquarters
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  • An executive peers down on his employees on a giant screen, addressing his loyal audience of his staff who have congregated at an Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The hall is packed and his disciples listen and watch intently and obediently to watch their Leader speak like a Big Brother character, who ernestly and sincerely talks down to them despite being dressed casually for such a large event. Each employee will attend this brainstorming fair where later, motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
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  • Name badges await owners at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • Employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
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  • Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for accountants during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The people are either confidently pacing forward, standing still to seek guidance or simply spontaneously emerging from the shadows to a brighter future, a moment when freedom of choice is offered and the road ahead dictates their fate. It is a scene of corporate theatre and each employee will attend this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Employees learn how to connect at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • A menu of seminar rooms at a counselling workshop held for employees in Borough, Southwark.
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  • An employee works diligently in an open plan office at an auditing company's London headquarters
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  • Yellow sunflowers brighten up drab offices of an auditing company at their London headquarters
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  • Guided tour of an auditing company's London headquarters
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  • Free hot drinks vending machine in offices of an auditing company at their London headquarters
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  • Rush hour train commuters blur through London Bridge mainline Station, walking en-route to exit and security barriers
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  • Employees walk through barriers of an auditing company 385,000 square foot London headquarters
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  • Office workers mingle and chat in warm late-summer sunshine during a lunchtime break at More London, Southwark.
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  • Two ladies simultaneously check mobile phone messages in a lift at an auditing company's London headquarters
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  • A veiled Muslim lady passes European men at security barriers of an auditing company's London headquarters
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  • School and college leavers listen to seminar given by an accountancy lecturer at a company's London headquarters
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  • A motivational guru gives pep-talk at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK accountancy staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • Executives learn cookery and teamwork at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands.
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  • Work colleagues and friends' pictures and trophies displayed on a board in an auditing company's London headquarters
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
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  • Employees stop for well-earned elevenses at a counselling workshop held for company London staff
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  • Separated by four floors, two employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, make their way along walkways in the main atrium of E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Striding confidently between offices, the two people are unaware of each other's presence but make their way from right to left of this tall, upright scene of modernity. The senior person on top may have an advantage from better opportunities, the low-ranking worker below may be needing to rise up the ranks. Morning sunlight floods through the green tinted glass that overlooks Tower Bridge on the River Thames. The term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective. .
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  • Homeward through atrium of an auditing company's 385,000 square foot Norman Foster-designed London headquarters
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  • Trunk of a  100 year-old mature Ash tree in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
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