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  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London. Two children accompanied by adults who walk past the vagrant who sits forlornly on the pavement, surrounded by his worldly good - plastic bags attached to an old bike. We see a scene of poverty and privilege - of wealth versus hopelessness - on this prestgious London street where money speaks volumes for those with successful lives.
    homeless_wealth05-06-03-2014.jpg
  • A wealthy man's hand hangs outside his shiny black limousine, holding a cigarette. While stationary in traffic in the capital's West End, the unseen man hangs his arm outside of the very expensive vehicle, polished and shiny in winter sunshine. We see a scene of prosperity and arrogance at a time of an improving economy after years of recession and economic downturn. Here is a person of means and privilege, sat at the back of his Bentley, driven by a chauffeur.
    limo_cigarette01-13-02-2014.jpg
  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London. A well-dressed gentleman strides past the vagrant who sits forlornly on the pavement, surrounded by his worldly good - plastic bags attached to an old bike. We see a scene of poverty and privilege - of wealth versus hopelessness - on this prestgious London street where money speaks volumes for those with successful lives.
    homeless_wealth02-06-03-2014.jpg
  • Officer pilots of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, lean against a wing of their Hawk jet in a pre-flight briefing while a member of their ground crew positions some wheel chocks. The highly-skilled engineer is known as a 'Blue' but the 'Reds' discuss  flight plans. Eleven trades skills are imported from some sixty that the RAF employs and teaches. It is mid-day and only their flying boots and red legs are seen with the RAF roundel emblem is on the underside of the wing. The better-educated officers in the armed forces enjoy a more privileged lifestyle than their support staff. In the aerobatic squadron, the Blues outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly. Some of the team's Hawks are 25 years old and their air frames require constant attention, with increasingly frequent major overhauls due.
    Red_Arrows174_RBA_1.jpg
  • A man who is wearing a denim material jacket with studs sewn into the fabric and an expensive-looking wrist watch, drapes his arm over the shoulder of an unseen female at a glitzy couture party in London, for the fashion label Voyage. A large bouquet of flowers on the right are lit by a spotlight making their colours very bright and garish. The gathering was to celebrate the opening of the company's new store on the Fulham Road in a trendy area of Chelsea. It is an image of colourful (colorful) chic opulence and although  we see only the arm and back of two people and the slightly blurred flowers to the right, we imagine these people are wealthy and from privileged backgrounds.
    RB-0058.jpg
  • Students walking to lessons inside the private and exclusive Winchester College one of the country's top schools, Winchester city, UK
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  • Students walking to lessons inside the private and exclusive Winchester College one of the country's top schools, Winchester city, UK
    cp_uk_0216_1.jpg
  • Two young girls stand with their beloved ponies at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Adorned with winners’ rosettes, the horses look their finest for the judges. The girls are smart too, wearing the expected jackets and ties, jodhpurs and during competition, helmets too. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_girls-17-09-1999_1.jpg
  • Reserved parking cones are stacked outside the Intercontinental Hotel in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 25th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    slovenia-378-25-06-2018.jpg
  • Formally-dressed family arrive at the racecourse during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe’s best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
    royal_ascot26-19-06-2013_1.jpg
  • Wealthy friends enjoy bubbly and fizz during the annual Henley Regatta on a particularly hot afternoon at the Henley boat races, England. Dressed in quintessentially English blazers and English jackets and dresses, they are in jovial spirits during this annual festival of high-society, serious rowing and general clowning around on the rural Thames. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi
    regatta_toffs01-03-07-1993.jpg
  • In the middle of a field serving as a grass car park, three couples celebrate the Ladies' Day event at Royal Ascot. Holding their glasses to toast a grand day out at this annual sporting event in the social calendar, the gentlemen are dressed in formal top hats and tails, the ladies in wide hats and summer dresses. Grinning and looking smug in their upp-class social status, they are seated eccentrically and comically around a plastic table with a tablecloth, two Candelabras and their picnic lunch plates full of fine food.
    RB_010-19-06-2008.jpg
  • Well-dressed and well-appointed English people pass-by on the River Thames during the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. In the foreground is a smart and highly-polished launch filled with a party of friends who motor past while to their port (left) a rowing boat with three men in blazers pass them going downstream. On the riverbank a garden marquee hosts another social gathering. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi
    henley_regatta01-03-07-1993_1.jpg
  • We see a welcome screen at the British Airways Galleries Club lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. This exclusive facility is only available to passengers travelling open to passengers travelling in First, Club World and Club Europe as well as Gold and Silver Executive Club members and was designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport929-10-08-2009_1.jpg
  • Winning and losing contestants line up to receive their prizes at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The point of focus is a young cheeky-faced girl adorned with a winners’ special rosette and she grins cheekily to her friend alongside. Far right another girl less satisfied inspects her own rosette. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term that referred to a place where sporting events took place to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana01-17-09-1999_1.jpg
  • The legs of two young girls sit astride their beloved ponies at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Wearing a smart herringbone patterned jacket, regulation jodhpurs, short polished boots and holding a crop to encourage the horse to perform a series of trick and races, the rider nearest the viewer sits calmly awaiting the next event. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term that referred to a place where sporting events took place to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana03-17-09-1999_1.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    crufts_rosettes03-16-1987_1.jpg
  • Beneath Corinthian pillars and columns, members of English society look down from a balcony during the annual Trooping of the colour parade in the Mall. From their high vantagepoint, this high-society watches a parade of armed services members as they march past towards the nearby parade ground at Horseguards. Waving patriotic union jack flags, children join in the euphoria on this royal annual event, an occasion on the summer season's calendar. The Sovereign's birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday in June.
    balcony_soceity-20-06-1991_1.jpg
  • Behind railings that honoured American aviator Wilbur Wright at the annual Le Mans air show, France, seven spectators gaze upwards to a clear sky where a lone but unseen aircraft performs in front of the French crowd. Wright made 110 flights at Le Mans and nearby Auvours in 1908 and his legacy for French and global aerospace lives on at events like this where a replica of his Wright Flyer was also exhibited. It is a bright summer's day and the blue sky has vapour trails left by a previous display pilot's jet engine. A prominent British Union Jack flutters on a pole and the words 'invites' (for invited guests only) are printed on to sheets of paper. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis27-20-07-1998_1.jpg
  • Wrapped in a sleeping bag, a homeless person lies in the doorway of Waterstones bookshop which is displaying copies of both Michelle and Barack Obamas bestselling books Becoming and A Promised Land respectively, on Piccadilly, on 2nd February 2021, in London, England.
    west_end_night03-02-02-2021.jpg
  • A few pedestrians and a homeless person on the junction at Bank Triangle, in front of Royal Exchange and the Bank of England, during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, aka The Square Mile, on 2nd February 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city04-02-02-2021.jpg
  • Two women seen in close-up while shopping in Knightsbridge.
    women_shoppers01-04-04-1993_1_1.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    rosettes-17-09-1999.jpg
  • Wealthy friends enjoy bubbly and fizz during the annual Henley Regatta on a particularly hot afternoon at the Henley boat races, England. Dressed in quintessentially English blazers and English jackets and dresses, they are in jovial spirits during this annual festival of high-society, serious rowing and general clowning around on the rural Thames. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi
    regatta_toffs02-03-07-1993.jpg
  • A family risk their safety near a larger cruiser while passing-by in a tiny motorised boat on the River Thames during the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. The father and children float past the larger vessel that could badly damage their boat in a collision. The river is busy on Regatta weekend and vessels of all shapes and sizes occupy an otherwise narrow stretch of water in rural Oxfordshire. Parties and good-humour on-board the cruisers still means that river laws and good behaviour must be followed to avoid accidents. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi.
    henley_regatta02-03-07-1993_1.jpg
  • A group of four friends drink Champagne from glasses and plastic cups from beneath welcome shade during a particularly hot afternoon at the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. Dressed in quintessentially English blazers that denote their university and boat club, the four are in jovial spirits during this annual festival of high-society, serious rowing and general clowning around on the rural Thames. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi
    henley_blazer_men-03-07-1993_1.jpg
  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, two businessmen sit with identical laptops open, perched on their knees. The colleagues are en-route to Australia and are enjoying this exclusive facility (only available to passengers travelling in First and Gold Executive Club members) designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport921-10-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_pony01-17-09-1995_1.jpg
  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_pony02-17-09-1995_1.jpg
  • Listening intently to a speech given by the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke MP, the then-Chancellor in John Major’s Conservative government of 1994, these city and financial dignitaries have feasted well in the old Guildhall, the City of London’s town hall - the Guildhall - in the historic financial district of the capital. Wearing formal banquet attire, these chiefs of industry appear to be an all-male audience though there were also women sat at tables during the Banker's Dinner held every in June when the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech hosted by the Lord Mayor, which takes its name from his official residence nearby. They concentrate on the speech to hear the Chancellor’s predictions for growth and prosperity.
    guildhall_dinner-16-04-1994_1.jpg
  • At a beauty talent contest, the finalists line up to await the judges decision. The girls are dressed in all their finery with dresses, pinned up hair and sashes as they're seated in the gym at the Bedford-King Recreation Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The black community hold annual events here including sports competitions and occasions such this pageant where the girls and also boys prove their talents and potential. One young lady however, sees fit to poke her tongue out at the viewer in a cheeky display of humour and character. Her rivals seem oblivious and unaware of her irreverence but perhaps the judge is watching and her chances of winning are now impossible!
    atlanta_girls11-10-1995_1.jpg
  • Royal Ascot racegoers picnic on the grass of an event car park, on 18th June 1992, in Ascot, England. Trays of food and two bottles of Champagne have been consumed during a break from betting and socialising. They are dressed in formal morning dress of top hat, waistcoat, tails with two of the men wearing red roses in their lapel button holes, all traditional and obligatory dress code in the Royal Enclosures which can be seen by visitors in the public car parks near the famous Berkshire race course. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
    ascot01-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Hoping for passing trade, a homeless Big Issue magazine vendor spreads a blanket on to the chilly pavement for her pet dog companion outside a retail shop entrance. Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
    sale_bigissue03-20-01-2011.jpg
  • Hoping for passing trade, a homeless Big Issue magazine vendor stands on a street corner with her pet dog on the chilly pavement outside a retail shop entrance. Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
    sale_bigissue05-20-01-2011.jpg
  • While officers stand in the quadrangle, Britain's royal family appear on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. The VIPs above have all returned from the nearby parade ground at Horseguards where troops perform a marching ceremony on the Sovereign's birthday which is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on a Saturday in June. Traditionally they appear on the palace balcony and wave to royalist crowds. In this picture are members of royalty, now deceased including Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Pricess Diana. In the distance are officers who have also returned from the parade ground.
    royal_family-20-06-1991_1.jpg
  • An American expatriate living in Monaco laughs at a joke from an unseen person while standing near her apartment  in front of a beach mural on the Avenue Princess Grace. The cartoon character is a puny bather in an old fashioned bathing costume and flippers, showing off a scrawny arm and non-existant bicep. Seen from a low angle, the blonde-haired widow wears sunglasses, a black coat and speckled scarf around her neck, has been living in Monaco for many years and speaks fluent French. We see a smart lady in her middle-age enjoying her retirement in the warm Mediterranean climate.
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  • Two young 1990s girls stand with their beloved ponies at a gymkhana in, on 17th September 1999, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on childrens participation such as those organised here by the Pony Club. Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race also known as down and back, flag race, and pole bending.
    pony_girls-17-09-1999.jpg
  • Discarded leftovers of picnic food and drink on the grass during the annual Chelsea Flower Show, the annual event held by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in London. Plates of shellfish and puddings plus bottles and corks from champagne and Bucks Fizz, for example, are seen on the catering tays on a patch of grass near show pavilions.
    leftovers_rubbish-26-05-1989_1.jpg
  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, two businessmen sit with identical laptops open, perched on their knees. The colleagues are en-route to Australia and are enjoying this exclusive facility (only available to passengers travelling in First and Gold Executive Club members) designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport921-10-08-2009_1.jpg
  • In the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, an unseen business passenger hides his face while reading the Business section of the Daily Telegraph. With his laptop perched across his knees the anonymous man sits by a window where natural light is a feature of this exclusive facility (only available to passengers travelling in First and Gold Executive Club members) designed by Artwise. The lounge's 15,000 sq ft complex was built at the cost of £60 million. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport913-10-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_pony-17-09-1999_1.jpg
  • Detail of a rusty Wartburg 312 car standing at the kerbside in an eastern Berlin district. A sticker with the letters DDR as the German Democratic Republic (DDR in German and GDR in English) as East Germany was called during the Cold War. Any car was a highly-prized possession when ownership of luxury goods like vehicles aroused suspicion for other than Communist Party officials. This car may have been someone of rank or influence. The GDR was a self-declared socialist state, referred to in the West as a "communist state" in the Soviet Sector of occupied Germany created after the second world war and partitioned when DDR leaders built the Berlin Wall that eventually segregated Germany and Europe. The East Germany state existed from 7 October 1949 until 3 October 1990 and was a potent symbol of a divided Europe during the Cold War.
    DDR_travel01-06_1990_1.jpg
  • During the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, anti-lockdown protesters disregard social distancing rules or adhere to the terms of their own risk assessment, during their march through central London and into Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2020, in London, England. Eighteen people were arrested at the protest where they called for a return of their freedoms.
    anti_lockdown_protest01-24-10-2020.jpg
  • A very smart young man of afro-Caribbean descent wears a quintessentially English summer straw hat, cravat and pinstriped blazer during a hot afternoon at the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. He stands with the hat shading his dark-skinned face from a sun, while chatting to unseen friends. He appears to be a student at an English university – Oxford or Cambridge – and is here to take in the social scene at this famous boating event on the River Thames. In 1829 a boat race challenge was held between teams representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The venue chosen was a straight stretch of the Thames at the small town of Henley-on-Thames. Now held July and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season for the hoi polloi.
    afro_society-03-07-1993_1.jpg
  • Behind their horsebox, a dedicated mother puts the finishing touches to her daughter's hair at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Wearing regulation jodhpurs, tie and hairnet, the young girl is almost ready to mount her pony and hopefully earn winning rosettes. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term that referred to a place where sporting events took place to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana02-17-09-1999_1.jpg
  • From a low angle, we see the crowds of racing upper classes in the members' enclosure, gathering to watch a winning horse pass-by at the Ascot races. Top-hatted gentlemen accompanied by ladies in pink and girls in white lace dresses mingle in the area reserved for the privileged at this famous race event. The back quarters of the winning horse with its veins and muscle shine through its paper-thin skin reveal an athletic animal bred for speed and endurance.
    ascot_winner01-19-06-2008_1.jpg
  • Women outside The Ivy Chelsea Garden on Kings Road, use their mobile phones on 24th May 2017 in London, United Kingdom.  From the series Our Small World, an observation of our mobile phone obsessions
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  • On the day that Britains new Conservative Party Prime Minister, Boris Johnson enters Downing Street to begin his government administration, replacing Theresa May after her failed Brexit negotiations with the European Union in Brussels, Class War protesters stretch their classist banner outside Downing Street, on 24th July 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    boris_johnson_new_PM-20-24-07-2019.jpg
  • A young girl and her mother prepare for the child's birthday party by tying balloons to the railings of their fine house in this exclusive and classically-designed location in Belgravia, London. The pastel-coloured balloons are helium-filled and rise up in a breeze as the girl smiles to herself. 103 Eaton Place faces Eaton Square, one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
    belgravia026-26-04-2008_1.jpg
  • On the day that Britains new Conservative Party Prime Minister, Boris Johnson enters Downing Street to begin his government administration, replacing Theresa May after her failed Brexit negotiations with the European Union in Brussels, Class War protesters stretch their classist banner outside Downing Street, on 24th July 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    boris_johnson_new_PM-24-24-07-2019.jpg
  • On the day that Britains new Conservative Party Prime Minister, Boris Johnson enters Downing Street to begin his government administration, replacing Theresa May after her failed Brexit negotiations with the European Union in Brussels, Class War protesters stretch their classist banner outside Downing Street, on 24th July 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    boris_johnson_new_PM-26-24-07-2019.jpg
  • A young girl hangs from railings where her helium-filled  birthday balloons signal the party is soon to commence as her mother prepares indside their fine house in an exclusive and classically-designed location in Belgravia, London. The pastel-coloured balloons rise up in a breeze as the girl is self-absorbed on her big day. 103 Eaton Place faces Eaton Square, one of London's three garden squares built by Thomas Cubitt and the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia from 1826 until 1855. Belgravia attracts actors, politicians, ambassadors, big-budget bankers, traders and Prime Ministers like Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin at number 93.
    belgravia029-26-04-2008_1.jpg
  • A man in a suit checks his mobile phone outside Sloane Square tube station on 24th May 2017 in London, United Kingdom.  From the series Our Small World, an observation of our mobile phone obsessions
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  • Two prisoners at YOI Aylesbury play table tennis during association time on H wing. Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the UK can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise. They are often housed together in their own wing. There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced. HMYOI / HM Prison Aylesbury (Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Aylesbury) is a prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
    HMYOI_Aylesbury-3563_1.jpg
  • An ‘enhanced’ prisoner writing a letter home in his cell on H wing at YOI Aylesbury. Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the UK can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise. They are often housed together in their own wing. There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced. HMYOI / HM Prison Aylesbury (Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Aylesbury) is a prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
    HMYOI_Aylesbury-3438_1.jpg
  • An 'enhanced' prisoner doing press ups in his room on H wing at the Young Offenders Institution  in Aylesbury, United Kingdom.  Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the U.K. can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise.  They are often housed together in their own wing.  There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced.
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  • An ‘enhanced’ prisoner mopping his cell on H wing at the Young Offenders Institution in Aylesbury, United Kingdom. Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the UK can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise. They are often housed together in their own wing. There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced. HMYOI / HM Prison Aylesbury (Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Aylesbury) is a prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
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  • An 'Enhanced' prisoner in his room on H wing at the Young Offenders Institution  in Aylesbury, United Kingdom.  Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the U.K. can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise.  They are often housed together in their own wing.  There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced.
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  • 'Enhanced' prisoners walking down the corridor of H wing at the Young Offenders Institution  in Aylesbury, United Kingdom.  Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the U.K. can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise.  They are often housed together in their own wing.  There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced.
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  • An 'Enhanced' prisoner reading a newspaper while his cell mate plays computer games on H wing at the Young Offenders Institution in Aylesbury, United Kingdom. Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the UK can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise. They are often housed together in their own wing. There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced. HMYOI / HM Prison Aylesbury (Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Aylesbury) is a prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
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  • Plastic cups issued to prisoners and a picture of semi-nude women inside an 'enhanced' prsoners room on H wing at the Young Offenders Institution  in Aylesbury, United Kingdom.  Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the U.K. can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise.  They are often housed together in their own wing.  There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced.
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  • 'Enhanced' prisoners walking down the corridor of H wing at the Young Offenders Institution in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the UK can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise. They are often housed together in their own wing. There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced. HMYOI / HM Prison Aylesbury (Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Aylesbury) is a prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
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  • An 'enhanced' prisoner doing press ups in his room on H wing at the Young Offenders Institution  in Aylesbury, United Kingdom.  Under the Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme, prisoners in the U.K. can earn extra privileges for good behaviour such as wearing their own clothes, having televisions in their cells, and having more free time to socialise.  They are often housed together in their own wing.  There are three levels of earned privileges - Basic, Standard and Enhanced.
    09-aylesbury-3457.jpg
  • A young girl volunteer is caked in mud after an activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo. Beaming from ear to ear, the lady relishes her time here in one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It will have been a life-changing experience for her and her newfound friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • Sweating in tropical heat, two young men volunteers gaze up to the roof of the rainforest canopy whilst on a Raleigh International expedition in Brunei, Borneo. This is one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet and will have been a life-changing experience for them and their friends from all over the world who will have raised several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • A young girl volunteer is hauled from a mud hole after an activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo. Beaming from ear to ear, the lady relishes her time here in one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It will have been a life-changing experience for her and her newfound friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • Vote or Die headline on a poster to encourage African Americans to vote in the democratic primary on 3rd March 2020 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Voter suppression is rife in Alabama: a report from March 2020 by the Southern Poverty Law Centre shows that it is difficult to register and to vote, especially for African Americans. Alabama and its Governor Kay Ivey deem the vote as a privilege to be protected rather than a right for all. It is feared that voter suppression will be a key element of Trump’s campaign in the 2020 elections.
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  • A visitor becomes emotional as she talks to one of the prisoners from behind a glass security screen. HMP Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom. Families can visit prisoners every Monday afternoon from 13.30 - 16.30. There are no visits on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or Good Friday. The number and duration of visits depends on the prisoner’s privilege level, which he earns by his behaviour.
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  • The closed visiting rooms, where prisoners are separated from their visitors by a glass partition. HMP Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom. Families can visit prisoners every Monday afternoon from 13.30 - 16.30. There are no visits on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or Good Friday. The number and duration of visits depends on the prisoner’s privilege level, which he earns by his behaviour.
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  • A young adventurer bends down to inspect a newly-killed forest pig whilst on a Raleigh International expedition in Brunei, Borneo. The hog is dead and the boy wears only flip-flops and shorts but this is one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet and will have been a life-changing experience for him and his friends from all over the world who will have raised several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • Grinning from ear to ear, young volunteers throw themselves over a fallen tree during a strenuous activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo, one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It has been a life-changing experience for them and their new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    raleigh_climbers09-28-1992.jpg
  • A young girl volunteer is caked in mud after an activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo. Beaming from ear to ear, the lady relishes her time here in one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It will have been a life-changing experience for her and her newfound friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    expedition_woman01-28-09-1992_1.jpg
  • A Prisoner sits with his partner and their daughter, in the visitors centre at HMP Wandsworth in South West London. Families can visit prisoners every Monday afternoon from 13.30 - 16.30. There are no visits on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or Good Friday. The number and duration of visits depends on the prisoner’s privilege level, which he earns by his behaviour.
    HMPwandsworth-Family-Visit_7966_1.jpg
  • A young girl volunteer is caked in mud after an activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo. Beaming from ear to ear, the lady relishes her time here in one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It will have been a life-changing experience for her and her new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    raleigh-international01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • In front of car ad billboards, a memorial has been placed where ‘Jay’ died on St George's Circus, London, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: “Everything you touched turned to gold” From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances
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  • A memorial has been placed where a young Spanish schoolboy boy called 'Diego' died at Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "“Diego our friend, we are sorry you had to die like this.” “School will never be the same without you.” From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • This memorial has been placed where young men called Steve, Si and Sammy died on the A286 Easebourne, Sussex, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "“I am the lucky one - my son survived - I wish so much it had been all of them.” From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.”
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  • A stone carving of the German-born news tycoon, Paul Julius Reuter, seen at lunchtime in the City of London, the capital's financial district. Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter (Baron de Reuter) (21 July 1816 – 25 February 1899), a German entrepreneur, pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting was a journalist and media owner, and the founder of the Reuters news agency. Reuter founded Reuters, one of the major financial news agencies of the world. On 17 March 1857, Reuter was naturalised as a British subject, and on 7 September 1871, the German Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha conferred a barony (Freiherr) on Julius Reuter. The title was later "confirmed by Queen Victoria as conferring the privileges of the nobility in England"
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  • A stone carving of the German-born news tycoon, Paul Julius Reuter, seen at lunchtime in the City of London, the capital's financial district. Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter (Baron de Reuter) (21 July 1816 – 25 February 1899), a German entrepreneur, pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting was a journalist and media owner, and the founder of the Reuters news agency. Reuter founded Reuters, one of the major financial news agencies of the world. On 17 March 1857, Reuter was naturalised as a British subject, and on 7 September 1871, the German Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha conferred a barony (Freiherr) on Julius Reuter. The title was later "confirmed by Queen Victoria as conferring the privileges of the nobility in England"
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  • Children exercising before lessons outside the Tirana Middle School for languages. This privileged state school in the centre of town had few books or glass panes in the windows and class sizes of 40.
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  • A sign in Tirana middle school for language. This privileged state school in the centre of town had few books or glass panes in the windowsand class sizes of 40.
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  • Engineering ground staff member of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, tests red smoke canister in a regular safety procedure. The man belongs to a team of highly-skilled engineers known as the  'Blues' who support the pilots known as the Reds. Eleven trades skills are imported from some sixty that the Royal Air Force (RAF) employs and teaches. The better-educated officers in the armed forces enjoy a more privileged lifestyle than their support staff. In the aerobatic squadron, the Blues outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
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  • The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark; born 10 June 1921) is seen driving a carriage at the Lowther Show in Cumbria. Enjoying his favourite pastime of carriage racing he looks relaxed and happy to be able to enjoy this sport of the socially privileged. Holding the reins and about to put another glove on his hand, the Duke is dressed in tweed and wears a tie and hat that has a horse badge on the front. The Duke was also a Polo player in his youth and adult life; though he eventually gave up the sport due to age but carried on competing in carriage driving, a sport which he helped expand, and for which he wrote the early rule book
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  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called ‘Franklyn’ died on the Prince of Wales Road, London, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: “I will neva 4get U, love U enough will miss U loads/What hope for dead loved ones (From a left copy of The Watchtower).' From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
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  • Memorials have been placed where a young man called 'Marurice' died on the A215 Walworth Road in London, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One read: “Top fella/Don't worry, I'll look after your sisters/May you and your family find true justive so your soul may rest in Peace.” From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called ‘Aiden’ died in Prebend Street, London, England. If we just ignored this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: “Champion among men, now a champion of angels/A star in the Heavens has been named in memory of Aiden.” From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
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  • A memorial has been placed where ‘Amy’ died on the A27 near Binstead, Sussex, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: “To Amy (aged 14)/In my heart there is a picture worth more than silver and gold/it is a picture of my auntie Amy/whose memory will never grow old/Death comes so very quick/you never know when you’re going to be picked.” From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances
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  • A memorial has been placed where two policemen called Tony and Mark died at A2 Shooters Hill, London, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. Two read: “Metropolitan Police Memo. With deep regrets/‘C’ team, Lewisham.” And "May God be with your families at this time.  From Custody.” From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • A memorial has been placed where murdered school boy Damilola Taylor died at Hordle Promenade, North Peckham Estate, London, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: “May your sweet little soul rest in perfect Peace/“Evil kids has took your life away (but your spirit is always with us).” From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • A memorial has been placed where a young lawyer called Alex died on London Wall A1211, City of London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "“Missing you so very much at this time of year. Mum and Dad.” From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • A memorial has been placed where ‘Sarah’ died near the A29 in Pulborough, Sussex, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to there too with touching poems and dedications written by family and loved-ones. One reads: “A little Angel lent, not given/to be born on earth/and grow in Heaven/We have lost a Princess, but gained an Angel/To take you so soon is tragic we know/but when Jesus calls, you just have to go." From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. We lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on roadsides and cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials006-05-07_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a man and father called Nigel died at Huggin Hill, City of London, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: “To Daddy.  Love you always and forever. Your little girl. 24th Dec 1967 - 9th May 2001.” From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • This memorial has been placed where a man called 'Andre,' died at Butterfly Walk, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "“Did you witness anyone leaving the area with bloodstained clothing?." From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • Tirana Middle School for languages. This privileged state school in the centre of town had few books or glass panes in the windows and class sizes of 40.
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  • Officer pilots of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, lean against a wing of their Hawk jet in a pre-flight briefing while a member of their ground crew positions some wheel chocks. It is mid-day and the officers are deep in conversation with the RAF roundel emblem is on the jet aircraft. The better-educated officers in the armed forces enjoy a more privileged lifestyle than their support staff. In the aerobatic squadron, the Blues outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly. Some of the team's Hawks are 25 years old and their air frames require constant attention, with increasingly frequent major overhauls due.
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  • Engineering ground staff's tea mugs of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team. An assortment of these cups with names on are hanging on hooks in the engineers staff canteen of this famous aerobatic team. They belong to a team of highly-skilled engineers known as the  'Blues' who support the pilots known as the Reds. Eleven trades skills are imported from some sixty that the Royal Air Force (RAF) employs and teaches. The better-educated officers in the armed forces enjoy a more privileged lifestyle than their support staff. In the aerobatic squadron, the Blues outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
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  • A memorial has been placed where a man called Dennis died on the  A227 Coldharbour Lane, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "This was a good man." From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • A memorial has been placed where a fictitious TV character called Victor Meldrew was filmed being killed at Shawford Station, Hants, England, UK. If we drove past where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "We don't want to win a million, we want Victor back!" From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • This memorial has been placed where a man called 'Lee' died on the A3130 Tickenham Road, Somerset, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "“Do not stand at my grave and weep/I am not there, I do not sleep.” “I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in a circled flight.” From a project about makeshift shrines: “Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • This memorial has been placed where a young man called 'Clinton' died on the A1206 Manchester Road, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "Your body is soft, not like street, Clinton." From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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