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  • The utopia of tropical island palm trees and the reality of construction scaffolding in a side street in central London, on 11th July 2018, in London, England.
    tropical_scaffolding-01-11-07-2018.jpg
  • A tourism postcard sign above a drainpipe at the underpass beneath Westminster Bridge on London's Southbank. With the promise of a panoramic delight above, the sign tells us that postcards of the local area can be bought here. Above there is utopia where all is well, while below is the world of a dystopian underclass where tunnels and underpasses, rust and decay are all around.
    london_tourism01-03-02-2014.jpg
  • A single fluffy cloud in blue sky passes over Wonderland, a former nightclub in Sutton south London, on 2nd October 2019, in Sutton, London, England.
    sutton_journey-08-02-10-2019.jpg
  • As the second week of the Coronavirus lockdown continues around the capital, and the UK death toll rising by 563 to 2,325, with 800,000 reported cases of Covid-19 worldwide, a billboard for nearby housing development, Thornton Park, spells out that this is the life, a utopian irony on an empty street during the pandemic lockdown, on 1st April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_clapham-12-01-04-2020.jpg
  • An elderly lady walks past Wonderland, a former nightclub in Sutton, south London, on 2nd October 2019, in Sutton, London, England.
    sutton_journey-06-02-10-2019.jpg
  • Vodafone mountains ad for 4G network services and dystopian refuse bins in south London. While a mountaineer stands on his a personal summit of achievement, amid the adventure of utopian snowy peaks and the great outdoors compared to the reality of the inner-city, an urban ghetto environment of the Elephant & Castle in south London where the streets are filthy and the bins by Veolia Environmental Services have graffiti on them.
    elephant_gentrification04-27-04-2015...jpg
  • An elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. The older generation sees their neighbourhood renew, they have to live among disruption and change. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle16-22-04-2015_1_1.jpg
  • Details of the fountain and Broadway Gardens at the centre of Letchworth.<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140606_043_1.jpg
  • Britains first roundabout built in c.1909<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140606_020_1.jpg
  • A road sign bearing the image of the founder of Letchworth Garden City, Ebenezer Howard<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140606_002_1.jpg
  • Arts and Crafts period houses in Letchworth, the world's first Garden City designed by Ebenezer Howard to marry the best of urban and rural living.<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_120823_024_1.jpg
  • Seen in close-up detail, a holidaymaker's shirt is displayed in Magaluf. He has two pairs of spectacles hanging around his sunburned neck and a printed short-sleeved shirt depicting tropical paradise beach scenes with blue skies, palm trees and representing a Hawaiian Pacific Ocean scene with boats at sea, rolling on the waves. Magaluf is a popular holiday resort on the island of Mallorca, one of the Spanish Balearic Islands. A seedy resort very much orientated around British tourists and catering for both young parties as well as families, Magaluf is considered as an exotic alternative to the chilly seaside towns around the UK's coast.
    RB-0048.jpg
  • Powerful water wheel at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark23-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • Portuguese pedestrians walk over a world map on the pavement beneath the Monument of Discoveries, Lisbon. The world's landmass is represented here in a tiled mosaic that Portugal is famous for and citizens walk across this depiction of their planet like giants on a mini-sized map. Located in Belém, on the bank of the River Tagus where the monument celebrates an era of adventure, expansion and colonial ambition. Within a circular frame, the ornate map shows an almost ancient world minus its geopolitical borders.
    lisbon_map-21-03-1994.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 filling this field, setting to the east through a native tree, 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_1_1.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel11-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel08-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel07-24-08-2020.jpg
  • Clear mountain waters of the Savica river at Ucanc near Lake Bohinj, on 19th June, in Lake Bohinj, Sovenia.
    slovenia-124-19-06-2018.jpg
  • Clear mountain waters of the Savica river at Ucanc near Lake Bohinj, on 19th June, in Lake Bohinj, Sovenia.
    slovenia-126-19-06-2018.jpg
  • Glass windows not stained glass in the Great Hall of 2 Temple Place, on 17th September 2017, in London, England. As an example of a late Victorian mansion, it was built for William Waldorf Astor primarily as his state office by one of the foremost neo-Gothic architects of the late nineteenth-century, John Loughborough Pearson. Astor had emigrated to England in 1891 as arguably, the richest man in the world and no expense was spared when work began on Two Temple Place in 1892. Today, the building is owned by the Bulldog Trust and supports the charitable activities of the Trust through exhibitions and events hosted in the building.
    temple_place-04-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Glass windows not stained glass in the Great Hall of 2 Temple Place, on 17th September 2017, in London, England. As an example of a late Victorian mansion, it was built for William Waldorf Astor primarily as his state office by one of the foremost neo-Gothic architects of the late nineteenth-century, John Loughborough Pearson. Astor had emigrated to England in 1891 as arguably, the richest man in the world and no expense was spared when work began on Two Temple Place in 1892. Today, the building is owned by the Bulldog Trust and supports the charitable activities of the Trust through exhibitions and events hosted in the building.
    temple_place-02-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Aspirational illustration of future housing development where gentrification is happening in Camberwell, south London. The illustration conveys a fantasy for many, for a quality lifestyle in affordable housing though the reality is far from this as ordinary people struggle to afford a place to live of their own. Camberwell is undergoing massive change as new flats and apartments are built to satisfy the government's need to develop housing for a population desperate for new homes. The image and graffiti seem to have been written as a no hope, disrespect to those wanting their own property.
    camberwell_gentrification03-12-05-20...jpg
  • Construction hoarding showing apartment interior and shovel with sand for making concrete. The poster is on a screen hiding the workings of construction and mess to street life outside. The mound of sand ballast and fine aggregate with the shovel embedded in the materials appear to be part of the same picture behind - the living space of a modern lifestyle high above the city whose floor is the same colour and hue of the sand.
    sand_hoarding02-27-04-2015_1.jpg
  • High viewpoint of Elephant Park on the Walworth Road in south London, a future regeneration area near Elephant & Castle. South Londoners walk past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant Park. Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_park01-30-04-2015_1.jpg
  • A Muslim south Londoner past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant Park at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_gentrification03-27-04-2015...jpg
  • South Londoners walk past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant Park at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_gentrification01-27-04-2015...jpg
  • An elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. The older generation sees their neighbourhood renew, they have to live among disruption and change. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle19-22-04-2015_1_1.jpg
  • Aspirational message on construction hoarding where gentrification is happening in Camberwell, south London. The design message conveys a fantasy for many, for a quality lifestyle in affordable housing though the reality is far from this as ordinary people struggle to afford a place to live of their own. Camberwell is undergoing massive change as new flats and apartments are built to satisfy the government's need to develop housing for a population desperate for new homes. The graffiti seems to have been written as a no hope, disrespect to those wanting their own property.
    camberwell_gentrification01-27-04-20...jpg
  • An elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. The older generation sees their neighbourhood renew, they have to live among disruption and change. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle19-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • An elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. The older generation sees their neighbourhood renew, they have to live among disruption and change. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle16-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • An elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. The older generation sees their neighbourhood renew, they have to live among disruption and change. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle19-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Elderly woman woman struggles with shopping past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. The older generation sees their neighbourhood renew, they have to live among disruption and change. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle14-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • South Londoners walk past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle12-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Muslim women carry a heavy carpet past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle07-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Installing a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle06-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Installing a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle05-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Street corner landscape and regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_and_castle02-22-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Lambeth property called The Corniche development marketing hoarding landscape. Workmen attend to an issue on the roadside in front of a futuristic impression of a penthouse balcony cityscape where a young affluent couple gaze over the Thames in a utopian dream. The homes going up here will " .. offer a selection of luxurious one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses boasting magnificent views of some of London's most iconic landmarks.."
    property_hoarding09-18-02-2015_1.jpg
  • A corporate landscape of construction hoardings made by developers for the project known as The Corniche in the London borough of Lambeth. A false juxtapostion of nature and leaves greeney with the incongruous setting of the urban landscape. The homes going up here will " .. offer a selection of luxurious one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses boasting magnificent views of some of London's most iconic landmarks.."
    property_hoarding06-18-02-2015_1.jpg
  • A corporate landscape of construction hoardings made by developers for the project known as The Corniche in the London borough of Lambeth. A false juxtapostion of nature and leaves greeney with the incongruous setting of the urban landscape. The homes going up here will " .. offer a selection of luxurious one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses boasting magnificent views of some of London's most iconic landmarks.."
    property_hoarding04-18-02-2015_1.jpg
  • A corporate landscape of construction hoardings made by developers for the project known as The Corniche in the London borough of Lambeth. A false juxtapostion of nature and leaves greeney with the incongruous setting of the urban landscape. The homes going up here will " .. offer a selection of luxurious one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses boasting magnificent views of some of London's most iconic landmarks.."
    property_hoarding01-18-02-2015_1.jpg
  • Details of the fountain and Broadway Gardens at the centre of Letchworth<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140612_017_1.jpg
  • A couple in suits on their way to work walk down the Braodway, a long tree-lined avenue<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140612_009_1.jpg
  • A bust of the founder of Letchworth, Ebeneezer Howard<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140606_055_1.jpg
  • Britains first roundabout built in c.1909<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140606_018_1.jpg
  • Britains first roundabout built in c.1909<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140606_013_1.jpg
  • A road sign bearing the image of the founder of Letchworth Garden City, Ebenezer Howard<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_140606_004_1.jpg
  • Arts and Crafts period houses in Letchworth, the world's first Garden City designed by Ebenezer Howard to marry the best of urban and rural living.<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_120823_041_1.jpg
  • Arts and Crafts period houses in Letchworth, the world's first Garden City designed by Ebenezer Howard to marry the best of urban and rural living.<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_120823_015_1.jpg
  • A woman cycles her bicycle past Arts and Crafts period houses in Letchworth, the world's first Garden City designed by Ebenezer Howard to marry the best of urban and rural living.<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_120823_008_1.jpg
  • Lady smoker and roadworks signs below an Oasis fashion poster featuring a young woman in a utopian fantasy about to cross a road. Stopping for a smoke before carrying on her journey, the scene behind her is of a scene of retail paradise that features the model wheeling a shopping trolley, we also see a dystopian reality of the everyday city, the abandoned traffic signs leaning against this poster for the womens' retailer Oasis. A No Right-Turn and a Priority sign have been left on the ground, perfectly in context with the message above.
    oasis_poster03-16-04-2014.jpg
  • A utopian view of a London street sweeper brushing the street in front of a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    olympic_stratford21-15-03-2012.jpg
  • A utopian view of a London street sweeper brushing the street in front of a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    olympic_stratford17-15-03-2012.jpg
  • Public phone box and car headlights in a street at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark31-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • Public phone box at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark29-29-07-2010-2.jpg
  • Floodlit river Clyde falls at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark27-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • Public phone box at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark19-29-07-2010-2.jpg
  • Overview of New Lanark, the Scottish industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark08-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • Old Communist graffiti adorns the walls of a crumbling building as an elderly lady walks past. Heroic but peeling portraits and slogans adorn the plater wall reminder passers-by of previous era when Portuguese politics were more turbulent. The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party  based upon democratic centralism. The party was founded in 1921 but made illegal after a coup in the late 1920s. The PCP played a major role in the opposition to the dictatorial regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. After the bloodless Carnation Revolution in 1974 which overthrew the 48-year regime, the 36 members of party's Central Committee had, in the aggregate, experienced more than 300 years in jail.
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  • 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_1_1.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 filling this field, setting to the east through a native tree, 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_1_1.jpg
  • 2012 Olympic wasteland and PR fantasy on a hoarding near the sports arenas in Stratford, East London. A landscape of utopian harmony and nature is viewed on the construction site board that surrounds a vacant plot a kilometre south of the Olympic Park and stadium site. In the background is a new housing tower block by design and build contractor, Ardmore for Genesis Housing Association, 150 High Street, Stratford, 704 homes, in five new residential blocks, one of which, at over 132 metres, will be one of the highest residential towers in London. This landscape is more dystopian however as the reality of the empty lot is not what is promised by the imagery on the hoarding.
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  • Two young women pass a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
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  • A dystopian view of a Londoner passing a hoarding showing aspiration and consumerism of nearby Westfield City shopping complex, Stratford. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield hosted its first day to thousands of shoppers eager to see Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' will give 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    2012_stratford06-08-03-2012_1.jpg
  • A family look at the view of the Savica river at Ucanc from a wooden bridge near Lake Bohinj, on 19th June, in Lake Bohinj, Sovenia.
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  • The possessions of a homeless person beneath an aspirational ad for Samsungs Infinity Display and a paradise lifestyle, on 22nd November 2017, in London England.
    homeless_samsung-02-22-11-2017.jpg
  • Britains first roundabout built in c.1909. <br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
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  • Roadworks signs below a fashion poster featuring a young woman in a utopian fantasy about to cross a road. In a scene of retail paradise that features the model wheeling a shopping trolley, we also see a dystopian reality of the everyday city, the abandoned traffic signs leaning against this poster for the womens' retailer Oasis. A No Right-Turn and a Priority sign have been left on the ground, perfectly in context with the message above.
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  • Overview of New Lanark, the Scottish industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark25-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • Terraced mill workers' homes at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark17-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • Terraced mill workers' homes at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark07-29-07-2010-1.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_1.jpg
  • Glass windows not stained glass in the Great Hall of 2 Temple Place, on 17th September 2017, in London, England. As an example of a late Victorian mansion, it was built for William Waldorf Astor primarily as his state office by one of the foremost neo-Gothic architects of the late nineteenth-century, John Loughborough Pearson. Astor had emigrated to England in 1891 as arguably, the richest man in the world and no expense was spared when work began on Two Temple Place in 1892. Today, the building is owned by the Bulldog Trust and supports the charitable activities of the Trust through exhibitions and events hosted in the building.
    temple_place-01-17-09-2017.jpg
  • An elderly man walks bent past a regeneration project hoarding image at Elephant & Castle, London borough of Southwark. The older generation sees their neighbourhood renew, they have to live among disruption and change. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lend Lease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the last major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
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  • Arts and Crafts period houses in Letchworth, the world's first Garden City designed by Ebenezer Howard to marry the best of urban and rural living.<br />
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard published his book "Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform" (later "Garden Cities of Tomorrow") founding the Garden Cities Association. His plan was to create a new, planned  settlement that combined the best of town and country - the first of which became Letchworth Garden City in 1903, laid out by architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. It was followed in 1920 by a second garden city at Welwyn. The movement inspired Garden Cities in Europe and currently has been revived as a potential solution to Britain's housing crisis
    SFE_120823_022_1.jpg
  • Floodlit river Clyde falls at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen. New Lanark is on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills  and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968 and is now one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.
    new_lanark26-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • A landscape in a London street of street rubbish (garbage) left below a Stella Artois alcohol billboard. A chic man and woman from the sixties (1960s) stand with all the confidence of the style of a previous era with a landscape of the Mediterranean with its azure blue waters. But the reality of 2011 south London is a far removed from the utopia on the ad. Fly tipping has added to the already untidy pavement (sidewalk) also blocking pedestrian access. Wheelie bins and plastic bags of rubbish attract vermin and poor hygiene and the council workmen will soon appear to once again clear away the mess - before another pile appears.
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  • A rental Mobike leans against a tree next to an illustration of a cycling utopia at a new development called One Crown Place on Sun Street near Liverpool Street Station in the City of London, the capitals financial district - aka the Square Mile, on 8th August, in London, England.
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  • Crossrail construction hoarding of Smithfield scene placed alongside real street signs and bollard. The confusion of two images merge like a capriccio into one landscape as we see a background of corporate utopia with the dystopian foreground of a dirty street corner, affected by local construction site for the capital's Crossrail transport project.
    crossrail_hoarding03-17-12-2014_1.jpg
  • Crossrail construction hoarding of Smithfield scene placed alongside real street signs and bollard. The confusion of two images merge like a capriccio into one landscape as we see a background of corporate utopia with the dystopian foreground of a dirty street corner, affected by local construction site for the capital's Crossrail transport project.
    crossrail_hoarding02-17-12-2014_1.jpg
  • A rental Mobike leans against a tree next to an illustration of a cycling utopia at a new development called One Crown Place on Sun Street near Liverpool Street Station in the City of London, the capitals financial district - aka the Square Mile, on 8th August, in London, England.
    british_people-23-08-08-2019.jpg
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