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  • Advertising poster of an alluring model interacts with passing shoppers on Oxford Street on 21st January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Aspirational pictures of models are used widely in society to lure people into desiring the goods they are advertising using beautiful models. Oxford Street is a major road in the West End of London. It is Europes busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and has approximately 300 shops.
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  • Three work colleagues enjoy a picnic on the grass in a City of London park in summer sunshine. As the male admires the body of the younger, more beautiful lady, she throws her head back as a reaction to the conversation. In the background are other office workers also relishing the warm weather in the capital.
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  • A scooter rider looks enviously at a better, larger, newer, more powerful, shiny blue BMW motorbike parked on the Monte Carlo pavement, on 13th April 1996, in Monaco.
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  • On a bright summer afternoon, a young spoiled girl shows-off by riding her favourite motorized Barbie trike along The Parade, the main promenade in the north Welsh seaside town of Llandudno, Wales. Wearing a bright pink helmet and travelling on the matching pink toy bike, she trundles along with the low-tide coast over her left shoulder. Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959 and produced by Mattel, Inc. The brand's merchandising reaches far and wide to countries and cultures around the world and this little girl seems to be the happiest on the beach, enjoying a generous present perhaps from a parent. She is the exact age that Mattel are targeting when they market these toys to accompany their dolls and accessories though the industry has come under fire for its controversial stereotyping of gender and subtle sexuality.
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  • A man walks his dog past a large billboard, part of a series of portraits by photographer Lucy Alex Mac, that show pregnant women at West Smithfield, in the former Smithfield meat market that is awaiting future redevelopment, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England. As part of the Museum of Londons plans to move into Smithfields General Market Building, this photography show celebrates pregnant residents of Waltham Forest. The cost of the move is estimated to be in the region of £70 million and, if funding can be achieved, would be complete by 2021. There has been a market on this location since the Bartholomew Fair was established in 1133 by Augustinian friars.
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  • A classic Aston Martin DB5 is parked outside number 46, Chester Square SW1 in London's Belgravia. Such an example of great British design sits well outside this fine house on the western end of this Square laid out in 1840 by Thomas Cubitt and attracting the personalities of the day such as Mary Shelley, Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Prime Ministers Harold Macmillan and Margaret Thatcher. Along with its sister squares Belgrave Square and Eaton Square, Chester Square is one of the most desirable addresses in London. The 1963 Aston Martin DB5 has a top speed of 141 mph (227 km/h) and was made famous by Sean Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger.
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  • Railings and an embassy wall reflected in the polished bonnet hood of a diplomatic BMW car in Queens Gate Terrace SW7, on 31st August 2017, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England.
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  • Railings and an embassy wall reflected in the polished bonnet hood of a diplomatic BMW car in Queens Gate Terrace SW7, on 31st August 2017, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England.
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  • A warning by City police of thefts in the area around Liverpool Street station in the City of London. Pedestrians pass this temporary sign placed outside the mainline station, an area prone to petty thefts of wallets, laptops and the snatching of phones from travellers. The legs of anonymous men stride past the sign, ignoring the advice.
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  • A warning by City police of thefts in the area around Liverpool Street station in the City of London. Pedestrians pass this temporary sign placed outside the mainline station, an area prone to petty thefts of wallets, laptops and the snatching of phones from travellers. The legs of anonymous men stride past the sign, ignoring the advice.
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  • There is golden light across this narrow stretch of river, yellow flowers are on the bank and in late golden sunlight, two boys paddle upstream in their Indian canoe on the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, England. Lazily they plunge their paddles into the calm, clear blue waters of this majestic river whose source rises in deepest Gloucestershire to its industrial estuary in the English Channel 215 miles (346 km) away. But here in Oxfordshire, it is an idyllic scene of innocent childhood on calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English summer afternoon. The boys don't appear to be wearing life vests nor safety equipment but propel their craft forwards against the current with confidence.
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  • On a fine spring day, we see the ornate fountain, ornamental central garden and beyond, the grand terraced properties of Wellington Square, SW3 in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London England. The pristine houses are all identically painted white, their perfect iron railings all black as are their heavy gloss-painted doors. Wellington Square is off the King's Road Chelsea and was built around 1830: Named after the 1st Duke of Wellington (the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the British Army - most famously at Waterloo in 1815 - then a Tory politician and in 1834, temporary Prime Minister).
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  • With their grand character of red brick and bay windows, railings and high-celinged rooms, are the grand properties at the junction of Cadogan Gardens and Clabon Mews SW3. On the left is the crest showing Stuart House, set in this parade of fine Victorian houses. Stuart House was constructed in 1880. It is a large red-brick detached house in the ‘Queen Anne’ style. Cadogan Gardens SW3, is an 1890s development between the King's Road and Sloane Street.
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  • On the corner of Draycott Place SW1 and Cardogan Gardens SW3 is Stuart House, a red brick property boasting clipped vegetation set in a brick window recess that suggests that at one time, a window was removed and filled in with more brick - its mortar and pointing is a different spacing. Strong spring sunshine is almost overhead making hard shadows on the recess and on the well-painted black gloss paintwork on the railings. Stuart House was constructed in 1880. It is a large red-brick detached house in the ‘Queen Anne’ style. Cadogan Gardens SW3, is an 1890s development between the King's Road and Sloane Street.
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  • With a prominent Royal Warrant as couturier to Her Majesty the Queen, the fashion house Stewart Parvin's boutique name is seen outside 14 Motcomb Street in exclusive Belgravia, London. Royal Warrants are a mark of recognition to individuals or companies who have supplied goods or services for at least five years to HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh or HRH The Prince of Wales. There are around 850 Royal Warrant Holders representing a huge cross-section of trade and industry. Warrant Holders may display the relevant Royal Arms and the legend ‘By Appointment’ on their products, premises, stationery, vehicles and advertising but must adhere to strict guidelines for its proper use.<br />
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  • A young girl hangs from railings where her helium-filled  birthday balloons signal the party is soon to commence as her mother prepares indside their fine house in an exclusive and classically-designed location in Belgravia, London. The pastel-coloured balloons rise up in a breeze as the girl is self-absorbed on her big day. 103 Eaton Place faces Eaton Square, one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • A young girl and her mother prepare for the child's birthday party by tying balloons to the railings of their fine house in this exclusive and classically-designed location in Belgravia, London. The pastel-coloured balloons are helium-filled and rise up in a breeze as the girl smiles to herself. 103 Eaton Place faces Eaton Square, one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • In a compressed perspective are the Doric pillars of London's famous Eaton Square. Bathed in mid-morning spring sunshine, shadows from nearby trees are cast over the cream-coloured pillars, some of which have the numbers of these exclusive and classically-designed properties in Belgravia. Shrubs and plants can be seen growing on the terraced balconies and  all the painted surfaces are pristine. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • Detail of a City of Westminster sign describing this illustrious address in a wealthy part of London - Eaton Square. A single Doric column is seen lower-right and slightly discoloured paintwork from wet English weather is on the edge of the balcony of an otherwise exclusive and classically-designed street in Belgravia. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • A detail of number 62 London's famous Eaton Square complete with heavy gloss-painted black door and the cream walls of this exclusive and classically-designed street in Belgravia. The numbers are also painted in black to show a prosperous address in a wealthy part of town. The brass letter box is ornate too, having been polished along with the locks. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • A vertical version that shows the Corinthian columns and covered doorways of exclusive and classically-designed properties in London's famous Eaton Square Belgravia, SW1, owned by Grosvenor Estate. It is a bright spring day with a blue city sky and high, thin clouds. The sun shines on the cream-coloured architectural features and some shadows from trees opposite can be seen on the lower upright pillars and an ornate lamp post. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • Three mannequins wearing Scottish tweed in a shop window near Covent Garden in the West End, on 22nd January 2019, in London England.
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  • A young man in a dark suit walks past chatting friends who sit in spring sunshine outside their French-styled cafe Valerie on Motcomb Street.  Belgravia's Motcomb Street SW1, was first shown on a London map in 1830. by 1854 it was populated by buisinesses such as 'cowkeepers', bakers and grocers. Today there is a mix of upper-class businesses like as Patisserie Valerie, Errol Douglas the exclusive hairdressers, Stewart Parvin the royal couturier and Moyses Stevens the florist whose floral displays are seen on their window ledge and next to ornate pavement railings outside.
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  • In soft mid-morning spring sunshine, we see rising up from street-level the 5-storey houses with Doric columns in London's famous Eaton Square. Bathed in mid-morning spring sunshine, shadows from nearby trees are cast over the cream-coloured pillars of these exclusive and classically-designed properties in Belgravia. Shrubs and plants can be seen growing on the terraced balconies and all the painted surfaces are pristine. Eaton Square is one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
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  • Bees fly back to a bee hive on the roof of a garage in Oxfordshire, England, 2010. The ancient art of beekeeping is enjoying a renaissance in Britain, fuelled partly by the desire to do something for the environment.
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  • Loreal fashion advertising in downtown Shanghai, China. Image is very important to younger Chinese. After so many years of no options, westernization has opened up their fashion possibilities and choices. Western and Chinese models with similar toned skin as is the desire for white skin amongst many Chinese people.
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  • Pointe shoes belonging to a prima ballerina in her dsressing room at the Palais Garnier, Paris. A pointe shoe is a type of shoe worn by ballet dancers when performing pointe work. Pointe shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like and have evolved to enable dancers to dance en pointe (on the tips of their toes) for extended periods of time. They are normally worn by female dancers, though male dancers may wear them for unorthodox roles such as the ugly stepsisters in Cinderella, or in dance companies that feature men dancing as women, such as Les Ballets Trockadero. They are manufactured in a variety of colors, most commonly in shades of light pink.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_S.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_R.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_Q.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_O.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_K.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_J.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_G.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • A handmade fabric watch made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts.
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  • A handmade child's bib made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • A Hmong woman accompanied by her young son, from Ban Long Lao village, make textile products with a cross stitch design to sell at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • Yee Song, an elderly Hmong women from Ban Kok Wa village makes textile products with a cross stitch design to sell at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.<br />
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Portrait of Yee Song,
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  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, a traditional thatcher works in afternoon sun. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
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  • An adult business window displays the naughty underwear worn by five mannequin models of a Soho sex shop on Old Compton Street in London's West End. Tilted slightly to the left, we see the 5 models posing in various positions of suggestive stances, all demonstrating the shop's array of erotic clothing for the Good Time Girl! On the far right is the artwork of a topless woman, wearing only knee-length stockings. See from behind, the line-drawing of the female suggests a dancer on a Parisian stage act such as the Folies Bergere or Paradis Latin - variety performances for the male admirer. She looks over her left shoulder as if to wink in our direction, all part of the illusion of coquettish desire and greedy eroticism. Old Compton Street is known for cafes, bars and especially the gay, trans-gender scene and for sellers of erotic toy 'accessories'!
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  • Although we see the arms and bodies of three young African American men jumping high for a basketball, there is a fourth arm trying to make contact with the ball as all four males leap high at the basket ball net which has just bounced off the ring, scoring no points. We see the face of one black man whose white teeth and silver-coloured necklace shine in the sunshine. He looks up to watch the other hands fight for the ball’s possession as the teams battle for supremacy. In the background is a mural painted on the court’s wall showing a running dribbling basket ball player who seems to be leaping over the head of one player in the foreground. There are large tattooed deltoid shoulder muscles and masses of energy on show in this scene of ultimate determination and desire to win.
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  • A man inspects part of his bee hive on the roof of his garage in Oxfordshire, England, 2010. The ancient art of beekeeping is enjoying a renaissance in Britain, fuelled partly by the desire to do something for the environment.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Croc smash stall where crockery is smashed up. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Sarah Stockbridge as a human snowstorm. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Spanking Post, where people can come to be spanked by the slightly fetish slanted performers. It is all in the best sense of fun and theatre. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Fruit fashion. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • People listening and dancing to a fantastic band playing surf music. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • People listening and dancing to a fantastic band playing surf music. A young boy joins in dancing wildly to the music. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • An embrace as two friends meet. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Relaxing with a beer at a stall selling painted beer cans of the back of a lorry. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Alternative face painting, here a slice of watermelon. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
    19062011art car boot fairAB.jpg
  • Female showroom dummies at a textiles shop in downtown Shanghai. This style of western dummy with sculpted hair, bright red lips and dark eye make up is common throughout the city, and can be seen all over China. This choice of western model interestingly reflects the desire for western looks and light skin common amongst Chinese women in particular.
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  • Two Japanese artists dressed in the same clothes selling their small pieces. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • People listening and dancing to a fantastic band playing surf music. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Happiness as an old friend arrives.  In the sunglasses is fashion icon Pam Hogg. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Tranny Tarot reader. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • wo friends hold a sign to The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Spanking Post, where people can come to be spanked by the slightly fetish slanted performers. It is all in the best sense of fun and theatre. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
    19062011art car boot fairBI.jpg
  • Female Western looking showroom dummies at a textiles shop in downtown Shanghai, China. This style of western dummy with sculpted hair, bright red lips and dark eye make up is common throughout the city, and can be seen all over China. This choice of western model interestingly reflects the desire for western looks and light skin common amongst Chinese women in particular.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 166_corbis.jpg
  • Female Western looking showroom dummies at a textiles shop in downtown Shanghai, China. This style of western dummy with sculpted hair, bright red lips and dark eye make up is common throughout the city, and can be seen all over China. This choice of western model interestingly reflects the desire for western looks and light skin common amongst Chinese women in particular.
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  • Pointe shoes belonging to a prima ballerina in her dsressing room at the Palais Garnier, Paris. A pointe shoe is a type of shoe worn by ballet dancers when performing pointe work. Pointe shoes were conceived in response to the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like and have evolved to enable dancers to dance en pointe (on the tips of their toes) for extended periods of time. They are normally worn by female dancers, though male dancers may wear them for unorthodox roles such as the ugly stepsisters in Cinderella, or in dance companies that feature men dancing as women, such as Les Ballets Trockadero. They are manufactured in a variety of colors, most commonly in shades of light pink.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_T.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_P.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_L.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_I.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
    20141212_porn protest_C.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 12th December 2014. Activists simulate sex acts in protest at new censorship laws. The organisers of the 'Sexual Freedom' demonstration claim British producers of online porn are being targeted by the new restrictions. This effectively bans the following acts from being depicted by British pornography producers: Spanking, caning, aggressive whipping, penetration by any object "associated with violence”, physical or verbal abuse (regardless of if consensual), urolagnia (known as "water sports”), role-playing as non-adults, physical restraint, humiliation, female ejaculation, strangulation, face-sitting, fisting. The final three listed fall under acts the BBFC views as potentially "life-endangering". While the measures won't stop people from watching whatever genre of porn they desire, as video shot abroad can still be viewed.
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  • Handmade children's slippers made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts.
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  • A handmade fabric purse with an elephant design made by Hmong ethnic minority women for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts.
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  • A handmade child's bib made by a Hmong ethnic minority woman for sale at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • Mai Xiang, an elderly Hmong women from Ban Kok Wa villagemakes textile products with an elephant appliqué design to sell at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • Na Kia, an elderly Hmong women from Ban Kok Wa village makes a bag with an elephant design to sell at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • 3 generations of Hmong women make textile products in Ban Kok Wa village to sell at the Luang Prabang night market, Lao PDR.The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. These women have developed an artisanal textile industry based on their remarkable heritage.  Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • A young Hmong ethnic minority woman breastfeeds her 2 month old baby inbetween making textile products to sell at the Luang Prabang night market, Ban Na Ouane village, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR. The Hmong have recently settled in the town of Luang Prabang - a consequence of the government’s efforts to suppress both the cultivation of opium poppies and slash and burn agriculture, which they have traditionally practiced, and of their own desire to take advantage of the expansion of tourism, which provides an important outlet for their crafts. These women have developed an artisanal textile industry based on their remarkable heritage.  Using their skilful embroidering and combining the sophisticated, colourful motifs that have traditionally adorned their clothing they have created aprons, tablecloths, cushion and bed covers, slippers and more which they sell to tourists at the Luang Prabang night market.
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  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, a portrait of traditional thatchers with straw for a barn roof in Suffolk, England. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
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  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, traditional thatcher lays straw on a barn roof in Suffolk, England. Balancing across the width of the roof’s surface, the man uses a Shearing Hook to lay the straw into the outer weathering coat of the roof’s slope. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
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  • During a journey into America's hinterlands, days after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington DC, a sign spelling out a message of faith and patriotism is seen outside the Upper Seneca Baptist church in Cedar Grove, Maryland. The preacher has written God Bless America but has misspelled 'devastation' that the Devil is bringing. Messages and slogans appeared all over America following the trauma and the desire for retribution following the terrorist attacks that killed thousands, Christians wanted reprisals as emotions ran high in the media. Small community churches preached against Islam in the same breath as the Devil's evil. The rhetoric of the Crusades as said by President Bush was also a popular way of stirring the propaganda for invasion and war.
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  • Four children leap out into the wide blue yonder on a beach in Whitley Bay, England. Jumping at a height from a sea defence wall, the kids all hold their towels above their heads and as they leave the ground, look down to their landing spot - the soft sand below. It is a scene of chilhood recklnessness, when children and young people take risks that adults don't. But  youngsters don't have a sense of danger but instead, exhilarating desire for adventure. The beach in the distance is largely deserted so the kids have lots of space to fulfill their games.
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  • Bees crawl over a honeycomb section removed from a beehive in Oxfordshire, England, 2010.  The ancient art of beekeeping is enjoying a renaissance in Britain, fuelled partly by the desire to do something for the environment.
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  • A bee sits on the hand of a man close to the beehive on the roof of his garage in Oxfordshire, England, 2010. The ancient art of beekeeping is enjoying a renaissance in Britain, fuelled partly by the desire to do something for the environment.
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  • Sarah Stockbridge as a human snowstorm. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Human post box. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Abstract art face painting. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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  • Woman pouts whilst having her picture taken. The Art Car Boot Fair in a car park just off Brick Lane in East London. This is an alternative art event where artists show their works and engage with the public. The Art Car Boot Fair was an idea that grew out of a desire to re-introduce some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene. The aim for the Art Car Boot Fair is to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains.
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