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  • Flight Lieutenant Dave Slow of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, is seated in a BAE Systems Hawk jet aircraft simulator at the fast-jet flying training centre, RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales. Like all fast-jet pilots, Flight Lieutenant Slow is required to complete this emergency drill every six months. The pilot is seated in his ejector seat as if in a real jet using back-projected computer graphics representing a generic landscape below. Each aviator proves they can cope with a series of failures that operators select: Engine, hydraulic failure or bird strike.  Apart from the aircraft fuselage, the high-tech facility loads malfunctions on a pilot that he could experience in reality. The version of Hawk that the Red Arrows fly is actually a primitive piece of equipment, without computers or fly-by-wire technology.
    Red_Arrows043_RBA.jpg
  • An ostrich chick stands alone in a private pen, beneath a heat lamp at the ostrich farm belonging to Robert and Nina Bailey near Chepstow, Wales. The reddish glow from the heat source concentrates life-giving energy into the young bird, helping it survive the first three months after hatching. Rearing these birds is a specialist and very expensive business but Ostrich meat is a South African delicacy, used for Biltong. Nutritionists promote it as a more healthy alternative because it is higher in protein and lower in fat and cholesterol. An ostrich lays an egg every other day, of which 40 to 80% are fertile. In the wild there is a 95% failure rate but using an incubator like this almost guarantees total success. Its latin name, 'Struthio camelus', is the largest of living birds with some males reaching a height of 8 ft (244 cm) and weighing 200 to 300 lb (90-135 kg). In the wild, the polygamous male has from two to six females in his flock. The cock scoops out a hollow for the eggs, which weigh nearly 3 lb (1.35 kg) each. One of the females incubates the eggs during the day, and the cock takes over at night. On the savannah they can run at 40mph (64 kph) for 10 hours though their top speed can reach 80mph. During the 19th-century vogue for ostrich plumes, farms were established in South Africa and later in North America, Australia, and Europe; after World War I fashions changed and the industry collapsed.
    RB-0155.jpg
  • An elderly patient undergoes Hemodialysis (a blood purifying treatment.) in the Renal unit at St Bartholomews (Barts) Hospital in Smithfield, The City of London, England. The woman is laying back in a comfortable armchair with her right arm flat on a cushion and the tubes that feeds her blood by vascular access from her body into the the dialyzer, a machine that filters the unpurified blood due to the patient's renal (kidney) failure. It is a bright room and many other machines are operating in this manner. Three quarters of the UK's 19,000 dialysis patients receive haemodialysis rather than Peritoneal dialysis, where a sterile solution containing minerals and glucose is run through a tube straight into the intestine.
    dialysis_patient01-23-06-1993.jpg
  • An Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is loaded into the back of a British Army Land Rover ambulance to join the downfacing trainers of a collapsed colleague, after retiring  from an endurance race. Recruits run a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding,. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perserverence or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
    army02-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • An elderly patient undergoes Hemodialysis (a blood purifying treatment.) in the Renal unit at St Bartholomews (Barts) Hospital in Smithfield, The City of London, England. The woman is laying back in a comfortable armchair with her right arm flat on a cushion and the tubes that feeds her blood by vascular access from her body into the the dialyzer, a machine that filters the unpurified blood due to the patient's renal (kidney) failure. It is a bright room and many other machines are operating in this manner. Three quarters of the UK's 19,000 dialysis patients receive haemodialysis rather than Peritoneal dialysis, where a sterile solution containing minerals and glucose is run through a tube straight into the intestine.
    RB_084-23-06-1993.jpg
  • An elderly patient recovers after Hemodialysis blood purifying treatment in the Renal unit at St Bartholomews (Barts) Hospital in the City of London, England. The woman is laying back in an NHS bed being attended to by a nurse after spending some hours  with her right arm flat on a cushion and the tubes that feeds her blood by vascular access from her body into the dialyzer, a machine that filters the unpurified blood due to the patient's renal (kidney) failure. It is a bright room and many other machines are operating in this manner. Three quarters of the UK's 19,000 dialysis patients receive haemodialysis rather than Peritoneal dialysis, where a sterile solution containing minerals and glucose is run through a tube straight into the intestine.
    NHS_hospital01-23-06-1993.jpg
  • With a grimace on her pained face, a female Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst splashes through a water obstacle during  an endurance race. Recruits are running a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perseverance or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
    sandhurst_cadet04-12-1996.jpg
  • Young Paratroop Regiment squad run with 35lb loads during rigorous 10-mile march near sheep through Yorkskhire countryside
    paras_march01-23-06-1996.jpg
  • A cartoon character promoting chips outside the now vacant Britannia pub on the Eastern Esplanade at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
    southend_seafront-31-17-09-2016.jpg
  • A new model of Routemaster bus has broken down and disrupts traffic in a City of London street. The New Bus for London, sometimes referred to as NB4L, and colloquially as the New Routemaster or Borismaster (after the Mayor of London who drove their introduction) is a 21st-century replacement of the iconic AEC Routemaster as a bus built specifically for use in London. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it is built by Wrightbus, and features the 'hop-on hop-off' rear open platform of the original Routemaster, but meets the requirements for modern buses to be fully accessible. The first bus entered service on 27 February 2012. The cost of each bus is £354,500.
    bus_breakdown06-10-10-2013.jpg
  • A generic business 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_window01-04-07-2013.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
  • The metal shutters are down on the recently closed Jessops photo store in a side street of the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district.  Jessops' store closures made over 1,350 staff redundant when they shut up shop at the start of the year with administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers admitting that at least some of the 192 stores would close. Other high-street chains such as HMV and the video chain, Blockbuster also closed at the beginning of 2013..
    closed_jessops02-12-03-2013.jpg
  • The metal shutters are down on the recently closed Jessops photo store in a side street of the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district.  Jessops' store closures made over 1,350 staff redundant when they shut up shop at the start of the year with administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers admitting that at least some of the 192 stores would close. Other high-street chains such as HMV and the video chain, Blockbuster also closed at the beginning of 2013..
    closed_jessops01-12-03-2013.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_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 closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closing_down1-01-11-2011.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 'breakfast and lunch' have been left on a lunchtime food business after a recession closure
    recession_window1-05-July-2011.jpg
  • A boy soldier has collapsed on the ground suffering from fatigue and dehydration on a rigorous march conducted as a squad of soldier recruits, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a bergen (back pack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. Two senior trainers haul the buy up who fell under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
    p_company02-30-07-1996 copy.jpg
  • White emulsion paint has been smeared over a sandwich shop, a victim of the UK recession.
    recession_window01-08-07-2010.jpg
  • In the foreground we see the strong forearm of a British army soldier whose blood group O-Negative has been tattooed in large letters beneath an image of a Japanese Geisha girl. He also wears a watch with aq green strap matching his working army fatigues uniform. Behind him are two part-time territorial army conscripts who are sitting on their  army-issued rucksack Bergens awaiting further orders to serve on active duty from Sandhurst military academy to the Balkans during Operation Resolute, the  National Support Element to support NATO action. The dominating figure in the foreground stands upright though we don't see his face. His two conscripts sit on the ground looking dejected or perhaps worried about their forthcoming duties. They are still in civillian clothing, jeans and t-shirts but will soon change into uniform.
    army06-15-12-2007 .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
  • 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 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 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
  • 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-businesses73-17-03_2009.jpg
  • Smeared emulsion and commercial paper stuck to a  window of an East Dulwich newagents,  a victim of the UK recession.
    closed-businesses70-13-03_2009.jpg
  • The last day of liquidated trading for shoppers in the closing Camberwell branch of Woolworths.
    woolworths09-05-01_2009.jpg
  • Emulsion paint smeared over window of a Halal lunch shop on Streatham High Road, a victim of the UK recession
    closed_businesses30-31-12_2008.jpg
  • Rusting metal shutters texture seen in Unity Street, Bristol during the UK recession.
    closed_businesses19-27-12_2008.jpg
  • Emulsion paint smeared over window of fish and chip shop Top Nosh, a victim of the recession in West Street Bristol.
    closed_businesses05-27-12_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
  • The documentary artwork entitled 'Incoming' by Richard Mosse on giant screens, on 5th March 2017, at the Barbican in the City of London, England. Mosse is a conceptual documentary photographer and Deutsche Börse Photography Prize winner, created an immersive multi-channel video installation in the Curve. In collaboration with composer Ben Frost and cinematographer Trevor Tweeten, Mosse has been working with an advanced new thermographic weapons and border imaging technology that can see beyond 30km, registering a heat signature of relative temperature difference.
    richard_mosse-05-05-03-2017.jpg
  • A boarded-up cafe with wonky shutters on the Western Esplanade at Southend.
    southend_seafront-07-17-09-2016.jpg
  • A cartoon character promoting chips outside the now vacant Britannia pub on the Eastern Esplanade at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
    southend_seafront-32-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Shutters of a closed beach concession are pulled down on the Eastern Esplanade at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
    southend_seafront-34-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Food and drink choices outside a beach concession on the Eastern Esplanade at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
    southend_seafront-35-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Locked and rusting back door outside a beach concession on the Eastern Esplanade at Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
    southend_seafront-37-17-09-2016.jpg
  • Detail of a girl dancer and stains from a damp window outside a closed Indian restaurant and take-away.
    indian_restaurant01-07-01-2016.jpg
  • A notice of power outage posted outside Somerset House in the Strand, central London. Partially open, business and access to this venue for the Arts is disrupted because of an electrical fire in a subterranean substation on nearby Kingsway which cause major disruption to local businesses and throughroutes for traffic as flames from ruptured gas pipes vented through pavement and road manholes. Loss of electrical power to local bars and businesses meant the closure of shops and evacuation of offices.
    closed_somerset02-02-04-2015.jpg
  • A notice of power outage posted outside Somerset House in the Strand, central London. Partially open, business and access to this venue for the Arts is disrupted because of an electrical fire in a subterranean substation on nearby Kingsway which cause major disruption to local businesses and throughroutes for traffic as flames from ruptured gas pipes vented through pavement and road manholes. Loss of electrical power to local bars and businesses meant the closure of shops and evacuation of offices.
    closed_somerset01-02-04-2015.jpg
  • Mems power generator on site to supply electricity to Somerset House in the Strand during the Kingsway fire, April 2015.
    strand_generator03-02-04-2015.jpg
  • Mems power generator on site to supply electricity to Somerset House in the Strand during the Kingsway fire, April 2015.
    strand_generator01-02-04-2015.jpg
  • Newspaper obscuring the windows and doorway of a closed shop business in south London.
    closed_business01-15-05-2014-2.jpg
  • Newspaper obscuring the windows and doorway of a closed shop business in south London.
    closed_business02-15-05-2014.jpg
  • Plyboard and blanked out writing on the front of a  closed business due to the UK recession.
    recession_hoarding03-18-03-2014.jpg
  • Plyboard and blanked out writing on the front of a  closed business due to the UK recession.
    recession_hoarding01-18-03-2014.jpg
  • Closed fish and chip shop recession window with swirls of emulsion paintin central London.
    recession_fish_business01-03-03-2014.jpg
  • A new model of Routemaster bus has broken down and disrupts traffic in a City of London street. The New Bus for London, sometimes referred to as NB4L, and colloquially as the New Routemaster or Borismaster (after the Mayor of London who drove their introduction) is a 21st-century replacement of the iconic AEC Routemaster as a bus built specifically for use in London. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it is built by Wrightbus, and features the 'hop-on hop-off' rear open platform of the original Routemaster, but meets the requirements for modern buses to be fully accessible. The first bus entered service on 27 February 2012. The cost of each bus is £354,500.
    bus_breakdown05-10-10-2013.jpg
  • A new model of Routemaster bus has broken down and disrupts traffic in a City of London street. The New Bus for London, sometimes referred to as NB4L, and colloquially as the New Routemaster or Borismaster (after the Mayor of London who drove their introduction) is a 21st-century replacement of the iconic AEC Routemaster as a bus built specifically for use in London. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it is built by Wrightbus, and features the 'hop-on hop-off' rear open platform of the original Routemaster, but meets the requirements for modern buses to be fully accessible. The first bus entered service on 27 February 2012. The cost of each bus is £354,500.
    bus_breakdown03-10-10-2013.jpg
  • A new model of Routemaster bus has broken down and disrupts traffic in a City of London street. The New Bus for London, sometimes referred to as NB4L, and colloquially as the New Routemaster or Borismaster (after the Mayor of London who drove their introduction) is a 21st-century replacement of the iconic AEC Routemaster as a bus built specifically for use in London. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it is built by Wrightbus, and features the 'hop-on hop-off' rear open platform of the original Routemaster, but meets the requirements for modern buses to be fully accessible. The first bus entered service on 27 February 2012. The cost of each bus is £354,500.
    bus_breakdown01-10-10-2013.jpg
  • A closed cafe that once offered all day breakfast with empty seating in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    recession_cafe01-16-05-2013.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_cafe04-28-02-2013.jpg
  • An anonymous shop doorway and window has been boarded up with plyboard, identifying writing obscured with black paint in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    recession_business03-28-02-2013.jpg
  • An anonymous shop doorway and window has been boarded up with plyboard, identifying writing obscured with black paint in central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    recession_business01-28-02-2013.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
  • A self-portrait of recently-made redundant Jessops photo store staff, thanking loyal customers alongside the photography brands they used to sell.
    jessops_staff01-15-02-2013.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_window04-07-02-2013.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 boarded up central London mini cab business on a Holborn street corner.
    street_corner02-22-11-2012.jpg
  • A boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works triangle sign on a Holborn corner.
    no_work02-22-11-2012.jpg
  • Desaturated image of boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works sign on street corner.
    no_work_cc01-22-11-2012.jpg
  • Desaturated image of boarded up central London mini cab business and an End of works sign on street corner.
    no_work_cc02-22-11-2012.jpg
  • An elderly patient undergoes Hemodialysis in the Renal unit at St Bartholomews (Barts) Hospital in Smithfield, London
    NHS_hospital03-23-06-1993.jpg
  • Using ladders and ropes during a rescue operation, Fire Brigade crews enter the floodlit broken air frame of a British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400 series jet airliner which lies on an embankment of the M1 motorway at Kegworth, near East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire, England. On the night of 8th January 1989, flight 92 crashed due to the shutting down of the wrong, malfunctioning engine. Attempting an emergency landing, 47 people died and 74 people, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries. The aircraft's tail was snapped upright at ninety degrees. Here perished most of the passenger fatalities. The devastation was hampered by woodland and the fire fighters are attempting to rescue survivors or extract those killed in this air disaster that proved one of Btitain's worst.
    kegworth_crash03-08-01-1989.jpg
  • Using ladders and ropes during a rescue operation, Fire Brigade crews enter the floodlit broken air frame of a British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400 series jet airliner which lies on an embankment of the M1 motorway at Kegworth, near East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire, England. On the night of 8th January 1989, flight 92 crashed due to the shutting down of the wrong, malfunctioning engine. Attempting an emergency landing, 47 people died and 74 people, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries. The aircraft's tail was snapped upright at ninety degrees. Here perished most of the passenger fatalities. The devastation was hampered by woodland and the fire fighters are attempting to rescue survivors or extract those killed in this air disaster that proved one of Btitain's worst.
    kegworth_crash02-08-01-1989.jpg
  • The optimistic words Be Happy with two smiley faces drawn on a whitewashed shop window, a victim of the UK recession.
    be_happy02-25-07-2012.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 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_down5-01-11-2011-2.jpg
  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closing_down4-01-11-2011.jpg
  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
    closing_down3-01-11-2011.jpg
  • An announcement banner of a business' imminent closure is in the window of a Rio Beach clothing outlet on a fashion mannequin in their Earlham Street shop. Their web site says: "Rio Beach sells men's clothing for the beach and beyond. As one of the only places that stocks fashionable swimming trunks year round, this is a useful place if you're planning an unseasonable holiday."
    closing_down1-30-09-2011.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
  • 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
  • The words Closing Party are almost covered by fly-posters on a closed shop window, the victim of the economic recession.
    recession_window2-09-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
  • The stencilled words 'salad, wraps, juices and coffee' have been left on a lunchtime food business after a recession closure
    recession_window2-05-July-2011.jpg
  • Using ladders and ropes during a rescue operation, Fire Brigade crews enter the floodlit broken air frame of a British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400 series jet airliner which lies on an embankment of the M1 motorway at Kegworth, near East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire, England. On the night of 8th January 1989, flight 92 crashed due to the shutting down of the wrong, malfunctioning engine. Attempting an emergency landing, 47 people died and 74 people, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries. The aircraft's tail was snapped upright at ninety degrees. Here perished most of the passenger fatalities. The devastation was hampered by woodland and the fire fighters are attempting to rescue survivors or extract those killed in this air disaster that proved one of Btitain's worst.
    RB_124-08-01-1989.jpg
  • Cracked glass and emulsion painted window of a Leicester Permanent Building Society branch in Bromley High Street, London.
    closed_business02-19-11-2010.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
  • Painted over pillar of business, a victim of the Uk economic recession.
    closed_business01-12-07-2010.jpg
  • Poster boy advertising the Royal Mail's post office in south London as many branches close due to recession.
    closed_postoffice02-21-05-2010.jpg
  • Wearing a large green helmet with the number 26 painted on the front, a worried-looking black soldier recruit gazes into the distance in front of a white army  instructor at the large Garrison at Catterick, England. Here, the Parachute Regiment (The Paras) - hold part of their famous basic training programme called Pegasus (P) Company. The most notorious selection procedure in the British Army. After initial recruitment, each student is sent to either pass or fail a set of 9 events from which a total score of 90 points is possible. 58% or more passes, less fails. Events like the 18 mile Forced March followed by a further 5 miles can earn 10 points though this will inevitably prove too much for many young man, desperate to pass P Company and earn his prestigious beret (Like the Foreign Legion).
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  • A few miles from the finish line, this long-distance runner has stopped in agony to lean against the walls beneath Tower Bridge during th London Marathon, England. Pushing against the solid wall and stretching his cramped leg muscles, he grimaces in pain as other runners speed past on their way completing their personal race. Pushed to his limits, this man needs to continue a few more Kilometres to claim his medal and to claim victory. But he still has to overcome the pain of an overworked body. When glycogen runs low, the body must then burn stored fat for energy, which does not burn as readily. When this happens, the runner will experience dramatic fatigue. This is called "hitting the wall".
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  • Using ladders and ropes during a rescue operation, Fire Brigade crews enter the floodlit broken air frame of a British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400 series jet airliner which lies on an embankment of the M1 motorway at Kegworth, near East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire, England. On the night of 8th January 1989, flight 92 crashed due to the shutting down of the wrong, malfunctioning engine. Attempting an emergency landing, 47 people died and 74 people, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries. The aircraft's tail was snapped upright at ninety degrees. Here perished most of the passenger fatalities. The devastation was hampered by woodland and the fire fighters are attempting to rescue survivors or extract those killed in this air disaster that proved one of Btitain's worst.
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  • A boy soldier collapses on the ground suffering fatigue and dehydration on the rigorous 10-mile march conducted as a squad, over undulatiing terrain with each candidate carrying a bergen (back pack) weighing 35 pounds.(plus water) and a weapon. Three senior trainers help revive the lad with smelling salts who fell under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes. This forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • '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'.
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  • Closing down and all stock must go posters outside branch of 'Books Etc.' after the closure of parent company Borders.
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  • A closing down sale window is written on smeared whitewashed glass on a former village shop.
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  • 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.
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  • Posters and price details seen on the floor of the now-closed music and DVD shop Zavvi, seen in Bradford city centre, Yorkshire - a victim of the UK's economic recession.
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  • 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.
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