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  • Commuters walk over London Bridge passing a billboard for the musical Nine to Five presented by its original star Dolly Parton, on 17th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • Computer monitor belonging to Anasttasia Khaustiva, classifieds sales assistant at the Moscow Times. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Monitor belonging to Gemma lloyd, compliance officer. showing personalisation of her desk space.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Sign in the office of Henri Schram where he works in  human resources at an office in Cape Town. Decor dates back to opening of the office, Smoking is allowed.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • IT problems : Clifton Hammond manager  and Nur de Bruyn, team leader try to get to the bottom of it. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Sue Williams, out bound call centre agent demonstrates her individuality in the colour of her red hair while making calls from her office desk in London, United Kingdom. Office workers have little opportunity to express themselves because of the constraints of the office dress code. From Desk Job, a project which explores office life around the World.
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  • Chris Somers, left, Andrew Allen, second from left and colleagues take  a smoke break . This scene must be a familiar sight in car parks on industrial estate around the UK especially since smoking was banned inside public spaces. The dress code is similar for all the workers it seems to the point where it could be considered  as a self imposed uniform. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • The paper hearts on the window  are the left overs of Valentine celebrations: a commercial festival in Britain  and elsewhere where people are persuaded to exchange tokens of love.From the series Desk Job a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Interior shot of a London office. The potted plant has become synonymous with office interiors to the point where it now a cliché. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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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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  • New york Business man trying to get home after a steam pipe explosion In Manhatten. The July 18, 2007 New York City steam explosion sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40 story high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Initial fears that the cause was terrorist related were quickly allayed by statements by mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials shortly after the event.
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  • New york Business men trying to get home after a steam pipe explosion In Manhatten. The July 18, 2007 New York City steam explosion sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40 story high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, Initial fears that the cause was terrorist related were quickly allayed by statements by mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials shortly after the event.
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  • Health and safety sign, photographed at an office In Connecticut; The sign shows hand, wrist and elbow stretches. it could  be perceived as an extension of health and safety policy going to far.  July 2007.From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Working lunch in the office of a city firm. With the recession still responsible for rising unemployment workers have to be seen to be working hard. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Decor dating back to opening of the office, Cape Town.  Most of the office staff have been here  for over twenty years. From the series Desk Job a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Sign in the office of Henri Schram where he works in  human resources at an office in Cape Town. Decor dates back to opening of the office, Smoking is allowed.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Dennis Orme, age 84 and still working as a computer operative at a small firm in Cape Town showing that age does not have to be abarrier to work. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Paul Quirk, centre, with colleagues in a  marketing meeting at TD waterhouse, Leeds. There is much debate about the efficiency of meetings and the amount of time wasted. 
There is a whole web site dedicated to making meetings more effective, effectivemeetings.com suggesting regular breaks as essential with twenty minutes the time an average person can concentrate for without getting fidgety and an hour and a half about the maximum amount of time one should meet for without a break. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Office workers colin selby left and Partap Rai, right, waiting to take part in an Evac Chair training exercise . From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Working lunch in the office of a city firm. With the recession still responsible for rising unemployment workers have to be seen to be working hard. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Working lunch in the office of a city firm. With the recession still responsible for rising unemployment workers have to be seen to be working hard. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
    607liquidcapital_27_207_1.jpg
  • Maxine Johnston and her mother Anne Hemming are both receptionists at this large accountancy firm in the south of England.  Seeing family members working together one might ask whether we are predisposed to follow our parents professions. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Michael Hodgkinsons desk showing a photograph of his daughter Rosanna. Being allowed to personalise ones desk space is a pleasure not enjoyed by all workers, some offices choose to outlaw the clutter that comes with personalisation. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Billy Astel, waiting for an interview for the position of call centre agent at the Listening Company in Richmond. Is it possible to see pre interview nerves by looking at  his body language? Possibly,  these days some interviewers are trained to examine body language as part of their interview technique.From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Sue Williams, out bound call centre agent demonstrates her individuality in the colour of her red hair while making calls from her office desk in London, United Kingdom. Office workers have little opportunity to express themselves because of the constraints of the office dress code. From Desk Job, a project which explores office life around the World.
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  • A call centre agent admires the view as sun breaks through after a downpour: The poster on the window relates to Donald Trump a possible role model for an office workers on account of a his vast wealth. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Rob Watson, call centre operative. Robs individual hair suggest a life outside work that is more fun, at least maybe that is the intended impression. Office workers have little opportunity to express themselves because of the constraints of the office dress code. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • The identity card of Michael M Minkevic, director of  business development at Luxoft next to his phone .From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • George Georgiev, vice president of business development, at a firm in Russia,  closing a deal perhaps but certainly focussed. His hand is clenched to a fist and his expression intent on the conversation he is having, the  telephone hands free set he is using allows him to concentrate on the job In hand . From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Sandy Stillions, car salesman with his head bowed next to a card board cut of another salesman. From a series of portraits of car salesmen taken in the southern states of America.
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  • A lady concentrates in a cluttered office unit beneath corporate artwork in Ernst & Young's Norman Foster-designed building. The oval-shaped picture depicts an esasperated-looking female rolling her eyes to the ceiling while her contemporary below stares down at her laptop surrounded by the paraphernalia of her accounting London job. Dressed in an open-neck shirt and wearing glasses, the woman at work is busy and preoccupied with the job in hand of auditing a company's accounts. Despite all the 385,000 square feet in the European headquarters on the River Thames, there is no spare space in this tiny office that she shares with another employee. The Fine Art has been supplied by Anderson O'Day and E & Y have invested in 500,000 Pounds of office art for their 114,000 employees in 700 locations across 140 countries around the world.
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  • Desmond Hunt, Car salesman at work, From a series of portraits of car salesmen taken in the southern states of America.
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  • Mini Library  photographed in the office of a investment manager, in London on the eighth of February 2007 shortly before the global recession. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Last rights: smokers and the smoking room on the final day before smoking in a public interior space is banned, in London on the 29th of June 2006.
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  • Last rights: smokers and the smoking room on the final day before smoking in a public interior space is banned, in London on the 29th of June 2006.  Pictured here  is MoD rep - Jim Williamson.
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  • Humorous sign highlighting work ethic issues photographed at an office In Connecticut; July 2007. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • A sign reading: …just keep your nerves! photographed at the office of   Berliner Kurier, in  Berlin on the 28th of February 2008. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Corridor of offices photographed in a local government finance office in Berlin , taken on the 28th of February 2008.<br />
 From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Detail of a female office worker, at a call centre in kingston, May 2006;  the worker is expressing her identity primarily with her bold jewellery.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Monitor showing a person know longer at work, or Logged off photographed at call centre office in Kingston in May 2006.
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  • Interiors shots at a commodity  broking firm in London. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Interiors shots at a commodity  broking firm in London. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Open outcry  takes place on the floor at the LME on 13th of December 2006 in London.  Established for over 130 years and located in the heart of The City of London, the London Metal Exchange is the worlds premier non-ferrous metals market. Trading takes place across three trading platforms: through open-outcry trading in the ‘Ring’, through an inter-office telephone market and through LME Select, the Exchange’s electronic trading platform.
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  • Largely pictured here are members of Sucdens trading firm  on the floor at the LME on 13th of December 2006 in London.  Established for over 130 years and located in the heart of The City of London, the London Metal Exchange is the worlds premier non-ferrous metals market. Trading takes place across three trading platforms: through open-outcry trading in the ‘Ring’, through an inter-office telephone market and through LME Select, the Exchange’s electronic trading platform.
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  • Open outcry  takes place on the floor at the LME on 13th of December 2006 in London.  Established for over 130 years and located in the heart of The City of London, the London Metal Exchange is the worlds premier non-ferrous metals market. Trading takes place across three trading platforms: through open-outcry trading in the ‘Ring’, through an inter-office telephone market and through LME Select, the Exchange’s electronic trading platform.
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  • Desk at a commodity and futures brokers firm in London. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Andrew Farage a Metal Trader, in London making a call during his break on the  13/12/2006. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Office worker.with her favourite mug, taking a break at her place of work in Cape Town.From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Call centre agents at work, Cape Town, South Africa. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Call centre agents are briefed for the days business, where they work in Cape Town. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Lunchtime at a call centre in Cape Town in South Africa, From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Attempt at humour is shown on the  sign, reading I love compliance,  on the door of the compliance department’s office, Leeds.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Board room at an online share brokers office in Leeds. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Office Graphitti on a white board  perhaps hinting at a love triangle, ofice in Leeds. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Howard Richman organising  the post in the  postroom where he works in Leeds.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Smoking break outside a typical Leeds office. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Receptionist, Agness Balch-Bart, Surrounded by the clutter of office life.From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Vew from the window of the marketing department of an office in Leeds. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Office workers Jeremy Greiff takes part in an Evac Chair training exercise. Healthy and Safety is becoming an increasingly important part of dally working life. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Drinks on offer in the office of an executive.
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  • Office worker does the lunch run, at a firm of traders in the City of London, interior. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • IT workers. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • A sea of computer monitors at Liquid Capital, a London derivatives trading company. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • An IT support worker wrestles with a spaghetti of cables serving the computer systems  at a trading company.From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Simon and  Rodger in lift posing for a portrait at his office, in Southampton.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Chris Somers takes a fast food lunch In the staff break room. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Virushka Sewprsad age 22, call centre agent works as the sun sets, the light catching her and forming a strong shadow of her head and headset against the wall. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Multiple microphones,  necessary for the work of a call centre. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Rob Watson takes a fast food lunch In the staff break room. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Yasmina Kalipa, sales assistant, marketing department the Moscow Times. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Portrait of Ben Mc Gee , Sales person of the year 2003. From a series on car salesmen taken in the southern states of America.
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  • Close up of office workers tie and lunch in the canteen, GKS, Brentford. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Interior shot of a screen  at a training centre in a London office conjures up visions of the nanny state and controlling organisations reminiscent of  George Orwell’s big brother scenario in his classic novel 1984. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Sally Williams drinks promotions and sales coordinator for GSK products working in Maidstone.  Sally is constantly on the go checking the stock levels and other issues of all the individual shops in her area. Having good mobile communication tools are essential in her business. She is a mother and works part time so the flexible working hours of her job are attractive. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Meeting room at a Glaxo Smith Kline, a health care company in Brentford.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Typical office humour in a British marketing department,  Glaxo Smith Kline, Brentford. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Sally Williams drinks promotions and sales coordinator for GSK products working in Maidstone.  She is photographed in a car park checking her diary. Sally is constantly on the go checking the stock levels and other issues of all the individual shops in her area. Having good mobile communication tools are essential in her business. She is a mother and works part time so the flexible working hours of her job are attractive. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
    479B_glaxokline6_604_1.jpg
  • Last rights: smokers and the smoking room on the final day before smoking in a public interior space is banned, in London on the 29th of June 2006.
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  • Call centre photographed in Connecticut, July 2007; the picture shows the scale of the workforce by depicting many individual cubicles in the same shot.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Humorous sign highlighting work ethic issues photographed at an office In Connecticut; July 2007. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Typical office furniture photographed at an office In Connecticut , July 2007. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Marina Schönebeck, 48, administrator, has been working in her  position since 1986. The card  on her desk translates as heroine  photographed in a local government finance office in Berlin , taken on the 28th of February 2008.<br />
 From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Workers travelling on an old fashioned elevator , in a local government finance office in Berlin , taken on the 28th of February 2008. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Office meeting room and monitors in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Lunch time at a call centre in Capetown, South Africa.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Nur de Bruyn team leader, enjoying Lunch time at a call centre in Capetown, South Africa. This  extremely large chip sandwich is normally shared. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Clutter and office debris at the desk of an employee, Leeds, UK.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Board room at an online share brokers office in Leeds. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Postcards  from around the world juxtaposed with a typically grey view from a Leeds office window . From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • View on a gloomy day. Looking thorough this window in the City of  London on a rainy day, conjures up a mood suitable for the recession the UK was in at the moment, the picture was taken; the longest and deepest since the 1930s,  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • View towards the Nat West Tower and the City of London from the boardroom.From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • View towards the Nat West Tower and the City of London from the boardroom of Liquid Capital, a London derivatives trading company.From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Meeting on the go at an accountancy firm in the south of England. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Simon Wilkes, accountant. posing for a portrait at his office, in Southampton.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Pete Swift, head of internal audit. posing for a portrait at his office, in Southampton.  From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Andrew Allen shuffling paper, with a colleague whilst competing for the same photocopier, at an office in Peterborough. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • office furniture in a Moscow Office. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Natalie Nedelko , Telemarketing operative, selling seminars in Cyprus on taxes, Moscow. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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  • Robert Massie, Car salesman smoking on his break. From a series on car salesmen taken in the southern states of America.
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  • Presentation  board in the marketing department office at Glaxo Smith Kline, Brentford. From the series Desk Job, a project which explores globalisation through office life around the World.
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