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  • As if about to be crunched underfoot, shattered glass from the windows of offices in the historic City of London side-street, stickers and notices for Access (Mastercard) and American Express (Amex) credit cards lie on the disaster-strewn pavement (sidewalk). This is some of the debris lying about after the huge Bishopsgate bomb on 24th April 1993, London's most expensive terrorist atrocity during the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) sustained bombings on the British mainland. Buildings up to 500 metres away were damaged, with one and a half million square feet (140,000 sq m) of office space being affected and over 500 tonnes of glass broken. Costs of repairing the damage was estimated at £350 million and was possibly the IRA's most successful military tactic since the start of what was called the Troubles from 1969 onwards.
    credit_crunch01-24-04-1993.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
  • Smeared emulsion paint and the remains of credit card stickers seen in the doorway of a former furniture business, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses100-11-04-2009.jpg
  • Blue paper, glue remnants and Damp stains on a card business window in an East Grinstead street in Sussex, a victim of the UK recession. 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_window03-26-03-2013.jpg
  • A CCTV security warning and damp stains on a card business window in an East Grinstead street in Sussex, a victim of the UK recession. 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_window04-26-03-2013.jpg
  • Damp stains on a card business window in an East Grinstead street in Sussex, a victim of the UK recession. 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_window01-26-03-2013.jpg
  • Apart from yellow furniture, white emulsion paint partially obscures the interior of a failed restaurant in the City of London, a victim of the UK recession. 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.
    recession_window04-07-02-2013.jpg
  • Apart from yellow furniture, white emulsion paint partially obscures the interior of a failed restaurant in the City of London, a victim of the UK recession. 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.
    recession_window01-07-02-2013.jpg
  • Apart from yellow furniture, white emulsion paint partially obscures the interior of a failed restaurant in the City of London, a victim of the UK recession. 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.
    recession_window06-07-02-2013.jpg
  • A Books Etc bookseller now closed, a victim of the UK recession, a former branch in the financial City of London. 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'.
    books_etc02-30-01-2013.jpg
  • A Union Jack flag hangs above white emulsion paint which has been smeared over a shop window in Lavender Hill, Battersea, a victim of the UK recession. 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'.
    britain_recession_window1-05-August-...jpg
  • A Books Etc bookseller now closed, a victim of the UK recession, a former branch in the financial City of London. 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'.
    books_etc01-30-01-2013.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
  • 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
  • On the very last day of British rule over its Hong Kong colony, we see an elegant but headless life-size clothing mannequin seated on a chair on the shop floor of Chinese clothing brand Shanghai Tang. In the brand's flagship store, the last hours tick away before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Shanghai Tang is an international clothing chain company, founded in 1994 by Hong Kong businessman David Tang Wing Cheung. This was the original store in Hong Kong's Pedder Street (in Central) providing the lead for 24 outlets worldwide.
    shanghai_tang07-31-1997.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
  • 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
    Z33_exhibition07-09-02-2008.jpg
  • Bent rubbish bins in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
    ernst+young_counsillors67-09-02-2008...jpg
  • Trunk of a  100 year-old mature Ash tree in front of Edwardian era semi-detached houses on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 London
    ernst+young_counsillors68-09-02-2008...jpg
  • Early evening lights glow from windows of Edwardian era semi-detached houses with 100 year-old mature ash trees Westminster and city behind, SE24
    ernst+young_counsillors71-09-02-2008...jpg
  • A young family walk gloomily past property Sold signs in a street at Grays, Essex England. Passing the prominent signs that bear the name of Quirk Deakin, a local estate agent in the industrial towns of south Essex and the Thames Gateway, is the location for dramatic increases of new housing developments. Both the parents and their daughter look depressed in this time of economic recession, when families are having their homes repossessed after defaulting on mortgage repayments. It is a bright summer day in Grays, east of the capital, just outside of the M25 orbital motorway and on the Thames river.
    river_business172-31-08-2007.jpg
  • A council worker wheels his cart along the street outside the now-closed music and DVD shop Zavvi, seen in Bradford city centre, Yorkshire - a victim of the UK's economic recession.
    bradford_windows05-09-05-2009.jpg
  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closing_down4-01-11-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-15-14-April-2011.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the opening times in the window of a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses118-28-04-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the word Formerly in the window of a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses116-28-04-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over a former hair and beauty salon's window in Hereford town centre, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses105-13-04-2009.jpg
  • The obscured name of off-licence business Threshers, on Streatham High Road, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses31-31-12_2008.jpg
  • Rusting metal shutters texture seen in Unity Street, Bristol during the UK recession.
    closed_businesses17-27-12_2008.jpg
  • Closed Thai restaurant business The King and I, in Bromley High Street, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_business58-15-02_2009.jpg
  • The last customers help themselves to sweets at the Pic n Mix dispenser in the closing Camberwell branch of Woolworths.
    woolworths08-05-01_2009.jpg
  • Closed fish and chip shop recession window with swirls of emulsion paintin central London.
    recession_fish_business01-03-03-2014.jpg
  • A former HSBC Bank name and logo on the side of a closed branch in the City of London.
    closed_bank07-27-09-2013.jpg
  • A drawn hand and bird interpretation of a Hi-five seen in the swirls of emulsion paint, in a central London shop window - a victim of the Uk recession.
    hi_five01-27-02-2013.jpg
  • Bricked up doorway and windows with football graffiti in a vacant building during recession in the city of Newport, Wales.
    newport_landscape03-30-11-2012.jpg
  • A local woman walks her dog passing a closed garage premises in the City of Galway, Ireland.
    galway4-31-08-2008.jpg
  • During a windy afternoon, a sandwich board man holds on to his sign for a menswear shop's closure sale in central London
    sign_man09-26-04-2012.jpg
  • Bricked up hole in the wall, once a Midland Bank cash dispenser in the City of London.
    banking_hole01-16-04-2012.jpg
  • Last Day Friday notice for now closed business in central London, a victim of the UK recession. .
    last_day02-27-02-2012.jpg
  • Last Day Friday notice for now closed business in central London, a victim of the UK recession. .
    last_day01-27-02-2012.jpg
  • A sprayed Cross of St Andrew flag of Scotland flies across the wall and shutter of a closed bar in south Glasgow's Goven Hill.
    scottish_flag2-22-11-2011.jpg
  • A sprayed Cross of St Andrew flag of Scotland flies across the wall and shutter of a closed bar in south Glasgow's Goven Hill.
    scottish_flag1-22-11-2011.jpg
  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closing_down6-01-11-2011.jpg
  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closing_down2-01-11-2011.jpg
  • Emulsion paint smeared over window of an all day breakfast cafe, a victim of the recession in Weston-super-Mare.
    recession_window1-06-August-2011.jpg
  • The stencilled words 'breakfast bowls' have been left on a lunchtime food business after a recession closure
    recession_window5-05-July-2011.jpg
  • The stencilled words 'lush soup & breakfast bowls' have been left on a lunchtime food business after a recession closure
    recession_window4-05-July-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-9-12-April-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-6-12-April-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-19-14-April-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-18-14-April-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-16-14-April-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-14-14-April-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-12-12-April-2011.jpg
  • Unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada.
    spain_recession-10-12-April-2011.jpg
  • Derelict Halal restaurant businesses left to decay on Toynbee Street, Tower Hamlets, East London.
    derelict_shops06-19-11-2010.jpg
  • Derelict restaurant businesses left to decay on Toynbee Street, Tower Hamlets, East London.
    derelict_shops01-19-11-2010.jpg
  • A closed cafe with taped, cracked glass on Fleet Street, City of London a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_business03-19-11-2010.jpg
  • Two Cheryl Cole L'Oreal poster ads next to filthy derelict doorway with stenciled face, a scene of wealth versus poverty.
    cheryl_cole_ad02-19-11-2010.jpg
  • Two Cheryl Cole L'Oreal poster ads next to filthy derelict doorway with stenciled face, a scene of wealth versus poverty.
    cheryl_cole_ad01-19-11-2010.jpg
  • A closed DVD rental shop in south London has gone bust, a victim of the UK's economic climate.
    recession_window06-30-10-2010.jpg
  • A closed DVD rental shop in south London has gone bust, a victim of the UK's economic climate.
    recession_window03-30-10-2010.jpg
  • Derelict fish and chip shop window in a Dulwich back steeet, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_business01-15-07-2010.jpg
  • Painted over pillar of business, a victim of the Uk economic recession.
    closed_business01-12-07-2010.jpg
  • A detail of a shoe shop window that has closed for economic reasons. The window is in Victoria, the area of central London close to the mainline station and has been distempered with a mixture of white emulsion paint and water which prevents outsiders from peering inside, where stock may still be stored. Swirls from the cloth that wiped the paint across the glass has left a chaotic and confusing trace that makes it an almost abstract piece of art made by a disturbed artist. The word Shoe remains in bright red lettering and the single letter M afterwards. ..
    shoe_window-10-12_2002.jpg
  • last_day01-19-12-2009.jpg
  • A closing down sale window is written on smeared whitewashed glass on a former village shop.
    closed_businesses119-07-06-2009.jpg
  • Long-term shoe-shine franchise owner Dudley masters awaits more business at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
    heathrow_airport491-14-07-2009.jpg
  • The torn letter Z outside the now-closed music and DVD shop Zavvi, seen in Bradford city centre, Yorkshire - a victim of the UK's economic recession.
    bradford_windows04-09-05-2009.jpg
  • The locked and security grilled doorway of a Pakistani takeaway shop on the Lumb Lane near Bradford City centre, Yorkshire.
    bradford_windows02-09-05-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the words that described a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses117-28-04-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the word Software in the window  of a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses114-28-04-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the word Bookshop in the window of a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses113-28-04-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over the words CD and cassettes in the window of a former Christian CD, books and software shop in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses111-28-04-2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over a laundry business window in a central London street, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses110-28-04-2009.jpg
  • The sad face of a clown is seen on a circus poster that is pasted on a high street window in the border town of  Ross-on-Wye, a victim of the UK economic recession.
    closed_businesses102-13-04-2009.jpg
  • The sad face of a clown is seen on a circus poster next to a local pub advert that are pasted on a former high street business window in the border town of  Ross-on-Wye, a victim of the UK economic recession.
    closed_businesses101-13-04-2009.jpg
  • A closed sign is stuck to the glass and metal shutters have been rolled down in a shop window in Weston-super-Mare, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses097-11-04-2009.jpg
  • Empty shoe shop in London's Covent Garden, a victim of the Uk recession.
    closed_businesses92-27-03-2009.jpg
  • Metal sheeting has been secured to a shop window containing no valuables, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses87-17-03_2009.jpg
  • A cartoon picture has been drawn in white emulsion paint, smeared over a shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses78-17-03_2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over a shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses77-17-03_2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over a shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses76-17-03_2009.jpg
  • A face appears through white emulsion paint which has been smeared over a shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses75-17-03_2009.jpg
  • A face appears through white emulsion paint which has been smeared over a shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses74-17-03_2009.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over a shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses72-17-03_2009.jpg
  • The last day of liquidated trading for shoppers in the closing Camberwell branch of Woolworths.
    woolworths09-05-01_2009.jpg
  • The words 'Last few days DVD Sale' are painted on a window of a closed business in Kennington South London.
    windows_dvdsale_03.jpg
  • A closed Hair salon studio in Bloomsbury London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses51-16-01_2009.jpg
  • Corrugated sheeting and a staring mannequin clothes model in Camden London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses48-16-01_2009.jpg
  • Smeared emulsion paint face on the window of a Nepalese restaurant in Balham, London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses43-11-01_2009.jpg
  • Emulsion paint smeared over window of a Halal lunch shop on Streatham High Road, a victim of the UK recession
    closed_businesses27-31-12_2008.jpg
  • Cracked glass and artwork of Broadmead shopping mall showing fragile state of retail industry during the UK recession.
    closed_businesses21-27-12_2008.jpg
  • A boarded-up travel agent's business advertising For Your Place in the Sun seen in Bristol, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_businesses15-27-12_2008.jpg
  • Emulsion paint smeared over window of fast food shop Top Nosh, a victim of the recession in West Street Bristol.
    closed_businesses07-27-12_2008.jpg
  • Shattered shop sign and light fittings in a shopping precinct, a victim of the UK recession. .
    closed_businesses02-24-12_2008.jpg
  • 'Store Closing, All Stock Reduced' posters stuck to the window of a Woolworths shop in the town of Nailsea, Nth Somerset. .
    closed_businesses01-24-12_2008.jpg
  • Last Day Friday notice for now closed Card Warehouse business in Bromley High Street, a victim of the UK recession. ..
    closed_business64-15-02_2009.jpg
  • Closed Thai restaurant business The King and I, in Bromley High Street, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_business61-15-02_2009.jpg
  • Closed Thai restaurant business The King and I, in Bromley High Street, a victim of the UK recession.
    closed_business59-15-02_2009.jpg
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