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  • Construction workers wearing hard hats hook up a pile of concrete beams on to a waiting crane hook. One man bends down to help loop a chain beneath one of the girders and attached to the dangling hook while another secures the chain and another man is in radio contact with the crane driver out of sight. Importantly, behind their low-loader truck is a Smirnoff advertising billboard with a famous ad campaign for the Vodka distillery. It depicts three carved Polynesian statues of Easter Island but seen through a botttle of the alcoholic beverage, is a representation of a face wearing a head band and MP3 headphones. Seen juxtaposed with the construction men and their building technology this scene describes a visual pun between an ancient lost civilization and the modern age of technology. Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow, by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov. The <br />
brand is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. The Sminoff advertising campaign is said to be based on the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte whose paradoxical images stretched our ideas of what was reality and the fantastic.
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  • Abandoned neon pub sign is on the famous Marathonas Avenue near Nea Makri, the original route that the Athenian messenger Pheidippides ran in 490BC. The runner was sent to deliver word of the Greek victory over Persia at the Battle of Marathon. Running 240 km (150 miles) in two days to request help when the Persians landed, he then ran the 40 km (26 miles) from the battlefield Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon with the words 'We have won'. The story inspired the marathon and at the birthplace of modern sports at ancient Olympia, where for 1,000 continuous years, the ancient pagan festival of sport and debauchery were held. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered even then, as now.
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  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Standing in the corner of a brightly sun-lit window, a classical reproduction bust is seen in a hotel foyer in the modern town of Olympia, the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal. Amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Fake classical Greek statues stand outside a night club in Nafplio, a former Byzantines, Frank, Venetian, and Ottoman coastal Peloponnese port town of 14,000 on the Argolic Gulf. The walls of this modern building seen near wasteland on the outskirts of town are made to look authentic but result in a false tourist style. There are three pieces of fake art that stand on well-watered grass: One of a nude Greek Goddess, a miniature lion in the middle and nearest the viewer is a naked figure of a man - muscular and classically posed as a heroic and mythical figure. Nafplio was also the first capital of independent Greece which was  destroyed in the 7th Century for its alliance with Sparta. This contemporary landscape is therefore bears no resemblance to its heritage.
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  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad003-20-10_2003_1.jpg
  • White plaster or cement Goddess statuettes stand on sale on the forecourt of a garden art business in an Athens suberb, Marathonas Avenue - the original Marathon route of 490 BC. The mostly female figurines are in various poses but are all nudes and are in various gestures of a classical heroic style. Those in the foreground have their arms at the heads and moulded breasts and bodies to show the perfect female form while further to the back are male Gods placed on plinths and in recesses. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery.
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  • Fallen Ionic and Doric columns lay in the undergrowth at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and in the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery here. These fluted columns that date to about 400BC that now lie in the shade were originally piled on top of each other to construct - among other buildings too - the Temple of Zeus. There, the athletes made offerings to Nike, the Goddess of Victory before going out to compete in the many sports. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • Two young woman listen to a busker beneath a portrait of the Countess-Duchess of Benavente by Francesco Goya (1885), work sponsored by Credit Suisse and advertised on a construction hoarding outside the National Portrait Gallery. In a scene about the ordinary girl's life in the 21st century versus that of an aristcratic woman. Doña María Josefa Alonso-Pimentel y Téllez-Girón, Duchess of Osuna, Grandee of Spain, suo jure 15th Countess-12th Duchess of Benavente, Grandee of Spain (1752 - 1834) was a Spanish aristocrat, famous for her patronage of artists, writers and scientists and who died at the age of 81.
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  • Modern architecture and the 1903 Gothic Woolworth building far eft, in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail. The Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, is an early US skyscraper. The original site for the building was purchased by F. W. Woolworth and his real estate agent Edward J. Hogan by April 15, 1910, from the Trenor Luther Park Estate and other owners for $1.65 million.
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  • Modern architecture and the 1903 Gothic Woolworth building on the left, in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
    tim_lynch460-24-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Modern architecture and the 1903 Gothic Woolworth building on the left, in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail. The Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, is an early US skyscraper. The original site for the building was purchased by F. W. Woolworth and his real estate agent Edward J. Hogan by April 15, 1910, from the Trenor Luther Park Estate and other owners for $1.65 million.
    tim_lynch459-24-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Modern and 19th century architecture in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
    tim_lynch427-24-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Modern architecture and the 1903 Gothic Woolworth building on the left, in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
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  • The ancient Parthenon (circa 400 BC, the largest Doric temple ever built) sits on Acropolis hill surrounded by global tourists and scaffolding. Here the modern world's philosophy was born, once the centre of classical Greek culture which the world has inherited for its laws and forward-thinking. Mounted above the Athenian city within fortified 60m high walls, its history is a World Heritage Site, important because of its “universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex." The establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world.
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  • Tourists lunge over the original 4th century start/finish line in the stadium at Olympia. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet - or Stadion - from which we get the word 'stadium'. On the grassy bank in the background is where the seating once accommodated the many sporting pilgrims who travelled to this place from all over Greece during agreed truces in the weeks of the Olympic festival. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad006-20-10_2003_1.jpg
  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius343-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • A middle-age mother and father with a teenage son pose for a photo outside their house in a Belgian suburb in the early 70s. Standing rather awkwardly in the street of modern cobbles, the three family members are ready to leave for a day out somewhere and we see their house's window on the left with its shutters lowered. The mother and wife wears white gloves, the husband and father wears a trilby hat - in the way people wore headwear in that bygone era.
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  • Visitors to the ancient site of Stonehenge celebrate the Summer Solstice on the morning of June 21st - the longest day - by dancing in circles while holding hands. The Stonehenge site is a place of pilgrimage for neo-druids and those following pagan or neo-pagan beliefs. The midsummer sunrise began attracting modern visitors in 1870s. Today the stones are owned by English Heritage, the guardians of ancient and historical structures. Most years, substantial police and barriers prevent on-lookers from approaching the stones but on this occasion, revellers were allowed to party long after the early 4.15am sunrise. Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire. Composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones it is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world. Archaeologists think that the standing stones were erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC and served as an outdoor observatory from where to watch the constellations. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986.
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  • Engineer Ebrahim Faizi age 27, hotel manager and architect with Sultan Mohammad,74, carpenter and handy man. Sultan has been there since he started work over 50 years ago. He remembers a time when the girls use to wear mini skirts in Kabul. Ebrahim has lived at the hotel most of his life during the civil war and for some time during the Taliban era ( he left after a year ). He had to hide at the back of the building during factional fighting in the civil war. The hotel took hits from rockets at least 20 times during one vicious fight.<br />
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“I was here in the civil war but when the Taliban came I left.  Every day a hundred or two hundred rockets were fired, inside and out side the city. In 2001 this city was totally devastated We took at least twenty rockets in this building. we were at the back hiding; it went on for hours. It was just me, mum, uncle and the Mujahideen” .
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  • Exterior of the 250-seat temporary wood panelled auditorium for the National Theatre (NT) designed by architect Haworth Tompkins, entitled The Shed on London's Southbank. We see an urban landscape of concrete and the architecture of 50s modernity now showing its age and in need of regeneration after 60 years of being a major landmark on the river Thames. The Shed is a temporary venue for the National Theatre on London's South Bank. Conceived by Haworth Tompkins and theatre consultants Charcoalblue, it was then designed and built in little more than a year.
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  • Accompanied by a City of London police officer, members of a Druid sect walk through the street as part of their Spring Equinox celebrations. The Ancient Druids were once Judges, Kingmakers, Scientists, Magicians and Priests and their modern counterparts may be viewed likewise. The word itself comes through both Brythonic tongues (Cornish and Welsh) meaning either knowledge of the oak or wizard - or wise man in Gaelic (Irish and Scots.) Druidry itself is both a philosophical viewpoint and a religious world view, although many Druids view themselves  also as Pagan Priests. A druid was a member of the priestly class in Gaul and possibly other parts of Celtic western Europe during the Iron Age. Following the invasion of Gaul by the Roman Empire, the druids were suppressed by the Roman government.
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  • Excavations of ancient ruins outside the modern Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on its feet, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies on the archaeological site of Makrygianni and the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. The museum was founded in 2003, while the Organisation of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on June 21, 2009. Nearly 4,000 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Excavations of ancient ruins outside the modern Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on its feet, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies on the archaeological site of Makrygianni and the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. The museum was founded in 2003, while the Organisation of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on June 21, 2009. Nearly 4,000 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Excavations of ancient ruins outside the modern Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on its feet, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies on the archaeological site of Makrygianni and the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. The museum was founded in 2003, while the Organisation of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on June 21, 2009. Nearly 4,000 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Italian relatives on a rooftop of their home in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says one member. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    vesuvius311-29-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Mustafa, aged 19 (although he is unsure of exact age) is a labourer on the Turquoise Mountain project rebuilding the old town centre, Murad khane. He is single and lives with his parents. The monkey is called Shadi. <br />
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“Before Turquoise Mountain came here it was very bad. Everywhere smelt, it was full of rubbish and the sewage – people just threw it out in front of their houses-   it was two or three metres high, you could reach the top floor of the houses by standing on the garbage.  During the war, there was nobody to clean up the rubbish, then buildings would collapse and then rubbish would go on rubbish. <br />
Before working with Turquoise Mountain I was just polishing shoes, now I get $5 dollars a day.”
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  • Mustafa, aged 19 (although he is unsure of exact age) is a labourer on the Turquoise Mountain project rebuilding the old town centre, Murad khane. He is single and lives with his parents. The monkey is called Shadi. <br />
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 “Before Turquoise Mountain came here it was very bad. Everywhere smelt, it was full of rubbish and the sewage – people just threw it out in front of their houses - Before I was just polishing shoes, now I get $5 dollars a day.”<br />
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 The charity was set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
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  • As if separated by many decades, we see an older generation beach guard from a bygone era and a much younger lifeguard, both resting on the seafront of the posh Essex seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea, England. If simply comparing the colour schemes of the past, to the modern day, we might guess that in the gentleman on the right’s day, people wore more formal blues, with collar and tie and polished shoes on the hottest day - reminiscent of Victorian times when pomp and tradition rather than practicalities were important . Nowadays, complimentary reds and yellows adorn the uniform of the lad trained in water injuries and life-saving. He is barefoot and sits comfortably against the sea defence wall in peak cap and t-shirt. This is a scene describing the generation gap, of youth versus experience - the classic English seaside holiday.
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  • Modern and 19th century architecture in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
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  • Modern and 19th century architecture (Woolworth buiulding far left)  in Manhattan, New York City including the new version of the World Trade Centre in the middle. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
    tim_lynch428-24-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Modern architecture and older era architecture in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
    tim_lynch424-24-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Modern architecture and the 1903 Gothic Woolworth building tallest in the centre, in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen as a wide panorama. The Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, is an early US skyscraper. The original site for the building was purchased by F. W. Woolworth and his real estate agent Edward J. Hogan by April 15, 1910, from the Trenor Luther Park Estate and other owners for $1.65 million.
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  • Modern architecture and the 1903 Gothic Woolworth building - centre - in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen as a wide panorama.
    tim_lynch391-24-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Two young men dressed in office suits casually stuff their lunches during a hot lunchtime break in the Broadgate Estate in the City of London. Both with legs across knees, the lads in their 20s sit on a bench beneath a tree alongside the statue of a traditional gardener, slightly bent and equipped with hoe and wearing a wastecoat, hobnailed boots and flat cap, an iconic salt-of-the-earth workman. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-exhausted man whose life has been spent working the honest land.  The English social divide is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus the youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
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  • Hassina Syed,  business woman, with her two daughters Sana (age 3)and Hirah(2), photographed at her home and business the Gandamack Lodge Hotel.  She also rents armoured cars, runs a farming business, a travel agency and a bedding shop. She is married to Peter Jouvenal an ex soldier, journalist and westerner who has lived in Afghanistan for twenty years.<br />
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She experienced first hand, how terrifying the Taliban could be. She says: <br />
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‘I opened up the Chadri (mesh front of the burkha) to see a tea-cup and suddenly from the back, a Taliban soldier came with a big stick, shouting at me. If you get beaten by a Taliban, you could die. <br />
“I made myself look as old and bad as possible because if  they ( the Taliban) saw you looking even a bit beautiful, they could come to your house and take you as one of their wives”<br />
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“For me having money is dangerous, kidnapping is a big problem. A friend’s uncle was kidnapped; they wanted $150 000, He was so mad he said, ‘I am not paying that he is an old man!’  Eventually they dropped the price and said OK, just cover our fuel and the bribe for the police (30 000 dollars)."
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  • This is Kaka Khalil with his daughter Adiba who is 2 years old and other family members. He has 7 children up to the age of 13, including a new born baby who is only ten days old. He lives with his three brothers. His father lived in this house and his grandfather before him. His father was tailor for king Zahir Shah. Kaka Khalil acts as a community representative and is often required to liaise between the community and Turquoise Mountain. The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to the  charity . Turquoise Mountain  is a charity set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
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  • Fatima, age nine, daughter of Nemat Khalil  poses briefly for this picture in Murad Khane as she is late for class at the local primary where she is in third grade. The school was recently built with the support of Turquoise Mountain.  It is rare to see such a confident smile on an Afghan child and a sign that maybe the work the charity is doing is having very good effects in the local community.<br />
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Murad Khane, the ancient centre of Kabul is undergoing a massive regeneration thanks to the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The foundation was set up by Steward Rory Stewart, the man who’s life has inspired a Hollywood biopic starring Orlando Bloom. He walked across Afghanistan with his dog, governed a province in  Iraq , tutored Prince William and Harry and was asked personally by Prince Charles to undertake the project of regenerating the heart of the old city centre. Two years later, the project has galvanized the local community who have all been offered work. The organization has cleared some 20,000 tons of rotting garbage from the streets, built a primary school, a clinic and restored several of the finest courtyard homes to near-mint condition. With an eye for capacity building Stewart has also developed a school for traditional crafts,
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  • This is Kaka Khalil with local builders. He has 7 children up to the age of 13, including a new born baby who is only ten days old. He lives with his three brothers. His father lived in this house and his grandfather before him. His father was tailor for king Zahir Shah. Kaka Khalil acts as a community representative.  The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to the  charity Turquoise Mountain  which was  was  set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
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  • "7lbs 13oz." On a labour ward at Kings College Hospital, London, a new-born baby girl has been temporarily separated from her mother and placed uncomfortably in a small weighing dish, minutes after taking her first breaths, to record her birth-weight, recording in old imperial pounds and ounces rather than modern metric grams and kilo units. The midwife has clamped a plastic seal on the child's umbilical cord wound which eventually dries and falls off. The crying girl has a mass of black hair but whose ethnicity is caucasian. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
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  • As a young office worker sleeps incongruously on a marble pavement, a street sweeper nearby brushes away litter with a small dustpan. The manual labourer wears blue overalls, yellow gloves and keys in his back pocket while the man in a wastecoat and smart trousers and polished slip-on shoes appears to be fast asleep, his fingers across his chest. This scene suggests the social divisions of the working man: Of the young, educated post-war generation whose opportunities have afforded them a faster lifestyle, far removed from that of the physically-demanding job of a man whose life has been spent cleaning and sweeping. English social differences is clearly represented here as the harshness of the manual labourer versus a lazy youth of today, seen in the middle of the modern city.
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  • A former traffic control kiosk from the cold war era and the modern German city, at the junction of Augsburgerstrasse and Kurfurstendamm in Berlin Mitte. The scene of a traffic controller sitting in the booth, possibly in the 1950s, seems incongruous compared to the modernity of today's city in the background. The word Verkehrskanzel is written at the top, explaining its original purpose as a traffic pulpit at traffic lights, used for manual traffic control by traffic police. Technical improvements to traffic control and congestion information, these kiosks were mostly dismantled in the late 1960s.
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  • Elderly man struggles up steep steps with the shadows of others on nearby wall form against the panelling of 1980s architecture, located on the south side of London Bridge in the London borough of Southwark. He places a weary foot on the next step as he makes progress upwards towards the top of these stairs
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  • An English gentleman of excellent breeding eats junk food - seemingly a Mathesons 'Smokey Joe's' hotdog. Sporting a pencil moustache he eats the fast-food at an event in southern England. He appears to have kept the discipline from his army days - a smart jacket and tie with regimental tie pin plus well-groomed hair greased with Brylcream to keep it in place.
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  • Patrick De Boeuf, Chief Executive of De Lijn, steps up from the pit workshop area beneath a modern tram two males walk along side the tram in the depot in Gentbrugge, Ghent, Belgium.  The trams have been modernized to reduce electricity consumption and won a sustainable travel award from Ashden.
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  • Three women admire Tudor portraits of Elizabethan nobility in Tate Britain, London. On the left is a portrait of Mary Kytson, of Lady Darcy of Chiche, later, Lady Rivers, British School, circa 1590. In the middle is a painting attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts II of an Unknown Lady circa 1595. The three ladies however are admiring the picture of Captain Thomas Lee, also by Gheeraerts II, 1594. Tate first opened its doors to the public in 1897 with one site, displaying a small collection of British artworks. Today Tate has four major sites and the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art, which includes nearly 70,000 artworks.
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  • Tourists take a photograph of themselves beneath the eastern profile of the Monument of the Discoveries in Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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  • Details of western profile of the Monument of the Discoveries in Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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  • A family of rive ride fast on a motorbike on a road in modern Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Speeding alongside a calesh carriage, the family overtake, the father driving the bike with two small children at the front with mother talking on the phone and a smaller child held too. Health and safety is barely understood in an Egyptian city.
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  • Young Egyptian women enter a shop selling western style clothing in Qurna on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. To their left are the latest fashions and styles for young people, teenagers and children are now largely accept a more modern form of dress in an area where families are traditional and devoutly Muslim.
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  • The modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster opposite 21st Century architecture. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. The City of London is a city and ceremonial county within London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond the City's borders.
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  • Mexico's Agua Azul Waterfalls appears on a large ad for Mexican tourism, with the City of London architecture on the northern side of the River Thames. As symbols of ancient and modern architecture in a single scene, we see the development of human endeavour over millennia. The City of London is a city and ceremonial county within London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond the City's borders. The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though it remains a notable part of central London.
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  • Detailed corner of 19th century carving stonework architecture in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
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  • Detailed corner of 19th century carving stonework architecture in Manhattan, New York City. High-rise buildings are mostly corporate offices though some apartments in this, one of the world's great megacities. They occupy addresses along Broadway - a mixture of modernity and 19th century architecture can be seen in detail.
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  • The Murad Khane Primary School was registered by the Ministry of Education in February 2008 following several months as a literacy centre. The school Principal is Seyyid Nasir Siddidqian. He manages a staff of five who teach courses to eighty-seven children between the ages of four and fourteen, all from Murad Khane.  A further eighty children attend supplementary classes in addition to the Ministry of Education curriculum.  The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to charity Turquoise Mountain. Turquoise Mountain  is a charity set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
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  • The Murad Khane Primary School was registered by the Ministry of Education in February 2008 following several months as a literacy centre. The school Principal is Seyyid Nasir Siddidqian. He manages a staff of five who teach courses to eighty-seven children between the ages of four and fourteen, all from Murad Khane.  A further eighty children attend supplementary classes in addition to the Ministry of Education curriculum.  The residents of Murad khane  are enjoying improved conditions thanks to charity Turquoise Mountain. Turquoise Mountain  is a charity set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
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  • Commuters crossing London Bridge pass a City of London boundary griffin, on the southern Southwark bank of the Thames. The griffin statue marks the southern boundary between Southwark on the south side and the City of London beyond on the bridge. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • A lady Metro Bank worker and foyer featuring a vintage photo of City traffic seen through a front window. The modern-day Metro Bank offices with the backdrop of a vintage street scene, plus contemporary traffic in reflected city. Picking up her paperwork, the lady is about to temporarily leave her desk. In the background is a street scene of a bygone era, with early buses and charabancs. Incongruously the modern world is shown with today's society walking the same London streets and a ubiquitous white van. Metro Bank is Britain’s first new High Street bank in over 100 years.
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  • Two women both in red stand and climb city steps. Wearing matching red coats in winter sunshine, the two women are strangers to each other but have chosen the same hue of red. One stands squinting into the sun and the other concentrates on climbing the stairs with modern panelling and architecture in the background. The steps are located on the south side of London Bridge in the London borough of Southwark.
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  • A lady Metro Bank worker and foyer featuring a vintage photo of City traffic seen through a front window. The modern-day Metro Bank offices with the backdrop of a vintage street scene, plus contemporary traffic in reflected city. Picking up her paperwork, the lady is about to temporarily leave her desk. In the background is a street scene of a bygone era, with early buses and charabancs. Incongruously the modern world is shown with today's society walking the same London streets and a ubiquitous white van. Metro Bank is Britain’s first new High Street bank in over 100 years.
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  • Londoners sit and stand in a packed carriage on an overground rail service, stopped at a central London station. The windows are filthy with railway and city grime and the faces on passengers tell the story of a miserable experience travelling at rush-hour in the capital. The 90s carriage was an old style phased out in the late 90s, their construction proving unsafe and out-of-date with a modern transport infrastructure.
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  • The shadows of anonymous people are seen on a wall in Southwark, on the south side of London Bridge. The group walk together in one direction, seen as silhouetted figures, we see their shape and form against the constructed modern wall of an office development on the southern side of London Bridge in the borough of Southwark.
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  • A couple climb steps next to the shadows of other anonymous people on a wall in Southwark, on the south side of London Bridge. They may be married or part of a long-term relationship, seen as silhouetted figures, we see their shape and form against the constructed modern wall of an office development on the southern side of London Bridge in the borough of Southwark.
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  • A red London bus is passing between sunlight and shadow as passengers sit patiently in heavy traffic on Piccadilly in Central London. At the back of the vehicle, a man is leaping on to the back to board via the entrance and exit, a characteristic of these old, classic modes of London transport. These buses are being fazed out in favour of more modern, cleaner fuel-burning vehicles where passengers can mount and dismount safer as many passengers injured themselves. The bus is a traditional design called a Routemaster which has been in service on the capital's roads since 1954 and is nowadays only seen on heritage and tourist routes. From any angle, the bus is easily recognisable as that classic British transport icon.
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  • At the base of the Monument which commemorates the Great Fire of London, a courier driver from the United States Postal Service (UPS), stands with his head in his hands as if in reaction to the conflagration behind. Above him is a giant mural, whose huge figures depict the panic and evacuation during the disaster that struck London between 2nd of  September and Wednesday, 5th September 1666. The modern man in company uniform is wearing the same brown colours as that of King Charles II and his courtier who are also reacting to the news of the city's burning timber buildings. 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities were lost in the high fanned winds. It is estimated that it destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • As traffic drives over London Bridge, a griffin statue marks the southern boundary between Southwark on the south side and the City of London beyond on the bridge. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City of London is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • A modern-day Metro Bank offices with the backdrop of a vintage street scene, plus contemporary traffic in reflected city. Two businessmen sit in their bank office that is seen from the street, one is speaking the phone while his colleague shows interest outside the frame. In the background is a street scene of a bygone era, with carts and some kind of wheeled tram that has an upper-deck. Incongruously the modern world is shown with today's society walking the same London streets and a ubiquitous white van. Metro Bank is Britain’s first new High Street bank in over 100 years.
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  • A jogger runs through passing commuters, on the southern end of London Bridge. With his pet dog, the man jogs past down towards the river down nearby steps. The City of London is a geographically small City within Greater London, England, the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. This is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • A chaotic scene on the streets of the Portuguese capital as an old tram clashes with a modern tourist coach below the towering Se Cathedral in central Lisbon. Passing very close to each other, fighting for space on the old winding streets, different modes of transport rumble by, competing for the streets below this Lisbon landmark. The Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Lisbon, Portugal. The oldest church in the city is the see of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. Since the beginning of the construction of the cathedral, in the year 1147, the building has been modified several times and survived many earthquakes.
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  • An old City of London street sign for Poultry EC2 beneath a rusting police bylaws sign on a late 1980s brick wall. Before the older signage was replaced in the mid-1990s for more modern architecture, these signs will have disappeared or available through vintage auctions. Poultry is a short street in the City of London. It is an eastern continuation of Cheapside, between Old Jewry and Mansion House Street, near Bank junction. It takes its name, like other medieval roads nearby such as Milk Street and Bread Street, from the various produce once sold at Cheapside, meaning "market-place" in Old English. The street gave its name to a prison, Poultry Compter, once located there.
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  • A smart elderly lady walks into a late sun on a chilly afternoon on the Kings Road, Chelsea, London, England. Striding past the viewer she has a determined look on her face, a purpose for reaching her destination without delay and oblivious to other influences. Other shoppers are walking in her directionand their faces are also lit by the sunshine but in the background they are less prominant than the woman in the foreground. With so little highlights, this image is full of low-key shadow making it dark and gloomy. Kings Road Chelsea is a chic street that found modern fame during the Sixties when pretty young things paraded their new-found fashion clothing.
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  • As a bus drives over London Bridge, a griffin statue marks the southern boundary between Southwark on the south side and the City of London beyond on the bridge. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City of London is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
    city_griffin02-08-06-1997_1.jpg
  • As traffic drives over London Bridge, a griffin statue marks the southern boundary between Southwark on the south side and the City of London beyond on the bridge. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City of London is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • Stones and wall fortifications of the medieval La Calahorra Castle and modern town below. With our backs to the main walls of the Castillo, we see the large stone blocks of the outer fortification remains, the line of the wall itself, falling away to reveal the outskirts of modern Calahorra below. Homes and businesses are nestled below a hill that rises above the town. La Calahorra Castle-Palace is one of the most important Works of the firs Spanish Renaissance. It was constructed on the remains of a preceding fortification of the medieval period dating from the beginning of the 16th century, probably between 1509 and 1512. Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain is a municipality in the comarca of Rioja Baja, near the border with Navarre on the right bank of the Ebro. During ancient Roman times, Calahorra was a municipium known as Calagurris.
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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. In the middle on a polished parkay floor is a model of their retreat centre, a house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. Once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. Their retreat centre is a Victorian house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. Once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
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  • Bodyboards on sale in the north Devon coastal village of Combe Martin. Various characters from the movie industry are represented on the top surfaces, attracting the younger buyer. The bodyboard differs from a surfboard in the fact that it is much shorter and made out of foam. Bodyboarding has been around since ancient Hawaiian days, it was called "Paipo" and was made out of koa wood. The modern board consists of a foam 'core' encapsulated by a plastic bottom and a softer foam top known as the deck. The core is made up from dow/polyethylene, arcel or, more recently, polypropylene.
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  • Amid post-War inner-city concrete, an elderly man struggles up a slope in Birmingham’s infamous Bull Ring, a development of open-air market stalls, offices and a new indoor shopping centre, the first indoor city-centre shopping centre in the UK. It symbolised everything horrid about architecture in a modern Britain. The words ‘Unspoilt by progress’ seems to be a statement of extreme  falsehood, a lie for those using this grim feature of modernism. The market began in medieval 1154 but it was its 1964 regeneration that gave it a reputation of an oppressive urban monstrosity though it  was considered the height of modernity. But higher rents meant traders turned away and the public shunned subways and escalators which stopped working regularly. Much disliked by the public it contributed to the popular conception that Birmingham was a ‘concrete jungle’.
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  • Aerial view of south London borough of Lambeth looking from Camberwell towards St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster. Tall tower blocks and wide estates occupy the skyline of this modern metropolis amid older Victorian and post-war homes. St Paul's itself rises most prominantly in the distance, its self-supporting dome designed by Sir Christopher Wren is one of the capital's most recognisable sights of London, with its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominating the skyline for 300 years. At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world. In terms of area, St Paul's is the second largest church building in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.
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  • An aerial view of south London looking across the southern boroughsfrom Camberwell towards Lambeth tower blocks and the London Eye on Southbank. The skyline of this modern metropolis is seen on a bright autumnal day before the capital's leaves drop from trees. Four tower blocks stand at either side of this landscape and Westminster is seen in the middle, where London's most-visited attraction - the Eye - revolves slowly for visitrs to see in all directions.
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  • A Belgian male mechanic performs maintenance work in the pit workshop underneath a De Lijn tram in the company depot in Gentbrugge, Ghent, Belgium.
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  • A male Belgian traffic controller monitors tram traffic flow on the Ghent tramway network in the De Lijn control centre, Ghent, Belgium.
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  • The shadows of people and the steps of 1980s architecture of 1, London Bridge in Southwark, on 10th October 2018, in London, England.
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  • The shadow of a cyclist who has just carried his bike up the steps of 1, London Bridge in Southwark, on 10th October 2018, in London, England.
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  • The shadows of people and the steps of 1980s architecture of 1, London Bridge in Southwark, on 10th October 2018, in London, England.
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  • Seen from behind as they stop at dotted give-way lines on this empty road junction, we see a strange perspective of deserted housing and empty roads, Jen West and her elderly wheelchair-bound mother Margaret - both residents of the experimental community village of Poundbury, Dorset, England. As if they are pedestrians about cross a busy highway, it is an incongruous scene of irony. Poundbury is the visionary model village that Charles, Prince of Wales sought to develop in 1993 as a successful and pioneering town near Dorchester, built on land owned by his own Duchy of Cornwall, challenging otherwise poor post-war trends in town planning and to some extent following the New Urbanism concept from the US except that the design influences are European.
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  • Tourist uses a digital camera to record the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, Paris. The Musée du Louvre is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 100,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
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  • Elite ceremonial soldiers called Evzones or Proedriki Froura (Presidential Guard), parade on Acropolis Hill, Athens. This special contingent of the light infantry unit are on duty at the Acropolis during the national holiday of 'No Day,’ celebrating the day when Mussolini was denied a marching route through Greece in 1941. The Acropolis was once the centre of classical Greek culture which the world has inherited for its laws and philosophical thinking. Mounted above the Athenian city within fortified 60m high walls, its history is a World Heritage Site, important because of its “universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex." The establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world.
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  • Wearing braces, striped shirt and sitting on a block, a young lawyer studies a legal book during a mid-morning break in the Inner Temple in the historic City of London. The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice which may call members to the Bar and so entitle them to practise as barristers. The Temple was occupied in the twelfth century by the Knights Templar, who gave the area its name but was heavily bombed during the Blitz of 1940-1 and the reclining marble memorial to predecessor, John Hiccocks who held the office of Master in Chancery between 1702 and 1723 (d 1726) behind the young law student is marked by the partially-demolished Goldsmiths Chambers on the north side of Temple Church where Hiccocks is buried. An assortment of potted red plants add to an otherwise dark courtyard
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  • An aerial view of south London looking from Camberwell towards a commuter train crossing the capital. Transport by rail can ben seen clearly as we look down on to this landscape of urban sprawl in south London: The railway tracks zig-zag through the heart of the borough of Lambeth, near Loughborough Junction, Brixton - showing us how in the late-1800s, the city was sliced through by such rail routes that helped open up the city to the less wealthy - adding to the inner-city. This route is known as the London Bridge (in the east) to Victoria (west)  loop that provides a shortcut across the southern regions, from one station to another.
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  • An aerial view of south London looking from Camberwell towards the City and the tall Shard. Fast-rising towers and the newest office blocks climb into the sky in a frenzy of construction, despite during a recession. Standing tallest, is the Shard, a skyscraper completed in May 2012. it is currently the tallest building in the European Union and the 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall. It is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
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  • A tourist coach parked in central London shows an old steam train and carriages. The stencilled writing on the ground makes for a humerous landscape in the borough of Westminster. It is a scene about the golden age of steam travel - an era of smoke and soot when the locomotive ruled he country's rail network - and that of the modern era of road transportation. This tourist coach is parked near the famous buildings of Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, allowing visitors to disembark and leave again soon after their tour of the area.
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  • A tourist coach parked in central London shows an old steam train and carriages. The stencilled writing on the ground makes for a humerous landscape in the borough of Westminster. It is a scene about the golden age of steam travel - an era of smoke and soot when the locomotive ruled he country's rail network - and that of the modern era of road transportation. This tourist coach is parked near the famous buildings of Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, allowing visitors to disembark and leave again soon after their tour of the area.
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  • English author, Steve Boggan with the $10 note that he shadowed across America, described in his book 'Follow the Money'. Boggan is a journalist for UK newspapers and magazines and so by setting free a ten-dollar bill and accompanying it on an epic journey for thirty days and thirty nights across 3,300 miles armed only with a sense of humour and a small, and increasingly grubby, set of clothes. He wrote his book in order to trace the life of the bill - but also to discover something of the lives of modern Americans in an age when plastic cards have largely overtaken the use of paper money in everyday use, especially in small town America.
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  • English author, Steve Boggan with the $10 note that he shadowed across America, described in his book 'Follow the Money'. Boggan is a journalist for UK newspapers and magazines and so by setting free a ten-dollar bill and accompanying it on an epic journey for thirty days and thirty nights across 3,300 miles armed only with a sense of humour and a small, and increasingly grubby, set of clothes. He wrote his book in order to trace the life of the bill - but also to discover something of the lives of modern Americans in an age when plastic cards have largely overtaken the use of paper money in everyday use, especially in small town America.
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  • An elderly gentleman wearing a traditional bowler hat and carrying an umbrella, pauses to read the headlines in the London Evening Standard newspaper, before making his way home from Bank Triangle, outside the Bank of England. He is one of the last examples of a bygone age, when many in London's financial district wore such work clothes - a way of typifying a cretain breed of Englishness and class system, known all over, and still expected, around the world. Sadly, gents like this are very rare after modern fashions, lower standards and changed attitudes in the workplace meant that younger men no longer wanted to wear a stuffy outfit to work. The days of the bowler are fast disappearing.
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