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  • Two Bangladeshi students in Stratford, East London. Jahanbin Reza, 25 (right) and Shakawoat Hossain Jahid, 22 (left) are bioth accounting students. Both finish their studies in July and are both very worried that there will be no work from them whn they graduate. They will have to leave the country and return home if there is no work. Shakawoat says "I can stay maybe one more year. We contribute lots of money to the UK economy, so they must think of us". This is a relatively poor area of London, but in recent years has seen much regeneration, the construction of a major transport hub and various shopping complexes. Stratford is adjacent to the London Olympic Park and is currently experiencing regeneration and expansion linked to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • Two Bangladeshi students in Stratford, East London. Jahanbin Reza, 25 (right) and Shakawoat Hossain Jahid, 22 (left) are bioth accounting students. Both finish their studies in July and are both very worried that there will be no work from them whn they graduate. They will have to leave the country and return home if there is no work. Shakawoat says "I can stay maybe one more year. We contribute lots of money to the UK economy, so they must think of us". This is a relatively poor area of London, but in recent years has seen much regeneration, the construction of a major transport hub and various shopping complexes. Stratford is adjacent to the London Olympic Park and is currently experiencing regeneration and expansion linked to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • Two Bangladeshi students in Stratford, East London. Jahanbin Reza, 25 (left) and Shakawoat Hossain Jahid, 22 (right) are bioth accounting students. Both finish their studies in July and are both very worried that there will be no work from them whn they graduate. They will have to leave the country and return home if there is no work. Shakawoat says "I can stay maybe one more year. We contribute lots of money to the UK economy, so they must think of us". This is a relatively poor area of London, but in recent years has seen much regeneration, the construction of a major transport hub and various shopping complexes. Stratford is adjacent to the London Olympic Park and is currently experiencing regeneration and expansion linked to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • Two Bangladeshi students in Stratford, East London. Jahanbin Reza, 25 (left) and Shakawoat Hossain Jahid, 22 (right) are bioth accounting students. Both finish their studies in July and are both very worried that there will be no work from them whn they graduate. They will have to leave the country and return home if there is no work. Shakawoat says "I can stay maybe one more year. We contribute lots of money to the UK economy, so they must think of us". This is a relatively poor area of London, but in recent years has seen much regeneration, the construction of a major transport hub and various shopping complexes. Stratford is adjacent to the London Olympic Park and is currently experiencing regeneration and expansion linked to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • Two Bangladeshi students in Stratford, East London. Jahanbin Reza, 25 (left) and Shakawoat Hossain Jahid, 22 (right) are bioth accounting students. Both finish their studies in July and are both very worried that there will be no work from them whn they graduate. They will have to leave the country and return home if there is no work. Shakawoat says "I can stay maybe one more year. We contribute lots of money to the UK economy, so they must think of us". This is a relatively poor area of London, but in recent years has seen much regeneration, the construction of a major transport hub and various shopping complexes. Stratford is adjacent to the London Olympic Park and is currently experiencing regeneration and expansion linked to the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • Vandalism to the tax-evading Lloyds TSB bank property the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to UK's economy. The high-street bank's cash dispenser has been sprayed in red, white and blue aerosol across the keypad, screen and slot after a day's rioting by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
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  • A Sun newspaper reader sits in the sunshine, below a statue in Threadneedle Street with the Bank of England to the left. We look upwards to the young man who wears a red shirt, all-typifying the Working Man in an English society still obsessed with class and status. This in front of the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influential in the UK's economy. There is a mixture of architectural eras here, with Sir John Soane's building legacy still a strong economic statement. The Sun is one of Britain's tabloid papers, selling over 3 million copies to mainly working class Britons, with a bias towards the young British male.
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  • Looking across Bank Triangle, we look up towards the Bank of England and the pillars of Cornhill. It is later afternoon and winter light is striking the architecture of this famous London landmark. Ahead are the converging columns of the famous Bank of England and to the right Cornhill Exchange at Bank Triangle in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. This perspective of suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
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  • Possessions and rubbish collects outside a repossessed Victorian terraced house in south London. In the foreground we see a For Sale sign strapped on the brick wall by local estate agents Burnet Ware & Graves in Herne Hill, Lambeth SE24. The front bay window has been sealed up with plyboard to stop squatters gaining entrance and the domestic remnants of evicted owners who have perhaps defaulted on their mortgage is thrown on the path - a scene of domestic poverty. As a result of the 1987 a stock market collapse, the UK economy experienced a downturn resulting in public services suffering a reduction, including the loss of owners' homes. The recession of the early 1990s describes the period of economic downturn affecting much of the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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  • Prices at the pumps in the Jet petrol station, Europe's first completely unleaded forecourt in London in 2001. The detailed picture shows us the amounts we paid for fuel in the early part of the 21st century when the UK's economy was still very prosperous, before the crashes and recessions of the following decade. This forecourt was the first to offer exclusively Unleaded petrol which wasn't then available across the country. Drivers were forced to journey to specially-converted stations far apart. On this day, it cost 36.8p a litre whereas 13 years later it would cost roughly £1 more for the same amount.
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  • A young mother holds her child while sitting on a street bench outside a closed 1990s Job Centre. As a result of the 1987 a stock market collapse, the UK economy experienced a downturn resulting in public services suffering a reduction, including the closure of the Job Centres of the day. The recession of the early 1990s describes the period of economic downturn affecting much of the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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  • Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. It is early evening as the ambient light fades while artificial illumination becomes the dominant light-source. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The dark pillars contrasting with the colourful (colorful) light emitted from this established Bank makes for a scene of stability and strength against the pity and tragedy of a past conflict that claimed millions of lives.
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  • Three large family members eat a picnic in a south London park. Sitting to watch an event in the main arena of the Lambeth Couty Show, the large people continue to eat while seated on a blanket on the park grass. Obesity rates in the UK are the highest in Europe and have increased dramatically over the past few years to such an extent that in excess of 20% of the population are now obese and the costs to the UK economy exceed £3 billion per year. The high prevalence of obesity in adults within England is alarming, with national averages of over 40% of males overweight and more than 20% obese in the 16-75 year age range, while in women the averages are lower for the overweight classification but higher for obesity.
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  • Bank of England on the left and neo-classical architecture of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. The man and lady are about to descend underground to Bank tube (subway) station beneath the converging columns of the famous Bank of England and Cornhill Exchange at Bank Triangle in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. They are homeward bound in the afternoon, their commuting exodus to be shared by a daily working population of 311,000. This perspective suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
    cornhill_architecture05-08-09-2014_1.jpg
  • Neo-classical architecture of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. The lady is about to descend underground to Bank tube (subway) station beneath the converging columns of the famous Bank of England and Cornhill Exchange at Bank Triangle in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The woman is on her way home in the afternoon, his commuting exodus to be shared by its daily working population of 311,000. This perspective suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
    cornhill_architecture03-08-09-2014_1.jpg
  • Bank of England  seen through rising pillars and columns of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. We look upwards to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influencial in the UK's economy. The tall pillars rise above and makes for a scene of stability and strength.
    cornhill_architecture02-08-09-2014_1.jpg
  • Bank of England  seen through rising pillars and columns of Cornhill Exchange, City of London. We look upwards to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. A new design Routemaster bus passes under the pillars going eastwards towards Bank Triangle, a busy intersection. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influencial in the UK's economy. The tall pillars rise above and makes for a scene of stability and strength.
    cornhill_architecture01-08-09-2014_1.jpg
  • A commuter descend the steps from the bright daylight to the dark of the London Underground, before making her way home from Royal Exchange at Bank Triangle by tube. Behind her are the tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. She is about to descend underground to Bank tube (subway) station beneath the streets of the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The lady homeward in the afternoon, her commuting exodus shared by its daily working population of 311,000. This perspective of suggests a bank and its architecture looking powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The pillars give a sense of establishment, a scene of classic stability and strength.
    bank_triangle06-08-04-2011_1.jpg
  • A housewife poses in her still undecorated home surrounded by material possessions bought with a credit card during the must-have economy. Shot in an era of Thatcherite must-have materialism, when the credit economy was a way of life for millions, decades before the recessions and financial crashes of the Noughties, this lady holds up her Visa card and glass of red wine. Surrounded by her purchases bought on credit, she smiles at us with economic confidence.
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  • About to board their Sri Lankan airlines flight to the Maldives, crowds of economy class passengers stand and make an orderly queue when their flight has been called by ground staff at London Heathrow airport England. Lines of people from all nations can be seen reflected in a large window that also overlooks the airport apron where their front-facing Airbus A340-300 aircraft awaits them, its flight-deck crew is seen in the cockpit readying their plane for the long night journey ahead. Catering service trucks are parked alongside the aircraft, loading supplies and all is on schedule from this large intercontinental airport hub to the much smaller island airfield in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the idyllic destination for holidaying Europeans.
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  • Workers sweep up as improvements take place underneath Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
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  • Workers sweep up as improvements take place underneath Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430workers clean oxford st_B.jpg
  • Workers sweep up as improvements take place underneath Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430workers clean oxford st_A.jpg
  • Shoppers, buses and Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430shopping london_Y.jpg
  • Shoppers, buses and Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430shopping london_X.jpg
  • Shoppers and Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430shopping london_U.jpg
  • Shoppers, buses and Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430shopping london_T.jpg
  • Shoppers and Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430shopping london_S.jpg
  • A CCTV security warning and damp stains on a card business window in an East Grinstead street in Sussex, a victim of the UK recession. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
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  • Last Day notice for a now closed business in central London, a victim of the UK recession. The words have been written on the pane of glass in white emulsion paint that has dripped and run before drying properly on the window of this anonymous office building in Holborn, London. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. The current one was caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages. Picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    last_day01-27-02-2012.jpg
  • Boarded up closed down buildings are a common site now all over London and the UK. Due to the recession and other social factors, many windows are now covered. Here the Hand & Racquet pub just off Leicester Square is closed. Pubs have been particulalry hit hard during the recession with many established public houses closing every week.
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  • Boarded up closed down buildings are a common site now all over London and the UK. Due to the recession and other social factors, many windows are now covered. Here the Hand & Racquet pub just off Leicester Square is closed. Pubs have been particulalry hit hard during the recession with many established public houses closing every week.
    closed down pub20111209_0561_1.jpg
  • Shoppers and Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430shopping london_W.jpg
  • Shoppers, buses and Union Jack flags in central London on Oxford Street, UK. This is the most famous street in the UK for shopping and mid range retail, and is consequently one of the busiest shopping streets in the country. As Britain prepares for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics, the scenes of national pride are becomming common.
    20120430shopping london_R.jpg
  • Old dirty broken Citroen 2CV car. London, England, UK. The Citroen 2CV (French: deux chevaux or deux chevaux-vapeur) is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive, air-cooled economy car introduced at the 1948 Paris Mondial de l'Automobile and manufactured by Citroën for model years 1948–1990.
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  • A vintage Morris Minor Traveller car in London, UK. The Morris Minor is a British economy car that debuted on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1972. Initially available as a two-door saloon, the range was subsequently expanded to include a wood-framed estate (the Traveller) from 1952.
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  • A vintage Morris Minor Traveller car in London, UK. The Morris Minor is a British economy car that debuted on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1972. Initially available as a two-door saloon, the range was subsequently expanded to include a wood-framed estate (the Traveller) from 1952.
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  • A cafe offering breakfasts for £1.95 Pounds in central London has closed, a victim of the UK recession. Swirls of emulsion paint on the business's window creating abstract patterns on the glass. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    recession_cafe01-28-02-2013.jpg
  • Last Day Friday notice for now closed Card Warehouse business in Bromley High Street, a victim of the UK recession. Poinsettias sit in a plastic bucket, each selling for £1.25. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    closed_business64-15-02_2009_1.jpg
  • Woman giving out flyers for a tattoo shop to shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK. Listening to music she was dancing whilst happily giving out information and chatting to potential customers.
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  • Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street pass a shop sign which says "It's chaos in here". UK.
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  • Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street pass a shop sign which says "It's chaos in here". UK.
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  • Central London on Regent Street, UK. Shop fronts and advertising promoting the mid to high level retail shops along this most famout of shopping streets. As seen in Vogue.
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  • Central London on Regent Street, UK. Shop fronts and advertising promoting the mid to high level retail shops along this most famout of shopping streets. As seen in Vogue.
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  • Shoppers in central London on Regent Street pass shop fronts and advertising promoting the mid to high level retail shops along this most famout of shopping streets. UK.
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  • Shoppers in central London on Regent Street pass shop fronts and advertising promoting the mid to high level retail shops along this most famout of shopping streets. UK.
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  • Shoppers gather outside Topshop in central London on Oxford Street. UK. Topshop is a mid range retail outlet.
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  • People outside Miss Selfridge retail store dwarfed in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
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  • Woman outside Miss Selfridge retail store in contrast in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
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  • People outside Miss Selfridge retail store dwarfed in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
    20120430shopping london_AG.jpg
  • People outside Miss Selfridge retail store dwarfed in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
    20120430shopping london_AF.jpg
  • People outside Miss Selfridge retail store dwarfed in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Businessman in contrast to young models in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
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  • People outside Miss Selfridge retail store dwarfed in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
    20120430shopping london_AD.jpg
  • People outside Miss Selfridge retail store dwarfed in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
    20120430shopping london_AC.jpg
  • Woman giving out flyers for a tattoo shop to shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK. Listening to music she was dancing whilst happily giving out information and chatting to potential customers.
    20120430shopping london_AB.jpg
  • Woman giving out flyers for a tattoo shop to shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK. Listening to music she was dancing whilst happily giving out information and chatting to potential customers.
    20120430shopping london_AA.jpg
  • Shoppers in central London on Regent Street pass shop fronts and advertising promoting the mid to high level retail shops along this most famout of shopping streets. UK.
    20120430shopping london_A.jpg
  • Shoppers in central London descend into Oxford Circus tube station. UK.As a worker hands out free copies of the newspaper The Evening Standard, this is a busy part of the daily commute.
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  • Woman cycling along on a Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme bicycle in central London, UK.
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  • Vandalism to Santander bank property the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy. Targetted because of the company's tax-evasion, the property was attacked and daubed with paint during a day's rioting by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
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  • Vandalism to property the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy. The words Cameron Kills have been sprayed by aerosol on a window in Piccadilly after a day's rioting by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
    riot_aftermath09-27-03-2011.jpg
  • 'Last Day' is written on a closed taylors business in London, a victim of the UK recession. Reduced prices and services are listed on the glass with a poster urging customers to grab a bargain. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    last_day02-19-12-2009.jpg
  • Sprayed writing on a closed recession business window. The words 'Last Day Closing .. any reasonable offers'. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    last_day01-31-05-2012.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family) is a five-door hatchback electric Nissan car. Its official range is 117 kilometres with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 2.4 L/100 km. The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle. CHAdeMO is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving". The name is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese, (or "How about some tea?"), referring to the time it would take to charge a car.
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  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family) is a five-door hatchback electric Nissan car. Its official range is 117 kilometres with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 2.4 L/100 km. The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle. CHAdeMO is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving". The name is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese, (or "How about some tea?"), referring to the time it would take to charge a car.
    electric_nissan03-21-03-2012_1.jpg
  • Shoppers in central London on Regent Street pass shop fronts and advertising promoting the mid to high level retail shops along this most famout of shopping streets. UK.
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  • Shoppers in central London on Regent Street pass shop fronts and advertising promoting the mid to high level retail shops along this most famout of shopping streets. UK.
    20120430shopping london_E.jpg
  • People outside Miss Selfridge retail store dwarfed in scale in front of the large photographic advertising hoardings dipicting slender models. Shoppers in central London on Oxford Street. UK.
    20120430shopping london_AH.jpg
  • Closed up Foot Locker shop on Camberwell Road in South London. This is a very common site all over London and the rest of the country due to the recent economic downturn, struggling economy. However in this case the shop has it's windows closed up due to the recent London riots. Specifically stores selling sports gear, electric goods, mobile phone and entartainment shops were targeted.
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  • Closed up shop on Denmark Hill in South London. This is a very common site all over London and the rest of the country due to the recent economic downturn, struggling economy. This shop was selling off it's remaining stock at a makeshift shop on the street just around the corner.
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  • Cracked glass in a foreign currency exchange rates window. Currencies from the Eurozone and the USA, to Canada and Egypt, are displayed in the window of a post office in south London where customers are able to buy their foreign holiday money. The rates are there too for buying and selling notes and coins from countries abroad. The glass has been smashed, its cracks spreading out from the central point of impact, a metaphor for the cracks in the global economy.
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  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London, stencil red lettering telling us the shop once sold suits from £99. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'. s
    closed_business03-19-02-2014.jpg
  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London, stencil red lettering telling us the shop once sold suits from £99. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'. s
    closed_business02-19-02-2014.jpg
  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London, stencil red lettering telling us the shop once sold suits from £99. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'. s
    closed_business03-19-02-2014.jpg
  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London, stencil red lettering telling us the shop once sold suits from £99. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'. s
    closed_business02-19-02-2014.jpg
  • Now closed menswear outfitters' empty window display in Moorgate, City of London, stencil red lettering telling us the shop once sold suits from £99. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'. s
    closed_business01-19-02-2014.jpg
  • Vandalism to an HSBC bank cash dispenser the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy. The word Thieves has been sprayed with aerosol on a boarded-up window relating to the belief by protesters that HSBC is a tax-evader. The riot by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
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  • Vandalism to an HSBC bank cash dispenser the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy. The word Thieves has been sprayed with aerosol on a boarded-up window relating to the belief by protesters that HSBC is a tax-evader. The riot by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
    riot_aftermath18-27-03-2011.jpg
  • Cleaning up street the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy.<br />
The words Smash the Bank have been sprayed with aerosol on wall relating to the belief by protesters that HSBC is a tax-evader. The riot by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
    riot_aftermath15-27-03-2011.jpg
  • Cleaning up street the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy.<br />
The word Thieves has been sprayed with aerosol on a boarded-up window relating to the belief by protesters that HSBC is a tax-evader. The riot by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
    riot_aftermath13-27-03-2011.jpg
  • Vandalism to a tax-evading HSBC bank dispenser the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy. Aerosol has been sprayed on the keypad, the screen and slot during a day's rioting by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
    riot_aftermath12-27-03-2011.jpg
  • Cleaning up street the morning after the TUC-organised anti-government cuts to Britain's economy. The Westminster council employee sweeps up glass and rubbish from Piccadilly with paint-spattered windows of the tax-evading Santander bank after a day's rioting by anarchists who broke away from a largely peaceful protest agasinst government economic cuts. Organisers estimated between 250,000 and 500,000 people took part but police said a total of 201 arrests had been made during the day largely for a variety of public order offences, they said. In addition, 66 people were reported to have been injured, including at least 31 police officers, 11 of whom required hospital treatment.
    riot_aftermath08-27-03-2011.jpg
  • A man's hand reaches the handle of a plug after the fast charging of a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge at a south London Nissan dealership. The Nissan Leaf (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km). The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.
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  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge at a south London Nissan dealership. The Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family) is a five-door hatchback electric Nissan car. Its official range is 117 kilometres with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 2.4 L/100 km.
    electric_nissan07-21-03-2012_1.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family) is a five-door hatchback electric Nissan car. Its official range is 117 kilometres with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 2.4 L/100 km. The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle. CHAdeMO is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving". The name is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese, (or "How about some tea?"), referring to the time it would take to charge a car.
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  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge at a south London Nissan dealership. The Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family) is a five-door hatchback electric Nissan car. Its official range is 117 kilometres with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 2.4 L/100 km.
    electric_nissan02-21-03-2012_1.jpg
  • Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge at a south London Nissan dealership. The Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family) is a five-door hatchback electric Nissan car. Its official range is 117 kilometres with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 2.4 L/100 km.
    electric_nissan01-21-03-2012_1.jpg
  • A Muslim woman shopper carries her shopping bag purchases over her shoulder in central London. Passing-by is a man in smart shirt and glasses along the Kings Road in Chelsea. The scene is a mix of cultures sharing the same need to buy goods, spending the same economy.
    chelsea_shopper03-07-09-2013_1_1.jpg
  • Closed up Foot Locker shop on Camberwell Road in South London. This is a very common site all over London and the rest of the country due to the recent economic downturn, struggling economy. However in this case the shop has it's windows closed up due to the recent London riots. Specifically stores selling sports gear, electric goods, mobile phone and entartainment shops were targeted.
    20110819riot boarded up shopsC.jpg
  • Closed up Entertainment Exchange shop on Camberwell Road in South London. This is a very common site all over London and the rest of the country due to the recent economic downturn, struggling economy. However in this case the shop has it's windows closed up due to the recent London riots. Specifically stores selling sports gear, electric goods, mobile phone and entartainment shops were targeted.
    20110819riot boarded up shopsA.jpg
  • The words 'Last Day' are painted in white emulsion on a window Camden North London, England. A Jesus figure, dolls  and various bric a brac are seen in the window behind the large lettering. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    window_lastday_03002-17-04-2007_1_1.jpg
  • A closed DVD rental shop in south London has gone bust, a victim of the UK's economic climate. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    recession_window06-30-10-2010.jpg
  • A closing down sale window is written with emulsion paint on glass in a London furniture shop. The reflection of the street behind can be seen with armchairs and cots. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    closed_business01-23-11-2009_1.jpg
  • Four associates celebrate a successful day's business by treating themselves to a lunchtime bottle of white wine amid the scenes of prosperity and wealth of early 90s Britain. At their feet in the bay window are the fruits of a buoyant economy - Magnums of and jeroboams of Champagne to help revel in the success of the era. This is the City of London, the heart of the capital's financial district where money is earned in great quantities and commodities traded in their millions. The commissions are huge and lunchtimes are extravagant.
    city_lunchtime02-20-05-1993_1.jpg
  • The locked and security grilled doorway of a Pakistani takeaway shop on Lumb Lane near Bradford City centre, Yorkshire. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    bradford_windows02-09-05-2009_1.jpg
  • A businessman hurries past a gient Boeing advertising poster during the Farnborough Air Show, England. The poster shows Boeing staff smiling towards the viewer whi;le standing in front of a 737 airliner, specially adapted for business and corporate use, rather than for just economy and premium passengers. The wokforce seem overjoyed to work for this American aircraft manufacturer, grinning to the man who is rushing past their smiling faces without the slightest interest. Farnborough is a world aviation and aerospace trade fair held every two years in Hampshire, England. 2008 will be the 60th year for exhibitors like Boeing to demonstrate and showcase their airliners to the world's aviation industry.
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  • LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, JUNE 9TH 2011. Mother Louise Irwin-Ryan with her daughter Georgia (11) and son Kiefer (8). Hanging around in the Harvist Estate, Arsenal, North London. Louise is on various benefits to help support her family income, and housing, although recent government changed to benefits may affect her family drastically, possibly meaning they may have to move out of London. Louise Ryan was born on the Wirral peninsula in 1970.  She moved to London with her family in 1980.  Having lived in both Manchester and Ireland, she now lives permanently in North London with her husband and two children. Through the years Louise has battled to recover from a serious motorcycle accident in 1992 and has recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, JUNE 18TH 2011. Mother Louise Irwin-Ryan waiting for a bus at the bus stop in her neighbourhood of Barnsbury, near to Kings Cross, North London. Louise is on various benefits to help support her family income, and housing, although recent government changed to benefits may affect her family drastically, possibly meaning they may have to move out of London. Louise Ryan was born on the Wirral peninsula in 1970.  She moved to London with her family in 1980.  Having lived in both Manchester and Ireland, she now lives permanently in North London with her husband and two children. Through the years Louise has battled to recover from a serious motorcycle accident in 1992 and has recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, JUNE 18TH 2011. Mother Louise Irwin-Ryan waiting for a bus at the bus stop in her neighbourhood of Barnsbury, near to Kings Cross, North London. Louise is on various benefits to help support her family income, and housing, although recent government changed to benefits may affect her family drastically, possibly meaning they may have to move out of London. Louise Ryan was born on the Wirral peninsula in 1970.  She moved to London with her family in 1980.  Having lived in both Manchester and Ireland, she now lives permanently in North London with her husband and two children. Through the years Louise has battled to recover from a serious motorcycle accident in 1992 and has recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
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  • LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, JUNE 18TH 2011. Mother Louise Irwin-Ryan walking to the shops in her neighbourhood of Barnsbury, near to Kings Cross, North London. Louise is on various benefits to help support her family income, and housing, although recent government changed to benefits may affect her family drastically, possibly meaning they may have to move out of London. Louise Ryan was born on the Wirral peninsula in 1970.  She moved to London with her family in 1980.  Having lived in both Manchester and Ireland, she now lives permanently in North London with her husband and two children. Through the years Louise has battled to recover from a serious motorcycle accident in 1992 and has recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder. (Photo by Mike Kemp/For The Washington Post)
    18062011mother on benefitsL.jpg
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