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  • Beyond Chinese TV media images, a red sun sinks behind late cloud in the west, a glowing red sky illuminates Hong Kong's harbour, this scene is symbolic of the decline of empire, the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) two years after this picture was taken, 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. From this famous ferry terminal that protrudes out into the busy waters of this colony's harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood in the days before China ceded its territory to the British for 155 years until the 1997 deadline.
    star_ferry07-31-1997.jpg
  • On the very last day of British rule over its Hong Kong colony, we see two groups representing this colonial territory's population. Commuters walk through Chater Garden about to pass another group of older exercise class. Towering above them all is the Bank of China skyscraper, then the tallest building in Asia, As 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. Almost 7 million people call a territory of 1100 sq km home, squeezing onto only 10% of the available land space. This is a metropolis of high population density and one of the world's economic powerhouses.
    hk_exercise07-31-1997_2.jpg
  • A male Greater Spotted Woodpecker stands on the top of a chimney pot where, affectionately heard by residents around this south London suburban neighbourhood, it announces its presence to others every day by drumming on the metal chimney covering, on 25th April 2022, in south London, England. The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. Instead of singing to declare their territory, woodpeckers drum to advertise their presence to others. They usually require wood with particular resonant qualities for this purpose but this bird has been ptapping on local aerials and metal surfaces to the amusement of nearby south Londoners.
    woodpecker-03-25-04-2022.jpg
  • A male Greater Spotted Woodpecker stands on the top of a chimney pot where, affectionately heard by residents around this south London suburban neighbourhood, it announces its presence to others every day by drumming on the metal chimney covering, on 25th April 2022, in south London, England. The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. Instead of singing to declare their territory, woodpeckers drum to advertise their presence to others. They usually require wood with particular resonant qualities for this purpose but this bird has been ptapping on local aerials and metal surfaces to the amusement of nearby south Londoners.
    woodpecker-01-25-04-2022.jpg
  • In heavy monsoonal rain, crowds gather at the stroke of midnight beneath umbrellas to witness 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 signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From the on the roof of Ocean Terminal shopping mall, the skyline is filled with fireworks but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering behind the viewer on the top floor of the building which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory.  Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    RB-0084.jpg
  • In heavy monsoonal rain, crowds gather beneath umbrellas on the roof of Ocean Terminal to witness 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 signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. A cruise liner is moored s small distance away but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering on the top floor of the shopping mall which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory.  Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    RB-0080.jpg
  • Families examine a map of the Hong Kong region, with outlying islands and mainland Chinese territories.
    map_family01-20-01-1995.jpg
  • A union jack flies proudly in front of tall Leylandii trees in a garden at Horning on the Norfolk Broads. As a statement of British territorial ownership in sububia where an Englishman's home is his castle is reflected also in his garden and the high boundaries between him and his neighbour, with the blight of the evergreen - a screen of privacy and supremacy. Even on sites of relatively poor culture, plants have been known to grow to heights of 15 metres (49 ft) in 16 years. Their rapid, thick growth means they are sometimes used to enforce privacy, but such use can result in disputes with neighbours whose own property becomes overshadowed.[
    british_garden01-01-08-2013.jpg
  • An urban fox (vulpes vulpes) lies dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-08-04-02-2023.jpg
  • An urban fox (vulpes vulpes) lies dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-05-04-02-2023.jpg
  • A passer-by walks past an urban fox (vulpes vulpes) which is lying dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-03-04-02-2023.jpg
  • An urban fox (vulpes vulpes) lies dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-01-04-02-2023.jpg
  • An urban fox (vulpes vulpes) lies dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-07-04-02-2023.jpg
  • An urban fox (vulpes vulpes) lies dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-06-04-02-2023.jpg
  • A passer-by walks past an urban fox (vulpes vulpes) which is lying dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-04-04-02-2023.jpg
  • An urban fox (vulpes vulpes) lies dead from a traffic collision, killed and placed carefully by a kind resident in a cardboard box and awaiting collection at the side of the road in south London, on 4th January 2023, in London, England. An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed on the UK's roads each year and collisions with vehicles probably represents their most significant source of mortality.
    dead_fox-02-04-02-2023.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox07-01-04-2015.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox06-01-04-2015.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox03-01-04-2015.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox02-01-04-2015.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox08-01-04-2015.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox09-01-04-2015.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox05-01-04-2015.jpg
  • An urban fox lies dead in a south London road after being killed by a local vehicle.
    dead_fox01-01-04-2015.jpg
  • Aerial landscape of Lantau Island and cargo shipping at anchor in West Lamma Channel.
    lantau_island01-20-01-1995.jpg
  • A British soldier with the Scottish British Black Watch Regiment keeps the public safely away from a vehicle leaving the Prince of Wales Barracks, on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong12-30-06-1997.jpg
  • British Prime Minister Tony Blair greets crowds in the Pacific shopping mall on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Blair accompanied the outgoing Governor, Chris Patten on the walkabout around parts of the still-British colony. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong04-30-06-1997.jpg
  • A large banner Chinese flag hangs over a pedestrian on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong03-30-06-1997.jpg
  • The British Hong Kong flag flies over Hong Kong harbour for the last few hours, on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China.  Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong01-30-06-1997.jpg
  • The Mile End Road leading up to the City of London with the Natwest tower on the horizon. The evening exodus is underway, the rush-hour for commuters and car drivers who head east and west along this old road to and from the City of London, through the poorer east end to the wealth and prosperity of the financial district. Light trails from the vehicles's headlights and tail lights register during a time exposure and the pink city skies to the west glow above the tall office complexes on the skyline.
    london_cityscape-16-03-1989.jpg
  • A young girl of Asian descent pushes her doll in a pushchair uphill in an empty terraced Dingle Liverpool street. Walking up the steep pavement she pauses to look at the viewer in her pink dress. There is no-one else in the landscape and the little girl is quite alone in this inner-city scene. Dingle (known locally as the Dingle) is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by the adjoining districts of Toxteth and Aigburth. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded at 13,246. Dingle is the last of the southern inner-city districts of Liverpool.
    gorbals_girl-08-08-1991.jpg
  • Passers-by ignore destitute bag-lady in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui street on the Kowloon side.
    street_beggar01-20-01-1995.jpg
  • Three citizens from the Chinese Special Economic region Hong Kong stand along a vertical banners filled with Chinese characters on a sunny day in Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side in 1995. This is dated two years before the ransfer 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. But at the time of this picture, these people are still under British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China has still to happen. They are therefore still British subjects, with British passports, living under British law.
    hk_people04-21-1995.jpg
  • In a field at the town of Boofzheim in the eastern French Alsace region, an elderly Frenchman harvests some of his self-grown carrots crop. Having left his old bicycle standing at the kerb of a narrow access road and in front of a field full of maturing maize, he bends down with much effort to dig in his fork or spade into the rich Alsace earth and lift out his vegetables to take home. This landscape is typically French or German (Alsace borders the western side of Germany and saw much tragic action in WW2) where maize is a nutritious foodstuff for cattle and also for ducks and geese who are force-fed it locally in the making of fois gras and pate.
    french_farmer10-12-1997.jpg
  • 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 />
<br />
The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
<br />
For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
    Z33_exhibition01-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. ..
    sudan231-24-05-2009.jpg
  • An arrow pointing to the You Are Here location on a map  of Baildon Green near Shipley and Bradford, showing the streets, roads and landmarks of this Yorkshire village.
    you_are_here09-09-05-2009.jpg
  • The words Please No Parking and Loading Area have been painted by hand on a wall of a warehouse-based business. The artist has also drawn a long arrow that stretches along the wall to mark the length of free area wanted in this quiet street near Bradford city centre, Yorkshire.
    no_parking18-08-05-2009.jpg
  • Tourist feet and macabre fish exhibits in display jars  at Museum of Guyanese Culture, Cayenne, French Guiana. .
    esa_guiana37717-08-2007.jpg
  • Young boy runs through town of Kourou in French Guiana, home of the European Space Agency's Spaceport.
    esa_guiana36217-08-2007.jpg
  • Razor-wire and fencing protects garden shrubs and plant stocks at a town garden centre in Kourou, French Guiana.
    esa_guiana34917-08-2007.jpg
  • Signpost in Kourou, named after English gravity scientist, Sir Isaac Newton in French Guiana, home of ESA's Spaceport.
    esa_guiana34416-08-2007.jpg
  • Tourist boatman reaches to grab a drifting longboat on the Kourou River in French Guiana.
    esa_guiana12414-08-2007.jpg
  • An employee works diligently in an open plan office at an auditing company's London headquarters
    ernst+young408-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Office worker's cluttered desk with trophy, shield and company statement at an auditing company's London headquarters
    ernst+young329-09-08-2007.jpg
  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.
    ernst+young244-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Working separately and alone in a study booth cubicle at an auditing company London headquarters
    ernst+young200-09-08-2007.jpg
  • Working separately and alone in private cubicle of an auditing company at their London headquarters
    ernst+young178-09-08-2007.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
  • Pensioner Barbara Dowling sips tea views an electricity pylon from the warm kitchen of her North Somerset home.
    electricity030-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • The steel girders of an electricity pylon stands close between housing on an estate in Beckton, East London.
    electricity243-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • Warm evening sunshine casts shadow of decorator and his roller on hilltop cottage wall in hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, Skye
    9999-RPB59-alan_squires07-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Outdoor decorator stands with roller in evening sunshine near hilltop cottage wall in hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, Skye
    9999-RPB59-alan_squires31-28-09-2007.jpg
  • Barbara Christie sits reading in her conservatory of Swordale House overlooking Beinn Na Caillich nr Broadford, Isle of Skye.
    9999-RPB59-christies_house15-27-09-2...jpg
  • An aerial view of an unidentified island community seen from a regional aircraft passing overhead atolls and islands, a few miles to the north Malé, capital of the Indian Ocean Republic of the Maldives. We see the perfectly clear blue sea surrounding an island of white coral beach sand, a harbour, holiday apartments and importantly coastal defence barriers that may defend against rising sea levels as global warming makes sea level locations like this vulnerable to flooding. The Maldives comprise of twenty-six atolls, featuring 1,192 coral islands of which 80 are holiday resorts with 200 inhabited by indigenous communities. This Islamic nation of 298 sq km (115 sq miles), lie seven hundred kilometres (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka..
    maldives167-13-11-2007.jpg
  • An aerial view of unidentified islands seen from a regional aircraft passing overhead the atolls and islands to the north Malé, capital of the Indian Ocean Republic of the Maldives. We see the perfectly clear blue sea surrounding the islands and tiny sandbanks of white coral beach sand, all of which are in jeopardy of rising sea levels as global warming makes sea level locations like this vulnerable to being overwhelmed. The only sign of life is the tiny island in the bottom right of frame where holiday resort accommodation ring this dot in the ocean. The Maldives comprise of twenty-six atolls, featuring 1,192 coral islands of which 80 are holiday resorts with 200 inhabited by indigenous communities. This Islamic nation of 298 sq km (115 sq miles), lie seven hundred kilometres (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka..
    maldives170-13-11-2007.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
  • Holding her doll, a young white child wearing a pink dress explores the Délice Restaurant in old Kourou, French Guiana, South America. The daughter of French parents who are in this French-administered colony in connection with the nearby European Space Agency (ESA). The girl is confident enough to leave her parents' side and appear in an open doorway. On the other side of the wall is a giant brightly-painted mural depicting a more traditional side of life in this tropical country. The word Guyane is the French name for Guiana. A female in national costume stands near a palm tree, local produce and vegetation. Meanwhile a dark-skinned Creole man sits on a stool smoking a cigarette chatting to unseen friends - a barfly occupying his usual lunchtime seat. It is a scene of internationalism, cross-culture and youth versus old age. .
    esa_guiana20415-08-2007.jpg
  • The tattooed hermit, Tom Leppard (1935-2016) at his secret island hideaway on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 2007. <br />
<br />
(See main gallery caption).
    5247-RPB59-leopard-man152-27-09-2007...jpg
  • Two Chinese and European women wearing Cheongsam dresses (aka qipao) walk through Central, on their way to a handover party on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong11-30-06-1997.jpg
  • Crowds gather at the stroke of midnight beneath umbrellas to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From the on the roof of Ocean Terminal shopping mall, the skyline is filled with fireworks. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong10-30-06-1997.jpg
  • A British family hoping to catch a glimpse of passing VIPs, wave Union Jack flags on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. That night signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong09-30-06-1997.jpg
  • Chinese children smle during a dragon lantern party in Kowlooon, on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong08-30-06-1997.jpg
  • A shop assistant arranges clothing on the rail in the Chinese fashion brand Shanghai Tang who make a presence in their store in Central, on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China.
    hong_kong07-30-06-1997.jpg
  • The Chinese fashion brand Shanghai Tang makes a presence in their shop in Central, on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China.
    hong_kong06-30-06-1997.jpg
  • Two Chinese and European women smile during a handover party on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong05-30-06-1997.jpg
  • The Chinese flag hangs over Central, on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China.  Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong02-30-06-1997.jpg
  • A VW camper van adorned with British union jack colours is parked on a campsite at Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. With late sun shining on its polished surfaces, we see a tent belonging to a camper at the site in East Anglia. Painted in the colours British flag, a theme of patriotic feeling by people summing up a great, traditional British summer and their love of the countryside. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially, depending on body type as the Transporter, Kombi and Microbus, and informally as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
    british_campervan08-01-08-2013.jpg
  • A VW camper van adorned with British union jack colours is parked on a campsite at Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. With late sun shining on its polished surfaces, we see a tent belonging to a camper at the site in East Anglia. Painted in the colours British flag, a theme of patriotic feeling by people summing up a great, traditional British summer and their love of the countryside. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially, depending on body type as the Transporter, Kombi and Microbus, and informally as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
    british_campervan07-01-08-2013.jpg
  • A VW camper van adorned with British union jack colours is parked on a campsite at Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. With late sun shining on its polished surfaces, we see a tent belonging to a camper at the site in East Anglia. Painted in the colours British flag, a theme of patriotic feeling by people summing up a great, traditional British summer and their love of the countryside. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially, depending on body type as the Transporter, Kombi and Microbus, and informally as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
    british_campervan06-01-08-2013.jpg
  • A VW camper van adorned with British union jack colours is parked on a campsite at Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. With late sun shining on its polished surfaces, we see a tent belonging to a camper at the site in East Anglia. Painted in the colours British flag, a theme of patriotic feeling by people summing up a great, traditional British summer and their love of the countryside. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially, depending on body type as the Transporter, Kombi and Microbus, and informally as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
    british_campervan05-01-08-2013.jpg
  • A VW camper van adorned with British union jack colours is parked on a campsite at Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. With late sun shining on its polished surfaces, we see a tent belonging to a camper at the site in East Anglia. Painted in the colours British flag, a theme of patriotic feeling by people summing up a great, traditional British summer and their love of the countryside. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially, depending on body type as the Transporter, Kombi and Microbus, and informally as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
    british_campervan03-01-08-2013.jpg
  • A VW camper van adorned with British union jack colours is parked on a campsite at Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. With late sun shining on its polished surfaces, we see a tent belonging to a camper at the site in East Anglia. Painted in the colours British flag, a theme of patriotic feeling by people summing up a great, traditional British summer and their love of the countryside. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially, depending on body type as the Transporter, Kombi and Microbus, and informally as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
    british_campervan04-01-08-2013.jpg
  • A VW camper van adorned with British union jack colours is parked on a campsite at Reedham on the Norfolk Broads. With late sun shining on its polished surfaces, we see a tent belonging to a camper at the site in East Anglia. Painted in the colours British flag, a theme of patriotic feeling by people summing up a great, traditional British summer and their love of the countryside. The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially, depending on body type as the Transporter, Kombi and Microbus, and informally as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
    british_campervan02-01-08-2013.jpg
  • Walking past a boarded-up shop on a Liverpool street corner, a middle-aged woman passes graffiti scrawled by local youths on the doors. The scene is of a poor area needing investment but this is an area of the city known for high crime and areas of dereliction where the community are treated as second class citizens.
    scouse_woman-08-08-1991.jpg
  • Sinister silhouettes in underpass tunnel with walls covered with urban graffiti.
    graffiti_tunnel01-22-06-2012.jpg
  • Sinister silhouettes in underpass tunnel with walls covered with urban graffiti.
    graffiti_tunnel02-22-06-2012.jpg
  • Sinister graffiti artist silhouette sprays walls in underpass tunnel in Waterloo.
    graffiti_tunnel03-22-06-2012.jpg
  • Sinister graffiti artist silhouette sprays walls in underpass tunnel in Waterloo.
    graffiti_tunnel05-22-06-2012.jpg
  • Misty morning overlooking Vale of Edale, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. .Edale is a valley in North Derbyshire, situated about 15 miles west of Sheffield, in the heart of the Peak District National Park. Edale valley is a loose collection of scattered farmsteads or 'booths' as they are known which grew up around the original shelters or 'boothies' used by shepards when tending their sheep on the hillsides. There are 5 main ones in Edale valley, Nether Booth, Ollerbooth, Upper Booth, Barber booth and Grindsbrook Booth of which the village called Edale is part. Edale village is in a lovely setting below Kinder Scout and is the start of the Pennine way, the first and longest footpath in England, opened in 1965.
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  • In light monsoonal rain, a lone pedestrian is seen from a high viewpoint, crossing a zebra crossing with a yellow grid box junction to his right in Central Hong Kong on the last day of British rule. The junction is empty and without any traffic but the word 'Look' is stencilled in white letters for the benefit of unwary pedestrians. An umbrella used by the unrecognisable person is a colour match with the painted striped road markings, identical to the British highway traffic code. The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" occurred at midnight on June 30, 1997, signifying the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • Lit by early sun that filters through mountain peaks to this remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, we see the veranda of a tea shop that serves weary travellers trekking the Annapurna Circuit and traditional doko basket. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary, a sometimes gruelling walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak - and beyond. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller and the landscapes are often shared with local livestock.
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  • On the eve of transfer of law in Hong Kong from the UK to China, construction workers in Central Hong Kong carry on their tasks during a monsoonal rain shower on the last day of British rule. Some are dressed in yellow waterproof coats and hard hats, we see a British-style sign warning drivers of Men at Work resembling a man holding an umbrella. Lastly, on the right another man on a wall, also holding an brolley. In the foreground a car park sign states that the space is full in red letters and a local authority sign saying "Working for a better environment" is written in Chinese and English lettering. The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "The Handover" occurred at midnight on June 30, 1997, signifying the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China.
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  • An actor plays the part of an office worker, toiling away at a desk-top PC while outside in the courtyard of the Z33 art gallery in Hasselt, Limburg Belgium. The lady artist sits typing at an imaginary work station with jackets hanging on a coat stand and with her area marked out in sand on the gravel. This incongruous scene is played out during the gallery's 'Werk Nu' (Work Now) exhibition that reflected upon the concept and meaning of 'work' in our present society, with issues such as flexibility, mobility, motivation, significance, and the work-life balance are dealt with. The art works in 'Work Now' are direct or ambiguous, whimsical.
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  • An elderly gentleman prunes his precious crop of fresh red roses from his front garden that sits astride the small River Wandle at Carshalton, south London. trimming off their heads, he s dressed in a straw hat and white apron. He is a very active gardener, the nurturing of plants and flowers being his passion now that he is of retirement age after a lifetime of work. Now he enjoys the rewards of his labours from mother earth in this lush plot of his that looks every bit the perfect English cottage garden despite it being in an urban inner-city.
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  • As rain starts falling, a chinese husband and wife wait for a bus on Nathan Road in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui
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  • Construction workers in Central Hong Kong carry on working during a monsoonal rain shower on the last day of British rule.
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  • Pretty remote valley farm cottage sits in the secluded Cotswolds Bagpath valley, Gloucestershire.
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  • A casually-dressed accountant works in a cluttered office cubicle in an auditing company's London headquarters.<br />
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A limited edition (2 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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  • 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 />
<br />
The photograph is the copyright Richard Baker. The text is the copyright Alain de Botton.<br />
<br />
For print sales enquiries email: richard(at)bakerpictures.com
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  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. ..
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  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. ..
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  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. ..
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  • A hand-drawn map shows You Are Here in Nunhead Cemetery, especially designed for visitors to stalls of various societies and organisations displaying in this Victorian burial place during its annual open day.
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  • An arrow pointing to the You Are Here location on a map of Bradford's University, showing the campus streets, roads, buildings and landmarks of this Yorkshire college.
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  • An arrow pointing to the You Are Here location on a map of Bradford city centre, showing the streets, roads and landmarks of this Yorkshire town.
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  • A map of the Gloucestershire village of Cricklade showing where visitors reading this map are situated in the High Street of this village on the narrows River Thames that eventually flows to London. Cricklade is a small town in north Wiltshire in England on the Thames, situated midway between Swindon and Cirencester and near the river's source at Lechlade.
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  • A map showing the loction of Round Barrows and an artist's impression of an Iron Age Round Hut that was set in Randwick Wood, near Stroud, Gloucestershire
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  • Housing properties are displayed in a South London estate agent's window with surrounding steet and houses reflected in window
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  • Aerial view of a passing boat and one of 1,192 coral  inhabited and deserted islands in the Islamic Republic of Maldives.
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