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  • A young boy looks at a reclining giant fibreglass figure resembling Gulliver's Travels on Southend-on-Sea seafront. As if in the fantasy world of Lilliput (the novel by Johnathan Swift), the larger-than-life figure lies on summer grass for families to walk past. Smaller, people models can be seen at the giant’s elbow, one of which has fallen over. And the words “Please Keep .. (off the grass)” are on a sign deterring kids from jumping over and climbing on the man.
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  • Before the area was completely redeveloped with a pleasure fairground, 1990s sunbathers stretch out on bare grass on the seafront that still shows its heyday landscape, on 2nd August 1993, at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
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  • A young boy sits on the lawn after falling from his tricycle on a summer's day in the family garden in the early nineteen sixties. Sitting on his knees on the soft summer grass the young lad looks brave rather than tearful. There is the family tent erected across from the path, its open flaps perhaps drying out after rain or simply as a play den for the boy. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1964.
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  • Mu Ze Latso feeds algae from Lugu lake to her chickens, donkey, and cows.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Mu Ze Latso, a Mo Suo minority girl returns home with a large basket strapped to her back containing the algae from the lake which she will then feed to her animals.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_033_1.jpg
  • Together with a Mo Suo friend Mu Ze Latso goes down to Lugu Lake to collect  a type of algae / plant which she then feeds to her livestock: hens, ducks,  pigs, cow, etc. northwest Yunnan province.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
    chilugu_030-2_1.jpg
  • Grazing Alpine cows in a field where a chairlift operates overhead in Leonhard-St Leonardo, a Dolomites village in the Badia region of south Tyrol, Italy. Peering over the fence we see the cow in summer sunshine with ample supplies of fresh grass to feed on. South Tyrolean freshness begins on family farms with an average of 12 cows each. Every day, the mountains farmers at 800 to 2000 m above sea level make sure that their South Tyrolean milk gets from the cow to the refrigerator within 24 hours. South Tyrolean milk is naturally also used to make cheese. The region has over 90 different types of cheese - the most famous being Dolomiti, Alta Badia and Pustertaler mountain cheese.
    badia_abtei11-17-07-2015_1.jpg
  • A lone walker passes by a partially-collapsed broken sign announcing the summit of Rannoch Moor, Scotland UK, 1,350 feet above sea level. He is hunched against a driving wind at this altitude and the country he is walking over is bleak and boggy, a wetland high up in the Scottish Highlands. Thick tufts of grass and moss lie about in this tough terrain, held in great affection for long-distance hikers. Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km²) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rannoch Moor is designated a National Heritage site.
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  • Body of a dead sea bird in grass on 15th September 2020 in Cemlyn, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom.
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  • Muslim school girls look at the brightly coloured inflatable toys on Friday 8th April at Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Galle Face Green is a long stretch of grass facing a narrow beach and the sea. It was originally cleared by the Dutch to give the canons of Fort a clear line of fire. Today it is a popular spot for families to fly kites, play games and eat local snacks from the many food vendors.
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  • People stand next to statues of Portuguese notables along the sea wall next to the Fort Sao Sebastiao, Sao Tome  <br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • A man stands next to statues of Portuguese notables along the sea wall next to the Fort Sao Sebastiao as a shipping container passes by, Sao Tome  <br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • A walker admires the view across the escarpment of Tennyson Downs on the Isle-of-Wight. Looking over his shoulder into the distance, the walker is alone on his solo pursuit along some of Britain's most beautiful coastlines, here on the south coast. The rolling downland stretches westwards - its white chalk cliffs famous for symbolising England's southern limits. Tennyson Down is a hill at the west end of the Isle of Wight just south of Totland. Tennyson Down is a grassy, whale-backed ridge of chalk which rises to 482 ft/147m above sea level. Tennyson Down is named after the poet Lord Tennyson who lived at nearby Farringford House for nearly 40 years. The poet used to walk on the down almost every day, saying that the air was worth 'sixpence a pint'.
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  • Grazing cows on the Siusi plateau, above the South Tyrolean town of Ortisei-Sankt Ulrich in the Dolomites, Italy. The Alpe di Siusi is the biggest high-alpine pasture in Europe with a surface of 57 km² and its altitude range from 1680 to 2350 m above sea level. This high-alpine pasture is located in the heart of the Dolomites. A mostly older generation of farmers work the land in this high area, known for its summer hiking trails and skiing pistes.
    siusi_dolomites48-15-07-2015_1.jpg
  • Grazing cows on the Siusi plateau, above the South Tyrolean town of Ortisei-Sankt Ulrich in the Dolomites, Italy. The Alpe di Siusi is the biggest high-alpine pasture in Europe with a surface of 57 km² and its altitude range from 1680 to 2350 m above sea level. This high-alpine pasture is located in the heart of the Dolomites. A mostly older generation of farmers work the land in this high area, known for its summer hiking trails and skiing pistes.
    siusi_dolomites50-15-07-2015_1.jpg
  • Skiing hotel in summer and horses on the Siusi plateau, above the South Tyrolean town of Ortisei-Sankt Ulrich in the Dolomites, Italy. The Alpe di Siusi is the biggest high-alpine pasture in Europe with a surface of 57 km² and its altitude range from 1680 to 2350 m above sea level. This high-alpine pasture is located in the heart of the Dolomites. A mostly older generation of farmers work the land in this high area, known for its summer hiking trails and skiing pistes.
    siusi_dolomites47-15-07-2015_1.jpg
  • Water tanks in the desert outside Palm Springs--which gets just 5 inches of rain annually gets up to 120-degree Farenheit temperatures most summers--sits atop a vast sea of ground water, which has been carefully managed and now insulates the city from the effects of drought.
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  • A group of country ramblers rest for lunch on the sea defence embankment of Halstow Marshes on the Kent Thames estuary marshes, potentially threatened by the future London airport. With the panoramic views beyond, the walkers have stopped at mid-day in sheltered sunshine to admire the landscape that could controversially become the site for London's estuary airport, built on reclaimed and marshland on the river Thames, east of the city. Current London mayor Boris Johnson is in faviour of this project to alleviate pressure from other airport hubs, regardless of wildlife (especially a nearby protected bird sanctuary).
    halstow_marshes38-02-06-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Homegrown beds of dahlias grow in the front garden of a council house in the early 1960s. The flowers are fine specimens of this species. Prospering, tall and healthy in summer sunshine in this front garden in Southend-in-Sea in Essex, England, their reds are brilliantly reproduced and recorded by Kodachrome film by an amateur photographer in 1963. Net curtains (drapes) can be seen in the windows and the green grass is clipped and mown to reflect the obsessive nature of the resident and plant grower. The picture shows us a memory of nostalgia in an era from the last century.
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  • Ribeira dIlhas beach, a world class surfing location on 26th May 2018 near the town of Ericeira in Portugal. Ribeira d’Ilhas beach is Part of the World Surfing Reserve and is 2km north of Ericeira town.
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  • An elderly couple sit on a wooden bench and talk looking out at the English Channel on The Leas Promenade, Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.  The bench is part of Christian Boltanski’s The Whispers sound installation initially commissioned by Folkestone Triennial arts festival 2008.
    Elderly-Couple-Bench-7737.jpg
  • Statues of Portuguese notables next to the Fort Sao Sebastiao, Sao Tome <br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
    SFE_130419_129.jpg
  • Two British visitors admire an artists drawing overlooking Daymer Bay beach, near Trebetherick, North Cornwall, UK.  The artists has set up a camping tent and has a wooden sign on display: “Artists at work, conversations are free”.
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  • A walking couple rest on a bench at Morte Point on the North Devon Coast. Gazing out to see in the direction of South Wales straight ahead or out to the Atlantic to the right, they sit in peace on a calm summers day. Green grasses carpet the rocks on this clifftop location, a favourite of coastal trekkers and outdoor enthusiasts. Owned by the National Trust, Morte Point is a spectacular headland on the North Devon coast behind the village of Mortehoe near Woolacombe. The treacherous reefs and strong currents at the point, have caused numerous shipwrecks.
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  • The rocky coastline is at Dinas Head in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Seen from high up on the cliff top as a late sun plays across the grasses and sandstone headland. At 463 feet in height, the Dinas Head cliffs provide excellent views across Fishguard Bay to the south and Newport Bay to the north. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is the first National Trail in Wales. Opened in 1970, the path is almost entirely contained within the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park that takes in 17 Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI), two nature reserves, and Wales' only marine nature reserve. The cliff tops offer wonderful expanses of wildflowers in Spring (April and May are best). Wide variety of birds nest along the cliffs, and grey seals can often be seen in the water below.
    wales_pembrokeshire13-02-08-2007_1_1.jpg
  • The rocky coastline is at Dinas Head in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Seen from high up on the cliff top as a late sun plays across the grasses and sandstone headland. At 463 feet in height, the Dinas Head cliffs provide excellent views across Fishguard Bay to the south and Newport Bay to the north. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is the first National Trail in Wales. Opened in 1970, the path is almost entirely contained within the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park that takes in 17 Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI), two nature reserves, and Wales' only marine nature reserve. The cliff tops offer wonderful expanses of wildflowers in Spring (April and May are best). Wide variety of birds nest along the cliffs, and grey seals can often be seen in the water below.
    wales_pembrokeshire03-02-08-2007_1_1.jpg
  • A life belt hangs on a cross-shaped post, all painted a vivid red as the sun sinks down below the horizon and beyond the historic Bamburgh Castle, in Northumberland, northern England. Lit with a strong off-camera flash we see the slightly blurred device, invented for saving lives at sea, with a ghostly corona around its form, against a fading blue sky. The rope dangles near the ground, around which the grasses of the dunes blow in a faint breeze. Only the foreground is lit by the flash and the distant castle building and shoreline. We see such equipment and imagine safety and rescue and also jeopardy and hazards at sea. Supplied for those taking risks and making stupid decisions makes these items essential on coastal areas.
    england_beach05-15-12-2007 _1.jpg
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