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  • The words Good as Gold are written on the top of a Victorian building in Southwark, south London.
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  • The words Good as Gold are written on the top of a Victorian building in Southwark, south London.
    good_as_gold04-12-09-2014.jpg
  • The words Good as Gold are written on the top of a Victorian building in Southwark, south London.
    good_as_gold02-12-09-2014.jpg
  • A newly-recruited Nepali boy is about to leave his homeland for the UK, where the British army is to make him a fully-trained soldier in the Gurkha Regiment. Daubed with saffron and paint, the sign of good luck on a journey to come, he stands with absolute pride with garlands of fresh flowers draped around his neck by well-wishing relatives before they wave good bye to their son or brother for his two years absence away from home. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the flight to the UK. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Three friends in their thirties are hugging each other tightly at Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the City of London, England. We see their three heads as close as possible accompanied by three wall-mounted lights that are glowing a warm red tone making this a cosy and welcoming atmosphere. The man and one of the girls are chubby with round cheeks and chins and so enjoy the good life.
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  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion63-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion58-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion56-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion49-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion47-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion45-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion43-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion39-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion38-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion30-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion28-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion25-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion22-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion23-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion21-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion20-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion19-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion17-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion16-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion15-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion10-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion07-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion06-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion04-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion01-25-03-2016.jpg
  • In the shadow of 1 Canada Square, the iconic Canary Wharf tower in London's Docklands stands as an icon for Thatcherite Britain when the good times, prosperity and economic upturns seemed unshakeable. Four work colleagues stand under a hot lunchtime sun during a summer heatwave. In their shirtsleeves the men each hold pints of refreshing lager, all having removed their dark jackets to enjoy the company of a flirtatious female who appears to be flirting with an older male companion. The sky is blue and the five are care-free to any future economic uncertainty.
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  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion62-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion55-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion44-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion42-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion41-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion37-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion35-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion33-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion27-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion14-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion13-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The Passion of Jesus is performed in London's Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Charitable Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion05-25-03-2016.jpg
  • Sheryl is an Airport Ambassador Volunteer at Dallas Fort Worth, Texas and stands for a portrait at the foot of some escalators in the main terminal. She sports a straw hat saying 'Ask Me' in red and a name badge with her job title although she comes to the airport to assist strangers at her city's airport, hoping her good nature and charitable efforts will help uncertain travellers find their way. Also on her jacket is a the phrase 'Proud to be Drug Free .. Airport Narcotics Task Force.' 'Fort Worth is the sixth busiest airport in the world transporting 59,064,360 passengers in 2005. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903..
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  • With the London skyline in the far distance, a black cat crosses the steep gradient of Gypsy Hill in Crystal Palace, on 16th June 2021, in London, England.
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  • Correct work identified on concrete ground on New York City construction site.
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  • Locals sift through possessions below a Goodtimes ad during a Sunday car boot sale in a supermarket car park.
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  • Locals sift through possessions below a Goodtimes ad during a Sunday car boot sale in a supermarket car park.
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  • A young man in his twenties parties in the evening at a Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the heart of the City of London, England. Holding a small glass containing a shot of alcohol, he sings at the top of his voice during a Karaoke night. He wears a shirt and tie so probably works in an office. Without a care in the world he has closed his eyes to enjoy the moment of elation and alcohol. It's dark in the bar with few lights in the background but spotlights have little effect to brighten up the scene.
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  • A young girl is groped on the breast by an amorous male acquaintance during a karaoke night in the City of London.
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  • Schoolchildren walk single file in a London street after a Spring rain shower which has left a large puddle in a poorly drained gutter, on 24th May 2021, in London, England.
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  • A thirsty dog looks longingly at a water bowl outside a seaside cafe, on 3rd May 2021, in St Leonards, Sussex, England.
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  • Opera-lovers await the start of a rehearsal of the first socially-distanced performance by English National Opera (ENO) in the London Coliseum which has remained closed throughout the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 24th October 2020, in London, England. Musicians and singers on stage are separated appropriate to government restrictions and audience members are seated with same household groups. The Marriage of Figaro was ENO's last show on 14th March, and the Coliseum has stayed closed until now. The UK’s theatre ticket revenue contributes £1.28bn to the nation’s economy, in which there are 290,000 jobs (70% are at risk) so the government has announced a financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England that is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. The 2,395-seat Coliseum (1904) is a Baroque revival (Wrenaissance) style theatre, built as one of West End's largest and most luxurious variety theatres.00
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  • Opera-lovers await the start of a rehearsal of the first socially-distanced performance by English National Opera (ENO) in the London Coliseum which has remained closed throughout the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, on 24th October 2020, in London, England. Musicians and singers on stage are separated appropriate to government restrictions and audience members are seated with same household groups. The Marriage of Figaro was ENO's last show on 14th March, and the Coliseum has stayed closed until now. The UK’s theatre ticket revenue contributes £1.28bn to the nation’s economy, in which there are 290,000 jobs (70% are at risk) so the government has announced a financial rescue package for the Arts industry, a £1.15bn support for cultural organisations in England that is made up of £880m in grants and £270m of repayable loans. The 2,395-seat Coliseum (1904) is a Baroque revival (Wrenaissance) style theatre, built as one of West End's largest and most luxurious variety theatres.00
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  • Attentive of their owner, Golden Retrievers balance on the wall of a seaside property on 14th August 2020, in Aldeburgh, Norfolk, England.
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  • A lady is helped by a passer-by to pick up her dropped shopping bag, on Piccadilly, on 21st January 2020, in London, England.
    piccadilly-03-21-01-2020.jpg
  • A group of young men sing karaoke at Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 18th December 1993, in London, England.
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  • An Asian family and shishi guardian lions outside a Chinese restaurant near Elephant & Castle, on 9th November 2018, in London England. Stone lions, also called Shishi in Chinese, are often found in pairs in front of the gates of Chinese traditional buildings. Chinese guardian lions, known also as stone lions in Chinese art, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. They are believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Pairs of guardian lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures.
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  • An aerial view of city of London businessmen (and one lady) using the opportunity for business lunches at three tables outside in the city complex known as Broadgate Circle, an eighties development of offices and trading institutions. The three tables each have crisp white table cloths, cutlery and plates and green bottles of Perrier mineral water, rather than alcohol.
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  • Four associates celebrate a successful day's business by treating themselves to a lunchtime bottle of white wine amid the scenes of prosperity and wealth of early 90s Britain. At their feet in the bay window are the fruits of a buoyant economy - Magnums of and jeroboams of Champagne to help revel in the success of the era. This is the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district where money is earned in great quantities and commodities traded in their millions. The commissions are huge and lunchtimes are extravagant.
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  • Men walk past a giant ad mural of a bare-chested young male model, carrying Abercrombie shopping bags.
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  • Women walk past a giant ad mural of a bare-chested young male model, carrying Abercrombie shopping bags.
    male_mural12-22-03-2012.jpg
  • Two women walk past a giant ad mural of a bare-chested young male model
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  • Women walk past a giant ad mural of a bare-chested young male model, carrying Abercrombie shopping bags.
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  • Two women walk past a giant ad mural of a bare-chested young male model
    male_mural05-22-03-2012.jpg
  • Young woman photographs a giant ad mural of a bare-chested young male model
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  • A housewife poses in her undecorated home surrounded by material possessions bought with a credit card during the must-have economy
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  • A geisha lady collects money from westerners in London for the Japanese Red Cross Tsunami appeal
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  • A geisha lady collects money from westerners in London for the Japanese Red Cross Tsunami appeal
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  • The Chinese words Kung Hei Fat Choi or Happy new Year with cartoon characters outside Bank of China building, Hong Kong.
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  • Families examine a map of the Hong Kong region, with outlying islands and mainland Chinese territories.
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  • While seated to have dinner at home, a young boy of about 10 years of age hides his face and wipes his lips with a serviette. Demonstrating perfect manners that his parents must have instilled in him, the lad's face is hidden from the viewer as he presses the cloth to his face to obscure his identity. He is eating some sort of pudding with a spoon and a fork rests on the highly-polished table on which an ornamental posy of flowers is reflected. It is a scene of immaculate etiquette that a boy from a middle-class background might be expected to show to elders and visitors. It is an example of grooming and pedigree to take with him out into the outside world where he will be expected to be the best behaved.
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  • White smoke left in summer skies by the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team.
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  • A small group of men are together on the beach just opposite to Ocean Drive on Miami Beach. Two of them are in the foreground and each wear sun glasses, each holding cigars that may be Cuban in origin, a popular source of tobacco leaf in this region of America. They have recently been immersed in the sea and water drips down their rather flabby bodies with the gentleman on the left sucking on his cigar with a belly that expands around his tanned midriff. It is intensely bright, sunny day on the sand, seen behind. Flash has emphasized the water drips and the male sweat and we also see a very clear blue tropical sky.
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  • A young trader in currencies leans back in his chair on the currency trading floor of Barclays Bank in the City of London, England, UK. Easing back during the stress of a day when the money markets have been volatile, this young man has the responsibilities of millions of Pounds Sterling to trade and value. He has old technology at his disposal, in the decade when technology made a big impression on the workplace but before the arrival of the internet and e-mail. Communication was therefore slow and unreliable although banks like Barclays who traded money across the world were skilled in migrating information across time-zones.
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  • Office worker's cluttered desk with trophy, shield and company statement at an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (4 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
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  • A detailed view of a Mark 1 Hawk jet belonging to 'Synchro Leader' of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. We see the flight controls and instrument panels looking grubby and worn with grey paint rubbed or flaking off. This version of the BAE Systems Hawk is low-tech without computers nor fly-by-wire technology it is one of the most user-friendly modern jets to fly and serves as a first step trainer for pilots to accumulate fast-jet flying hours and who are destined for the most sophisticated of fast military fighters in the future. Their aerobatic displays demands that their workhorse machine must have phenominal turning circle ability and rate of climb. The team's aircraft are in some cases over 25 years old and their airframes require constant attention, with frequent engineering overhauls needed. .
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  • Looking down vertically upon the Hawk jet aicraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the team loop over agricultural countryside during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Roman Ermine Street road is a diagonal line through the centre, dissecting wisps of organic white smoke left hanging in the air. Reforming in front of a local crowd at the airfield they work through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. Freshly-ploughed English fields with properties, roads, hedgerows plus former nuclear silos are seen below. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
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  • Banking hard right over the agricultural Lincolnshire countryside are the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, who have commenced an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. They turn at a ninety degree angle, two trailing white organic smoke before reforming in front of a local crowd at the airfield and working through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. Their objective is to appear perfectly spaced from a ground perspective. Freshly-ploughed English fields with properties, roads and hedgerows are seen below. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
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  • Some of the nine Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, perform the 5/4 Split high during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
    Red_Arrows730_RBA.jpg
  • Air show organiser Jock Maitland of the Biggin Hill displays is to be presented with a momento by members of  the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. We look down upon three pilots' backs (known as the Reds) who are lined up in their famous red flying suits during the ceremony and as speeches of thanks are made. A scaled model of a Hawk jet aircraft is hidden from view behind Flight Lieutenant Dave Slow's back before being handed to Mr Maitland as thanks for his contribution to the air show calendar. They stand at ease on the grass of this famous World War II airfield which saw much enemy action during the Batttle of Britain, patiently and relaxed with hands behind backs before leaving to perform their display routine in front of thousands of spectators.
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  • Banking slowly left over the agricultural Lincolnshire countryside are the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, who have commenced an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. They turn at a gentle angle trailing white organic smoke  before reforming in front of a local crowd at the airfield and working through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. Their objective is to appear perfectly spaced from a ground perspective. Freshly-ploughed English fields with properties, roads and hedgerows are seen below. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
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  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965. .
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  • Pilots belonging to the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, walk in line from their parked Hawk jet aircraft during their two-day visit to the airfield at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. It is a perfect day for aerobatics with blue alpine skies during the teams' two-day visit to the Swiss airfield. Payerne is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. The team walk towards waiting transport wearing the red flying suits, synonymous with an ambassadorial role for the UK and recruiting tool for the RAF's pilots of the future. SInce their birth in 1965, they have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries. .
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  • A pilot of the French Air Force walks looking down along the fuselage of his C-130 Hercules oblivious to nine Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, who come screaming behind and 'breaking to land'. This set procedure prepares them to split up as a group, peel off seperately and land safely at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. It is a perfect day for aerobatics with blue alpine skies during the teams' two-day visit to the Swiss airfield. Payerne is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. .
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  • A member of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, sells Rolls-Royce-sponsored charity posters of their workhorse Hawk jet aircraft for £5 (?10) each on the beach at Clacton-on-Sea after the Air Show on West Greensward on the sea front. It is a hot summer's afternoon but wearing black heavy-duty RAF regulation boots and the distinctive, specially-tailored  blue overalls, is a member of the team's support ground-crew (known as the Blues). Their jobs might include engineering, operations or administration work. Secondary duties are asked of them too and here we see the lower body of photographer Senior Aircraftman (SAC) Matt Reid who holds a hardened folder containing the scaled artwork while standing on the soft sand. The crowd mingles in the background and a lady dressed in only a bikini returns to her possessions. .
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  • A large man with a shaved head and hairy back is seen from behind as he watches a display by the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team at Weymouth, England. A heart shape which grows from his bald head has been drawn with red smoke in the sky two Hawk jet aircraft taking part in the town's annual air show along the sea front. Such a tough-looking male specimen contrasts with the romance of this valentine symbol helping to make this picture's quirky juxtaposition touching. The Red Arrows use smoke to emphasize their flight-path, help the spectators see their manoeuvres and to make more of an enjoying spectacle. In blue sky they use white smoke for The Heart and red when overcast. We watch the man from below and see him craning his neck skywards, the skin on his thick neck wrinkling as he looks heavy from this angle.
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  • Squadron Leader Spike Jepson, leader of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, demonstrates the Corkscrew manoeuvre to his group of pilots and visitors in the briefing room at their RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire headquarters. Using two scaled model Hawk jet aircraft he shows how their formation is to be flown on their next training flight. Five autumn and winter months are spent teaching new recruits manual aerobatic display flying while the older members (who rotate positions) learn new disciplines within the routine. Their leaning curve is steep, even for these accomplished fast-jet aviators who had already accumulated 1,500 hours in fighters. By Summer they need every aspect of their 25-minute displays honed to perfection. In this meeting room they meet before and after every flight discussing safety, merits and failures.
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  • Climbing at sub-sonic speed, a Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, is seen from a neighbouring aircraft during an 'In-Season Practice' (ISP), a summer training flight over the farming fields of Lincolnshire. A landscape of agriculture is behind the red airplanes as they loop after a vertical climb. The front-seated pilot and his guest passenger stare through visors towards the wing to keep a perfect 'reference', maintaining an exact formation as seen from the ground. The Red Arrows fly to within 10 feet (3 metres) apart in some formations with speeds of 480 mph (770 kph), keeping in formation is a skill they learn every winter and refine on spare days like this between public air shows. The RAF roundel, (emblem), is on the nearest wing and the other fuselage as the world falls away in perspective.
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  • Squadron Leader David Thomas of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, sits on the wing of his Hawk jet aircraft and concentrates on the air display at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) RAF Fairford, UK. The pressures on the pilots are enormous when thousands of people scruntinise the team's every move. Squadron Leader Thomas is Synchro Leader - the prime flyer in a partnership of two who perform some of the most spectacular manoeuvres in the Red Arrows routine, including the most physically demanding high 'G' (gravity) turns. Leaning back on the fuselage, he replays the manoeuvres through his mind. The psyching-up process mentally prepares him for the intensive show. Thomas wears his anti-g pants which squeeze blood back to his thorax and head during the turns and loops, also wearing the famous red flying suit. .
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  • Flying overhead into the distance, Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, leave behind a trail of red, white and blue smoke in the clear skies above RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. Completing their off-season training, the team put the finishing touches to their display routine every Spring on the Mediterranean island where they perfect new manoeuvres. The sky is empty but as the light wind blows across the airfield, the remainder of the tapering coloured smoke (a mixture of vegetable dye and 'derv' - diesel fuel), blends together like a patriotic ribbon to make a haze of soft spectrum in the correct order of the United Kingdom's flag, and which becomes ever-sharper as the viewer looks towards the distant aircraft. They fly past, bend to the left and climb to a higher altitude, ready for their next formation.
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  • Ending France's Bastille Day parade, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, streak over the pyramid peak of the Louvre art museum in the centre of Paris. Leaving vapour trails of red, white and blue smoke to mark the 100th anniversary of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. They were chosen by the French authorities to close the fly-pasts. British armed forces paraded in the historic parade for the first time. Under blue skies on a perfect summer day, the squadron lined up in their classic fly-past 'V-shape' called 'Big Battle', following the straight line of the Champs Elysees then eastwards over the Parisian suburbs. Personnel from four British military units were present and French Air Force jets performed their own fly-past to open the parade, while the British Hawk jets of the Red Arrows had the honour of completing it. .
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  • A 7 year-old boy has been lucky enough to spend a day with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. As just four members of the team of nine red jet aircraft fly past in formation, Mitchell stretches out his arm, holding a plastic toy Hawk aircraft up to the blue sky and light cloud with his back to the practice show, part of the team's winter training schedule. The Red Arrows' main purpose is Press and PR and corporate guest visitors are a weekly item in the team's diary during the winter training period - a 5-month schedule of up to six flights a day. Companies who help the RAF, the Red Arrows or local charities are privileged to be invited behind-the-scenes at the squadron's home facilities.
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  • Nine pilots of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, stand in the shape of their signature 'Diamond Nine' formation with one of their Hawk jet aircraft at the team's headquarters at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. Today they have reached the all-important milestone of 'first 9-ship' (when all nine aircraft have flown a basic air show display together, after two groups have practiced seperately) and is the culmination of five months rigorous Winter training. They stand proud with beaming smiles on a warm spring day, their flying helmets with those famous arrows pointing towards blue sky and fluffy clouds. Still dressed in green flying suits, they go on to their spring training ground at Akrotiri, Cyprus where they earn the right to wear red suits, known around the world. At the front is team leader, Squadron Leader Spike Jepson...
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  • Wearing ear-defenders,military green camouflage and fluorescent tabard, a 'line' engineer from the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, inserts his head into the jet pipe of a Hawk aircraft immediately after a winter training flight at the team's headquarters at a damp RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. The man is a member of the team's support ground crew (called the Blues because of their distinctive blue overalls worn at summer air shows). Checking for irregular blemishes within the aircraft's exhaust is a vital aspect of maintenance jets whose engines need to perform as the highest level, especially if its performance, and that of each pilot's manoeuvres need to be perfect. Power reduction can ruin a display for tens of thousands of spectators but an engine failure could be catastrophic..
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  • Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, practising their display finale, the Vixen Break, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. A rusted and crumbling hulk of a ship lies in the shallow surf and the Hawk jets used by the Red Arrows fan out above it using red, white and blue smoke. It is a calm sea near the shoreline and the shipwreck's remains provide a sad foreground to the dynamic flying beyond making a graphic landscape. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. 'The Wreck' is but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simluate diverse geographical features and wind directions. The wreck is the MV Achaios. Built in 1932, it was on a voyage from Yugoslavia to Jeddah in 1976 with a cargo of timber. She ran aground in a storm at Akrotiri Peninsula, but no lives were lost.
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  • The Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, are lined up at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus as members of the team's ground crew step away from the aircraft that they respectively look after. From a low angle we see a wide landscape looking over the taxi-way markings that direct military airplanes. The Red Arrows aircraft are a deep red colour that stand out against the horizon in an identical line. It is a wide expanse of road surface, the yellow centre-lines are for the benefit of pilots who need guidance for parking areas after landing, or leaving towards the departing runway on the southern part of the Cypriot Mediterranean island. With the Red Arrows, the nine taxiing jets all peel off in unison to and from the parking area and these lines are vital for this technique.
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  • Sheltering from a rain shower at the Kemble Air Day, some pilots of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, gather beneath a full-scale model of a Hawk jet aircraft. Spectators have also gathered in their waterproof wear to make a colourful group. Flight Lieutenant Steve Underwood, who as commentator and Ground Safety Manager worries about the cloud cover and the implications for a safe display. He looks towards the gloomy sky to assess the prospects of a Red Arrows show in a short while. Dressed in red flying suits, the pilots have been signing PR autographs and distributing team brochures to some of their many fans before the deluge which sent the public undercover to seek shelter. The team's main purpose is to forge a link between the RAFand potential recruits plus the general public.
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  • Officer pilots of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, lean aginst a wing of their Hawk jet in a pre-flight briefing while a member of their ground crew positions some wheel chocks. The highly-skilled engineer is known as a 'Blue' but the 'Reds' discuss  flight plans. Eleven trades skills are imported from some sixty that the RAF employs and teaches. It is mid-day and only their flying boots and red legs are seen with the RAF roundel emblem is on the underside of the wing. The better-educated officers in the armed forces enjoy a more privileged lifestyle than their support staff. In the aerobatic squadron, the Blues outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly. SOme of the team's Hawks are 25 years old and their air frames require constant attention, with increasingly frequent major overhauls due.
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  • Flight Lieutenant Dan Simmons of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, zips up his g-pants before climbing into his Hawk jet. G-pants counterac the effects of high gravity stresses that jet-fighters impose on the human body, automatically inflating and squeezing blood back to the thorax and head when blood drains towards the legs. As he attaches the zipper, he rests his straight right leg on a retractable step which helps him and his ground crew engineers to gain access to the cockpit, high above the ground. Hanging from another part of his airplane is his life-vest which he will wear around his neck, whilst in flight. Flight Lieutenant Simmons wears heavy-duty black boots which are regulation footwear for flying personnel and dressed in his red flying suit that is famous around the world.
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