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  • A menswear shop window featuring the idea of summer holidays and escapism, on 4th June 2018, in London, England.
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  • A lady office worker sits at her desk near the romance of a poster for a cruise holiday. Sat at her workstation, she is almost in sunlight but the foreground is dominated by the romantic couple seen on a cruise holiday somewhere, posed on the rail of their ship with a blue ocean behind them. There is the promise of escapism for this office worker, whose dull life is spent behind a window while others are enjoying the time of their lives on an exotic adventure.
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  • A lady office worker sits at her desk near the romance of a poster for a cruise holiday. Sat at her workstation, she is almost in sunlight but the foreground is dominated by the romantic couple seen on a cruise holiday somewhere, posed on the rail of their ship with a blue ocean behind them. There is the promise of escapism for this office worker, whose dull life is spent behind a window while others are enjoying the time of their lives on an exotic adventure.
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  • Across the calm waters of a Scottish bay, isolated houses and crofts sit before the dramatic Cuillin Mountains that rise up in the distance on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sunlight from unusually fine weather spreads across this beautiful landscape seen from the road to Dunvegan, near the hamlet of Harlosh. Farming practices have changed irreversably in a generation and many southerners have English accents rather than that of native Scots islanders as city dwellers from the far south seek an alternative to urban lifestyles. The weather can have adverse effects on those unprepared for such wild conditions, especially during harsh winters when violent storms batter these Atlantic coasts. But old crofts have been converted to bed and breakfast homes, catering for tourist visitors who adore this form of idyllic escapism.
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  • Employees in a central London office work dilligently alongside the reminders of vacations that colleagues and friends have taken. Picture postcard souvenirs have been lined up as a display of the perfect holiday when they have returned to work to put their shoulders to the grindstone. It is a scene of wishful thinking, of 'wish you were here!' and of looking forward to the next break from the toil of their careers so by showing the idyllic locations of their dreams with these visual reminders, can they imagine the beauty of these places: Tenby in south Wales, the Lake District in northern England and a country hall set in, perhaps, the Scottish  hills. An out of focus worker stares intensely into his PC, perhaps thinking of escapism and a life outside these four walls.
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  • The last light of day fades on the still waters of Sgeir Nam Biast, a bay overlooking Waternish Headland, near Dunvegan, north-west Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands. A solitary light bulb glows from an upstairs room in this isolated cottage across the calm lake. The weather is perfect but unusual for one of the wildest parts of Britain. Farming practices have changed irreversably in a generation and many residents have English accents rather than that of native Scots islanders as city dwellers from the far south seek an alternative to urban lifestyles. The weather can have adverse effects on those unprepared for such wild conditions, especially during harsh winters when violent storms batter these Atlantic coasts. But old crofts have been converted to bed and breakfast homes, catering for tourist visitors who adore this form of idyllic escapism.<br />
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  • Passers-by and the roof of a black London cab carrying an ad for Sandals Caribbean beach holidays, on 25th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • Vertical jets create a curtain of water as a child flexes his muscles, shivering from cold water cold and other young Londoner children spontaneously shed their clothes and get wet in a splash experience at the South Bank during the free Mayor's Thames Festival celebration along the capital's river. In the heat of summer, when the capital's temperatures have climbed to levels when urban children just want to play in any water they can find, this feature on the upper-level of the newly-renovated Festival Hall (seen on the left) satisfies their reckless and thrilling childhood, allowing them to await ever-changing jets of water pressure that alternates between off and on. The kids are drenched as they find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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  • Locals walk in a concrete walkway beneath a travel billboard ad featuring an idyllic countryside scene for GWR railways at Elephant And Castle, on 3rd May 2018, in south London, UK.
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  • 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.
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  • Near children playing with a goat and a man laying with just his knees showing, a woman exercises her hamstrings in long grass on an embankment near the tall Canary Wharf tower structure a mile away in the background at Dockland's area of East London. Above the grassy bank at Mudchute, a city farm on London's Isle of Dogs, England. It is a seemingly rural location but is, in fact, an area of inner-city London, close to major construction projects, transforming Docklands into a major centre for finance and new housing.
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  • Decorator and part-time chimney sweep Alan Squires prepares to apply another coat of emulsion paint to the exterior walls of a cottage called Burnside in the tiny hamlet of Hallin, Waternish, on the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands. With his shadow looming large on the newly-painted off-white pebbledash that is rendered a warm orange in the low sunlight, Alan walks with his long roller after a day's decorating in this beautiful place near Dunvegan. Alan is an Englishman who came to Skye in 1987 for the community spirit. "everybody knows everybody' he says though admits that southerners come from the south in search of an idyllic lifestyle but harsh winters often send them back to warmer climates. Alain's fresh paint therefore needs to dry before winter weather blows in from the Atlantic. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy a tranquill lunchtime high above the City on the rooftop garden at Fen Court in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
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  • With the brightness of overhead lighting, a bus passenger reads a book on the top deck of a Routemaster bus in central London, on 4th December 2017, in London England.
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  • Grabbing a quiet few moments in an otherwise busy environment, two people lie in long grass near the tall Canary Wharf tower structure a mile away in the background at Dockland's area of East London. On the grassy bank at Mudchute, a city farm on London's Isle of Dogs, England, the two people have been joined on this war summer afternoon by a small goat who is making its way along, munching at the lush vegetation. It is a seemingly rural location but is, in fact, an area of inner-city London, close to major construction projects, transforming Docklands into a major centre for finance and new housing.
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  • An aerial view of a completely uninhabited, deserted island seen from a regional aircraft passing overhead atolls and islands, an hour's flying time north of Malé, capital of the Indian Ocean Republic of the Maldives. We see the perfectly clear blue sea surrounding a tiny flat island of white coral beach sand, ringing tropical vegetation and scrub that is in jeopardy to rising sea levels as global warming makes sea level locations like this vulnerable to flooding. The Maldives comprise of twenty-six atolls, featuring 1,192 coral islands of which 80 are holiday resorts with 200 inhabited by indigenous communities. This Islamic nation of 298 sq km (115 sq miles), lie seven hundred kilometres (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka.
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  • An aerial view of an unidentified island community seen from a regional aircraft passing overhead atolls and islands, a few miles to the north Malé, capital of the Indian Ocean Republic of the Maldives. We see the perfectly clear blue sea surrounding an island of white coral beach sand, a harbour, holiday apartments and importantly coastal defence barriers that may defend against rising sea levels as global warming makes sea level locations like this vulnerable to flooding. The Maldives comprise of twenty-six atolls, featuring 1,192 coral islands of which 80 are holiday resorts with 200 inhabited by indigenous communities. This Islamic nation of 298 sq km (115 sq miles), lie seven hundred kilometres (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka.
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  • A man stands on his own on a grassy bank to cut a lonely figure in long grass on an embankment near the tall Canary Wharf tower structure a mile away in the background at Dockland's area of East London. Above the grassy bank at Mudchute, a city farm on London's Isle of Dogs, England, the sky is threatening with gathering clouds but lights still picks out the man against the darkening skyline. He stands with arms folded looking thoughtfully at the ground as if depressed or considering his isolation in the world. It is a seemingly rural location but is, in fact, an area of inner-city London, close to major construction projects, transforming Docklands into a major centre for finance and new housing.
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  • A London bus passenger shows the everyday tedium of commuting in the UK capital. The woman looks bored and depressed as she stares out from her rear seat. Behind the vehicle we see a romantic film ad that seems to contrast the woman's solitary existence. Rain has recently fallen on the capital's streets making the day seem more mundane.
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  • David Reynolds (aka Eco) is a long-term activist, campaigner in the peace movement and resident of the Faslane Peace Camp, Scotland. His home of three years is called the Earth Shack and is largely re-cycled from scrap and garbage found locally on rubbish tips. Eco leans against his garden fence holding a mug of coffee this chilly Sunday morning. Signs of his political beliefs adorn the place: CND logos and Peace on Earth statements. His mother was a ‘Carnie’ (after the word Carnival, someone working on the fairgrounds) so perhaps it’s from her that he more enjoys an alternative outdoor camping lifestyle after a few years in the army. Faslane Peace Camp is a makeshift site alongside Faslane Naval base where Trident nuclear deterrent missiles and submarines dock. The camp has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations, since 1982.
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  • Barbara Christie, 58, sits alone in her conservatory at Swordale House overlooking Beinn Na Caillich (The Hill of the Old Woman) mountain. It is nearly dark at this northern latitude and it looks cosy inside this house with its warm and inviting lights. Barbara's father built this family home and she has lived in this house all her life apart from when studying in Edinburgh many years ago. It sits on a tiny road near Broadford on the Isle of Skye, beneath the magnificent hill whose myth goes back to a Norse Princess saga. Barbara sits in the more recent addition to the house, a conservatory that she enjoys sitting and reading away from her Summer Bed and Breakfast guests. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Built on rocks once surrounded by sea, Dunvegan Castle is home to Hugh MacLeod, Chief of the ancient clan MacLeod on the north-west corner of the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands. Hugh is the 30th encumbent of the McLeods and this has been the clan's traditional stronghold and ancestral home for 800 years which makes it the longest inhabited family home in Scotland. Now a visitor centre and place of pilgrimage for MacLeods from all over the world, it houses medieval artefacts from when Scotland was a wild and warring nation against the English. It has survived clan battles, extremes of feast and famine and profound social, political and economic changes in the Highlands. Originally designed to keep people out, Dunvegan Castle was first opened to the public in 1933. Visitors include Sir Walter Scott, Dr Johnson, Queen Elizabeth II and Emperor Akihito.
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  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy a tranquill lunchtime high above the City on the rooftop garden at Fen Court in the City of London, the capitals financial district aka the Square Mile, on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
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  • London bus passengers endure the misery of another morning commute into the city. As they sit looking miserable, squashed in the bus, its windows steamed up they are unaware of The Chronicles of Narnia movie poster that shows itself to the outsider. In the panoramic banner often used by the film industry for forthcoming movie productions, we see the main characters from Narnia in heroic, romantic and epic story roles. But the reality of another commute into London is also a heroic experience when wintry conditions often stop the flow of public transport and its infrastructure. The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages.
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  • An aerial view of unidentified islands seen from a regional aircraft passing overhead the atolls and islands to the north Malé, capital of the Indian Ocean Republic of the Maldives. We see the perfectly clear blue sea surrounding the islands and tiny sandbanks of white coral beach sand, all of which are in jeopardy of rising sea levels as global warming makes sea level locations like this vulnerable to being overwhelmed. The only sign of life is the tiny island in the bottom right of frame where holiday resort accommodation ring this dot in the ocean. The Maldives comprise of twenty-six atolls, featuring 1,192 coral islands of which 80 are holiday resorts with 200 inhabited by indigenous communities. This Islamic nation of 298 sq km (115 sq miles), lie seven hundred kilometres (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka.
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  • A customized caravan sits in the damp woods at the Faslane Peace Camp, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Matt Bury, 52, is one of the camp's 10 full time residents and has been living in this trailer for a year. Painted harlequin-styled diamonds adorn the walls of the van in a personal artistic statement. Calor gas bottles lie on the ground and weeds grow around this semi-permanent site. Faslane Peace Camp is a makeshift political activists' site alongside HM Naval Base Clyde where Trident nuclear deterrent missiles and Vanhuard Class submarines dock. The camp has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations since 12 June 1982. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Hermit, Tom Leppard, 72, has lived in seclusion at this unidentified spot on the Isle of Skye, Scotland for 22 years. He sits contemplating his quiet life in a self-made shelter largely cut-off from the outside world. Wind and rain-proof against harsh Scottish winters, his army survival skills keep him fit and healthy but his memory is fading and suffers muscular ailments. None of his possessions suffer from damp or mildew because everything he owns is wrapped in plastic containers carefully stored in special holes about his camp. Few know his exact whereabouts but concerned locals visit when weather prevents him from crossing a 2km-wide Loch in an old canoe. His days are spent washing, cleaning and carrying out maintenance jobs that keeps his home clean and fresh. Tom is a former solder and sailor and chose this spot when he sought ultimate solitude.
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  • Hermit, Tom Leppard, 72, has lived in seclusion at this unidentified spot on the Isle of Skye, Scotland for 22 years. He sits contemplating his quiet life in a self-made shelter largely cut-off from the outside world. Wind and rain-proof against harsh Scottish winters, his army survival skills keep him fit and healthy but his memory is fading and suffers muscular ailments. None of his possessions suffer from damp or mildew because everything he owns is wrapped in plastic containers carefully stored in special holes about his camp. Few know his exact whereabouts but concerned locals visit when weather prevents him from crossing a 2km-wide Loch in an old canoe. His days are spent washing, cleaning and carrying out maintenance jobs that keeps his home clean and fresh. Tom is a former solder and sailor and chose this spot when he sought ultimate solitude.
    5247-RPB59-leopard_man152-27-09-2007.jpg
  • Hermit, Tom Leppard 72, has been living in seclusion at this unidentified spot on the Isle of Skye, Scotland for 22 years. He crouches as he emerges from his self-made shelter, largely cut-off from the outside world. Converting the north-facing dry-stone walls into a home against harsh Scottish winters, he uses a knowledge of survival skills to help him stay fit and largely healthy although his memory is fading and muscular ailments trouble him. Few know his exact whereabouts but concerned locals visit when weather prevents him from crossing a 2km-wide Loch in an old canoe. A tarpaulin roof is weighted down by heavy rocks as winds can be fierce this far north. His days are spent washing, cleaning and carrying out maintenance jobs that keeps his home clean and fresh. Tom is a former solder and sailor and chose this spot when he sought solitude.
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  • With the brightness of overhead lighting, a bus passenger reads a book on the top deck of a Routemaster bus in central London, on 4th December 2017, in London England.
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  • A group of young boys play in the calm waters of the Indian Ocean on Meedu Island, in the Republic of the Maldives. The shallows are a safe playground for these kids who swim and splash about in the clear shallows next to two small dhoni boats often used to fish using traditional hand and line, an important source of income for remote communities in this island nation. The sea is perfectly clear blue and the sand coral-white, in jeopardy to rising sea levels as global warming makes sea level locations like this vulnerable to flooding. The Maldives comprise of twenty-six atolls, featuring 1,192 coral islands of which 80 are holiday resorts with 200 inhabited by indigenous communities. This Islamic nation of 298 sq km (115 sq miles), lie seven hundred kilometres (435 miles) south-west of Sri Lanka.
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  • Escapologist street performer performs to gathered tourists in Covent Garden, London, UK. Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also called escape artists) escape from chains and locks and other perils, often in combination.
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  • Escapologist street performer performs to gathered tourists in Covent Garden, London, UK. Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also called escape artists) escape from chains and locks and other perils, often in combination.
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  • Escapologist street performer performs to gathered tourists in Covent Garden, London, UK. Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also called escape artists) escape from chains and locks and other perils, often in combination.
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  • We see the head and shoulders of a man in military uniform who stands motionless beside the American flag.  he is at a graduation ceremony for United States Air Force pilots who have just passed a week-long survival courseheld at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. Its highy-trained personel conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Conducted, in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • In pouring rain, United States Air Force pilots stand like canmouflaged statues in the undergrowth near Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. They are listening to a USAF survival instructor giving them advice about another challenge they are about to face, a few hundred yards ahead in the woods, so they listen intently in the saturatedconditions. They stand motionless, green figures in a green maze of foliage, wearing waterproof cagoules covering their backpacks which are shiny as the rain trickles down. They look like hunchbacks of the forest. The week-long survival course is held at the military facilities around Fairchild where the Air Force conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. This part of the lecture is held in the forest and forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment for young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • Houses in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Ruins of Sao Mateus Church in Alcantara, 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. Alcantara is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • A tsunami warning sign post showing escape route directions at the fishing village of Batu Karas on the 27th October 2019 in West Java in Indonesia.
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  • Standing with a recently-killed deer run-over on a nearby highway, members of a special US Air Force (USAF) survival course (see Corbis image 42-18212808) pose by the gutted carcass of their animal in a forest near their facility at Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington State. These tough-looking men host visiting air crew whose flying careers depend on passing this rigorous week of escape and evasion instruction. Should they land in enemy territory for example, they will need all the skills learned here to survive possibly weeks in the wilderness so trapping and preparing fresh meat for human consumption is of paramount importance. Here the teachers stand around the venison which is strung up on a branch, its intestines and organs already removed by a hunting knife. They wear camouflage uniforms, face paint to look vicious, threatening and heartless.
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  • Using a bloodied knife and hand, an instructor of a special US Air Force (USAF) survival course who has butchered road kill deer. Near their facility at Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington State, the man teaches escape and evasion techniques to visiting air crew whose flying careers depend on passing this rigorous week of survival instruction. Should they be downed in hostile territory for example, they will need every skill learned here to survive possibly weeks being hunted in the wilderness so trapping and preparing fresh meat for human consumption is important for survival. Here the teachers stand around the venison that is strung up on a branch, its intestines and organs already removed by a hunting knife.
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  • Empty chairs and open Bibles, all bathed in yellow artificial light make this airport chapel in Frankfurt am Main, Germany a European modernist haven from the chaos of global air travel; an escape from delays, terrorism and overall fears of flying. Predominately Christian with small corners for Muslim believers, the new modernism at Frankfurt/Main reflects a strong European tradition of functional design – far removed from the drab, dourness of many similar American facilities. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Claudette, thirty-three has five kids. She is  photographed with her father, Crispin, sixty-six in their neighbourhood as it is now. She feels lucky to have escaped. "I was buying some drinking water with my son, Gito and was on the way back  when the ground started rumbling. I cried out, `wow an earthquake!` At that point I looked up to see a two- storey building falling down on me. Large blocks of masonry trapped my arm and fell on my son . My son got free and  went for help. Five men returned and tried to lift the masonry with a large stick but they couldn't do it, they left me. I was petrified, the house next door caught alight and I knew for sure I was going to die" Then I felt someone pulling my arm although no one was there. From that moment I struggled to free myself, I pulled so fiercely that I left my finger behind  It wasn't until two hours later that I realized."
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  • Boats sitting on a dried up riverbed in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • People boarding a fishing boat in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • A boat on the river in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Decorated street in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Boats sitting on a dried up riverbed in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Two women walking in the midday sun in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Ruins of Sao Mateus Church in Alcantara, 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. Alcantara is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • A lone flip flop in front of a religious altar in Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Alcantara on 27th May 2014, Maranhao, Brazil. It is an island off the north east coast of Brazil close to Sao Luis, state capital of, and is one of the largest Quilombos in Brazil, which are communities that were originally set up by escaped or freed slaves during the colonial period.
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  • Fire escape on Lauderdale Tower, the Barbican Estate, 31st July 2010, London, United Kingdom. (a residential estate in the City of London, in an area densely packed with commerce and finance). It also is adjacent to, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Museum of London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican public library, the City of London School for Girls and a YMCA, forming the Barbican Complex.
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  • Looking skyward is a USAF pilot learning how to vector in a potential helicopter rescue as part of a special US Air Force (USAF) survival course (see also Corbis image 42-18212808) Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington State. The man has been taught to use a special escape and evasion (E &E) techniques to visiting air crew whose flying careers depend on passing this rigorous week of survival instruction. Should they be downed in hostile territory for example, they will need every skill learned here to survive possibly weeks being hunted in the wilderness so trapping and preparing fresh meat for human consumption is important for survival. Here the crewman has let off a red smoke canister to mark his location for the friendly aircraft to see.
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  • Standing with a bloodied knife and hand is an instructor of a special US Air Force (USAF) survival course (see also Corbis image 42-18212808) who has butchered a deer near their facility at Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington State. The man teaches escape and evasion techniques to visiting air crew whose flying careers depend on passing this rigorous week of survival instruction. Should they be downed in hostile territory for example, they will need every skill learned here to survive possibly weeks being hunted in the wilderness so trapping and preparing fresh meat for human consumption is important for survival. Here the teachers stand around the venison which is strung up on a branch, its intestines and organs already removed by a hunting knife.
    usaf_survival001-06-08-1995_1_1.jpg
  • Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Michelle Dean is a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism and chants her Puja, or prayer in the privacy of her own home, a bed sit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Having studied her Buddhism at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Michelle now lives within the larger society rather than the more closed but free community of Samye Ling where many people disaffected with western life or whom have experienced troubled times and sometimes escaping a criminal past, arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation.
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  • Bending forward as a mark of humility and respect for his deity, a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism adjusts a prayer bowl in front of an effigy of Buddha at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes and many here have had a troubled youth, sometimes escaping a criminal past so arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Surrounded by books and holy relics, a monk follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, prays in a caravan adapted to become a woodland home in the woodland near the Centre. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • A follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, is adorned with tattoos and has his head shaven. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Fire escape stairs of apartment buildings just off West Broadway. in New York City.
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  • Claudette, thirty-three has five kids. She is  photographed with her father, Crispin, sixty-six in their neighbourhood as it is now. She feels lucky to have escaped. "I was buying some drinking water with my son, Gito and was on the way back  when the ground started rumbling. I cried out, `wow an earthquake!` At that point I looked up to see a two- storey building falling down on me. Large blocks of masonry trapped my arm and fell on my son . My son got free and  went for help. Five men returned and tried to lift the masonry with a large stick but they couldn't do it, they left me. I was petrified, the house next door caught alight and I knew for sure I was going to die" Then I felt someone pulling my arm although no one was there. From that moment I struggled to free myself, I pulled so fiercely that I left my finger behind  It wasn't until two hours later that I realized."
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  • A London bus drives past a runaway yellow balloon floating along King William Street opposite Bank Underground station in the City of London, the capitals financial district, 7th March 2018, in London England.
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  • Pont De Chardonnière sign post in Morzine / Portes du Soleil ski area on 21st March 2017 in France
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  • Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the French Alps on 20th March 2017
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  • La Plagne ski resort in the French Tarentaise Valley
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  • A brightly coloured male skier standing on a mountainside in Morzine / Portes du Soleil ski area on 22nd March 2017 in France. photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • A male snowboarder in La Plagne ski resort in the French Tarentaise Valley
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  • A male snowboarder in La Plagne ski resort in the French Tarentaise Valley
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  • Les Arcs ski resort in the French Tarentaise Valley
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  • Howth cliff path overlooking Dublin Bay and Howth Lighthouse on 09th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Howarth Cliff Path, at Howth Head, is a peninsula just 15km northeast of Dublin City.
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  • Views from Howth cliff path overlooking Dublin Bay on 09th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Howarth Cliff Path, at Howth Head, is a peninsula just 15km northeast of Dublin City.
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  • Views from Killiney Hill Park, overlooking Whiterock Beach, on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Killiney Hill is the southernmost of two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay.
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  • Views from Killiney Hill Park on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Killiney Hill is the southernmost of two hills which form the southern boundary of Dublin Bay. Dublin is the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland.
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  • Dillon’s Park overlooking Dalkey Island on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dalkey is one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin, and a seaside resort just south of Dublin. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an active port during the Middle Ages.
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  • Coastal path overlooking Whiterock bay on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dalkey is one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin, and a seaside resort just south of Dublin City, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an active port during the Middle Ages.
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  • Coastal path overlooking Whiterock bay on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dalkey is one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin, and a seaside resort just south of Dublin City, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an active port during the Middle Ages.
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  • Standing at Coliemore Harbour, cyclists overlook Dalkey Island on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dalkey is one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin, and a seaside resort just south of Dublin City. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an active port during the Middle Ages.
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  • Sorrento Road in Dalkey on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dalkey is one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin, and a seaside resort just south of Dublin. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an active port during the Middle Ages.
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  • A red fishing boat at Bullock Harbour in Dalkey on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dalkey is one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin, and a seaside resort just south of Dublin City. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an active port during the Middle Ages.
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  • Young people rock diving into Dublin Bay at Sandycove on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Sandycove is a popular seaside resort in County Dublin
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  • Sandycove Beach on 08th April 2017 in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Sandycove is a popular seaside resort in County Dublin
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  • A model viking, with viking ship, at Dublinia on 07th April 2017 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dublinia is a historical recreation museum and visitor attraction, focusing on the Viking and medieval history of the city. The museum is located in a part of Dublins Christ Church Cathedral, known as the Synod hall. Dublin is the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland.
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  • The Maker Hotel at the Grand Canal Quay on 06th April 2017 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dublin is the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland.
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  • The Dublin City Gallery, off Parnell Square, on 2nd April 2017 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Also known as The Hugh Lane Gallery, was originally the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, is an art gallery operated by Dublin City Council and its subsidiary the Hugh Lane Gallery Trust. Dublin is the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland, it’s on Ireland’s east coast at the mouth of the River Liffey.
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  • The Custom House, overlooking the River Liffery, on 2nd April 2017 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Custom House is a neoclassical 18th century building which houses the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Dublin is the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland, it’s on Ireland’s east coast at the mouth of the River Liffey.
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  • The Custom House, overlooking the River Liffery, on 2nd April 2017 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Custom House is a neoclassical 18th century building which houses the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Dublin is the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland, it’s on Ireland’s east coast at the mouth of the River Liffey.
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  • A young office worker wearing a dark suit stands outside his place of work in a sunny Trinity Square in the City of London, for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on his fag n the pavement outside beneath the huge supporting pillars of this financial institution. He draws on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
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  • This lady preaching in down-town Port au Prince says, "you have to believe in God, this is God trying to send us a message." On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Chaumone Auguste  mourns the loss of her mother, Mereille Jeudy at the main cemetery in Port Au Prince. Mereille was sixty-four when she died.
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  • On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force. 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured and 1.2 million left needing emergency shelter. Survivors have lost family, homes, livelihoods and essential services. Hospitals, schools and government buildings were also destroyed'. These pictures are of the survivors three weeks later.
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  • Marie Yolene, Bois De Fer, age 44,  and daughter Marie Geralda Auguste, 17, in a camp opposite the Palace, Cham de Mars.  Marie's son Emanuel was trapped for 12 days before he was eventually rescued ( the New York Times did a feature on him). The daughter recounts: "I was sitting down at the house when it started to rock then blocks and wood started falling, Romario broke his leg, Mum grabbed us all and we got out all except my oldest brother Emanual.  He was trapped. We weren't sure if he was alive or dead but we kept looking for him. Then my mother and Emanuel heard each other. He called out, 'Mamma I'm alive,' Mum told everybody she could find that he  was alive,  journalists, aid workers rescue workers, After 11 days rescuers ( an Israeli SAR) pulled him out, my mother collapsed from joy."
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  • Ismael, thirty-five out side the ruins of The Tax Office. Most important government buildings have been destroyed including the Palace, Law courts, 87 percent of schools, even prisons leaving  the country with no means to govern. ."I am a steel worker by trade but right now I'm here recovering the bodies from the tax office. We use plastic gloves and put them in plastic body bags. It's not a nice job, the smell almost kills me. I have to drink to get through but I know I am helping the families. The parents are waiting for me each time I pull a body out so they can identify it. They buy me my rum.  I have pulled out one body today but twenty-five in total."
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  • On the day that Prime Minister Theresa May meets with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to break the Brexit deadlock in parliament, an EU-flag has been snagged in the branches of plain trees outside parliament in Westminster, on 3rd April 2019, in London, England.
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  • On the day that Prime Minister Theresa May meets with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to break the Brexit deadlock in parliament, an EU-flag has been snagged in the branches of plain trees outside parliament in Westminster, on 3rd April 2019, in London, England.
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  • A young deer in Richmond park on 4th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Situated in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Richmond Park was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park. It’s the largest park of the London’s eight Royal Parks and covers an area of 2500 acres.
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  • A Stag in Richmond park on 4th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Situated in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Richmond Park was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park. It’s the largest park of the London’s eight Royal Parks and covers an area of 2500 acres.
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  • A Stag in Richmond park on 4th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Situated in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Richmond Park was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park. It’s the largest park of the London’s eight Royal Parks and covers an area of 2500 acres.
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  • Richmond park on 4th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Situated in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Richmond Park was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park. It’s the largest park of the London’s eight Royal Parks and covers an area of 2500 acres.
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