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  • We see two unsighted children reaching out to feel the soft feathers of a penguin as part of their learning experience for unsighted (or near-blind) children as well as the extra therapy of heightening their touch sensation. The penguin belongs to Drusillas Park Zoo near to Alfriston, in East Sussex targeting children aged between about 2 to 10. The zoo is home to many exotic wild and domestic animals with hands-on activities such as this.
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  • As a small monkey looks on through the thick glass of its enclosure, we see two unsighted children reaching out to feel the soft feathers of a Barn Owl. As part of their learning experience as blind (or near-blind) children as well as the extra therapy of heightening their touch sensensation.<br />
The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). Drusillas Park is a small zoo near to Alfriston, in East Sussex targetting children aged between about 2 to 10. The zoo is home to many exotic wild and domestic animals with hands-on activities such as this.
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  • Wearing darkened glasses, unsighted Tim Gutteridge stands outside The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association's offices in Reading, England with Lewis, a one year-old Labrador Retriever who has been groomed to become a guide dog. Tim is hoping to forge a strong relationship with his new-found companion whose job is to confidently leads the way anticipating and avoiding obstacles and dangers. Animals like Lewis don't start learning with a guide dog trainer until they are 12-15 months old. There are around 5,000 working guide dogs in the UK today, though the Guide Dogs charity care for around 8,000 dogs, including breeding stock, puppies, dogs in training and retired dogs. A sign in bright yellow says 'Please don't distract me I'm working.'
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  • Wearing darkened glasses, unsighted Tim Gutteridge walks along a suburban pavement near to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association's offices in Reading, England with Lewis, a one year-old Labrador Retriever who has been groomed to become a guide dog. Tim is hoping to forge a strong relationship with his new-found companion who confidently leads the way along the path anticipating and avoiding obstacles and dangers. Animals like Lewis don't start learning with a guide dog trainer until they are 12-15 months old. There are around 5,000 working guide dogs in the UK today, though the Guide Dogs charity care for around 8,000 dogs, including breeding stock, puppies, dogs in training and retired dogs.
    guide_dog02-15-12-2007 _1.jpg
  • Unsighted or partially-sighted pedestrian crosses London Bridge during the evening rush hour. Using his stick to feel his way through the crowds and listening to the sounds of the city, he walks along surrounded by others on the pavement and in a passing bus. Commuters stride alongside a bus followed by others walking out of the City of London. There has been a crossing over the Thames here since the Romans first forded the river in the early 1st Century with subsequent medieval and Victorian stone bridges becoming an important thoroughfare from the City on the north bank, to Southwark on the south where transport hubs such as the mainline station gets commuters to the suburbs and satellite towns.
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  • With a blindfolded trainer, a young Labrador dog learns how to negotiate obstructions and hazards as part of its training as a guide dog. There are around 5,000 working guide dogs in the UK today, though the Guide Dogs charity cares for around 8,000 dogs, including breeding stock, puppies, dogs in training and retired dogs. Before the young dog is allowed out into the real streets outside it must prove its natural ability to take its unsighted owner safely along a series of obstructive objects.
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  • Due to sudden blindness, 2 year-old pet poodle wears eye goggles and a sonar device to help it navigate the streets and lead a near-normal life, on 11th September 2018, in Ludlow, Shropshire, England UK.
    blind_dog-01-11-09-2018.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Using an empty barbell to practice reps, she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher54-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London. Gallagher was one of seven skiers for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Following the Paralympics Gallagher sought a new sighted guide to work with her through to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi and selected 19-year-old Charlotte Evans from Medway. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher370-30-08-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Helped by her trainer, she practices pull-ups to help build thigh strength while starting a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher313-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London. Gallagher was one of seven skiers for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Following the Paralympics Gallagher sought a new sighted guide to work with her through to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi and selected 19-year-old Charlotte Evans from Medway. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher354-30-08-2014_1.jpg
  • Three trainee guide dogs and their new blind owners practice crossing the road near the The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, on 9th June 1997, in Reading, England.
    guide_dogs-09-06-1997.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London. Gallagher was one of seven skiers for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Following the Paralympics Gallagher sought a new sighted guide to work with her through to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi and selected 19-year-old Charlotte Evans from Medway. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher374-30-08-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher physio training at the Sports Centre in the University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Using a balance aide to simulate downhill skiing <br />
she finds the going hard as she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014. From the chapter entitled 'The Law of Gravity' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher and her sighted guide Charlotte Evans at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London. Gallagher was one of seven skiers for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Following the Paralympics Gallagher sought a new sighted guide to work with her through to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi and selected 19-year-old Charlotte Evans from Medway. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher379-30-08-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Showing us her gold medal under the gaze of a venus statue we see Kelly as a close-up portrait. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher258-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Doping squats to build strength in her thighs, she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher310-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Practicing sit-ups she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher116-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Handling weightted pulleys she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher100-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Having the sight of only a few feet and with poor close-up vision she uses her Smartphone that features a still of her downhill racing. From the chapter entitled 'The Law of Gravity' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    kelly_gallagher264-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Consulting with her trainer she talks about a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. <br />
Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher07-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Practicing sit-ups she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher312-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Practicing side-stands she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher86-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Practicing press-ups, she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher43-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Consulting with her trainer she talks about a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. <br />
Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher27-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Talking in an interview situation she makes a point using her hands. From the chapter entitled 'The Law of Gravity' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    kelly_gallagher212-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher signs autographs at the National Paralympic Day, Stratford, London. Gallagher was one of seven skiers for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher359-30-08-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Starting to regain fitness after a summer break, she finds the going hard as she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher164-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. Using an empty barbell to practice reps, she starts a new training regime for the forthcoming winter season. Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE is a Northern Irish skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.
    kelly_gallagher36-22-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter on Regent Street, central London. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London. People out shopping walk past and their reaction is plain to see.
    23042011litter rubbish trashB.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter opposite the Houses of Parliament, central London. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London. Tourists gather her to take pictures. The result of so may people is plain to see.
    25042011litter rubbish trashD.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter on Regent Street, central London. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London. People out shopping walk past and their reaction is plain to see.
    23042011litter rubbish trashA.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter opposite the Houses of Parliament, central London. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London. Tourists gather her to take pictures. The result of so may people is plain to see.
    25042011litter rubbish trashC.jpg
  • Controversial local issue of discarded rubbish and fly-tipped litter on the street, on 7th March 2017, in Herne Hill, SE24, London borough of Lambeth, England.
    herne_hill-02-07-03-2017.jpg
  • Controversial local issue of discarded rubbish and fly-tipped litter on the street, on 7th March 2017, in Herne Hill, SE24, London borough of Lambeth, England.
    herne_hill-03-07-03-2017.jpg
  • Graffiti has been sprayed in red with aerosol on the wall of an estate agent in Herne Hill, South London England. "Homes for the Homeless, not Yuppies" it reads along with the Anarchists' Circle-A symbol, meaning that housing should be made available for families needing a roof over their heads, rather than overpricing properties for the middle-classes buying for profit and investment. We see the writing on the wall beneath pictures in windows of houses and flats in the SE24 area where prices are posted along with details of the buildings. The house-buying market climbs according to demand in areas of the city such as this, forcing up values which are out of reach to ordinary, working people unable to climb the property ladder.
    RB_040-30-04-2008.jpg
  • A jogging lady runs past a controversial local issue of discarded rubbish and fly-tipped litter on the street, on 7th March 2017, in Herne Hill, SE24, London borough of Lambeth, England.
    herne_hill-05-07-03-2017.jpg
  • The main nose wheel of a British Airways airliner is parked on a stand at Heathrow Airport. The identifying names of the Boeing type range such as 777s, 767, 747 and 757s are also stencilled on the apron concrete to allow exact distances for expandable air bridges and other airfield vehicles to connect and service these differing-sized commercial airliners. The pilot has devices inside and outside to gauge the exact spot to break to a standstill though these marks are largely unsighted to them, high up in the cockpit. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1090-11-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • The main nose wheel of a British Airways airliner is parked on a stand at Heathrow Airport. The identifying names of the Boeing type range such as 777s, 767, 747 and 757s are also stencilled on the apron concrete to allow exact distances for expandable air bridges and other airfield vehicles to connect and service these differing-sized commercial airliners. The pilot has devices inside and outside to gauge the exact spot to break to a standstill though these marks are largely unsighted to them, high up in the cockpit. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1570-20-08-2009_1.jpg
  • The main nose wheel of a British Airways airliner is parked on a stand at Heathrow Airport. The identifying names of the Boeing type range such as 777s, 767, 747 and 757s are also stencilled on the apron concrete to allow exact distances for expandable air bridges and other airfield vehicles to connect and service these differing-sized commercial airliners. The pilot has devices inside and outside to gauge the exact spot to break to a standstill though these marks are largely unsighted to them, high up in the cockpit. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..
    heathrow_airport1090-11-08-2009_1.jpg
  • Cycle locks outside the Uffizi gallery, Florence. Florence has decided to stamp out a tradition which has recently drawn thousands of young lovers to the city's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge. Enamoured couples have been going to the bridge to attach padlocks to a bronze bust and the railings around it. The act is seen as symbolising the 'unbreakable' bonds uniting them.<br />
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The result, according to grumpy council officials, has been a proliferation of unsightly clusters of metal disfiguring the monument to Benvenuto Cellini, one of the city's most famous artistic sons. In the winter of 2011 the council set a team of metal cutters to work removing the 5,500 locks which had accumulated on the railings. Meanwhile, city police have been told to watch over the busy tourist site and to slap a 50-euro fine on anyone who tries to attach a lock. The work of removing the "lucchetti d'amore" took a long time because workmen were battling against a never-ending flow of loving couples who arrived in Florence and made straight for the Ponte Vecchio
    _MG_9572_1.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter at Blackfriars, London, UK. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London.
    20140531_rubbish_B.jpg
  • Cycle locks outside the Uffizi gallery, Florence. Florence has decided to stamp out a tradition which has recently drawn thousands of young lovers to the city's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge. Enamoured couples have been going to the bridge to attach padlocks to a bronze bust and the railings around it. The act is seen as symbolising the 'unbreakable' bonds uniting them.<br />
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The result, according to grumpy council officials, has been a proliferation of unsightly clusters of metal disfiguring the monument to Benvenuto Cellini, one of the city's most famous artistic sons. In the winter of 2011 the council set a team of metal cutters to work removing the 5,500 locks which had accumulated on the railings. Meanwhile, city police have been told to watch over the busy tourist site and to slap a 50-euro fine on anyone who tries to attach a lock. The work of removing the "lucchetti d'amore" took a long time because workmen were battling against a never-ending flow of loving couples who arrived in Florence and made straight for the Ponte Vecchio
    _MG_9576_1.jpg
  • Cycle locks outside the Uffizi gallery, Florence. Florence has decided to stamp out a tradition which has recently drawn thousands of young lovers to the city's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge. Enamoured couples have been going to the bridge to attach padlocks to a bronze bust and the railings around it. The act is seen as symbolising the 'unbreakable' bonds uniting them.<br />
<br />
The result, according to grumpy council officials, has been a proliferation of unsightly clusters of metal disfiguring the monument to Benvenuto Cellini, one of the city's most famous artistic sons. In the winter of 2011 the council set a team of metal cutters to work removing the 5,500 locks which had accumulated on the railings. Meanwhile, city police have been told to watch over the busy tourist site and to slap a 50-euro fine on anyone who tries to attach a lock. The work of removing the "lucchetti d'amore" took a long time because workmen were battling against a never-ending flow of loving couples who arrived in Florence and made straight for the Ponte Vecchio
    _MG_9578_1.jpg
  • Rubbish bags piled high awaiting collection in central London. This unsightly load of trash mainly from local businesses makes for an ugly sight in an area of London very populated by tourists.
    04062011rubbish streetsB.jpg
  • Rubbish piled up in bags outside the Lyceum Theatre in the West End of London, UK. In this part of town it is a comon sight to see enormous piles of waste sitting, waiting to be collected, and is unsightly in an are where tourism is rife.
    20120922rubbish in west end_A.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter at Blackfriars, London, UK. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London.
    20140531_rubbish_D.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter at Blackfriars, London, UK. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London.
    20140531_rubbish_G.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter at Blackfriars, London, UK. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London.
    20140531_rubbish_E.jpg
  • Cycle locks outside the Uffizi gallery, Florence. Florence has decided to stamp out a tradition which has recently drawn thousands of young lovers to the city's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge. Enamoured couples have been going to the bridge to attach padlocks to a bronze bust and the railings around it. The act is seen as symbolising the 'unbreakable' bonds uniting them.<br />
<br />
The result, according to grumpy council officials, has been a proliferation of unsightly clusters of metal disfiguring the monument to Benvenuto Cellini, one of the city's most famous artistic sons. In the winter of 2011 the council set a team of metal cutters to work removing the 5,500 locks which had accumulated on the railings. Meanwhile, city police have been told to watch over the busy tourist site and to slap a 50-euro fine on anyone who tries to attach a lock. The work of removing the "lucchetti d'amore" took a long time because workmen were battling against a never-ending flow of loving couples who arrived in Florence and made straight for the Ponte Vecchio
    _MG_9567_1.jpg
  • Rubbish bags piled high awaiting collection in central London. This unsightly load of trash mainly from local businesses makes for an ugly sight in an area of London very populated by tourists.
    04062011rubbish streetsA.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter at Blackfriars, London, UK. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London.
    20140531_rubbish_A.jpg
  • Rubbish bags piled high on Petticoat Lane Market awaiting collection in London, England, United Kingdom. This unsightly load of trash mainly from local businesses makes for an ugly sight.
    20180418_rubbish_001.jpg
  • Cycle locks outside the Uffizi gallery, Florence. Florence has decided to stamp out a tradition which has recently drawn thousands of young lovers to the city's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge. Enamoured couples have been going to the bridge to attach padlocks to a bronze bust and the railings around it. The act is seen as symbolising the 'unbreakable' bonds uniting them.<br />
<br />
The result, according to grumpy council officials, has been a proliferation of unsightly clusters of metal disfiguring the monument to Benvenuto Cellini, one of the city's most famous artistic sons. In the winter of 2011 the council set a team of metal cutters to work removing the 5,500 locks which had accumulated on the railings. Meanwhile, city police have been told to watch over the busy tourist site and to slap a 50-euro fine on anyone who tries to attach a lock. The work of removing the "lucchetti d'amore" took a long time because workmen were battling against a never-ending flow of loving couples who arrived in Florence and made straight for the Ponte Vecchio
    _MG_9569_1.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter at Blackfriars, London, UK. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London.
    20140531_rubbish_F.jpg
  • Overflowing bin and litter at Blackfriars, London, UK. At certain times, especially weekends and public holidays, the volume of people in the area generates a big problem with trash. Rubbish piles high in certain places and proves unsightly for such an important area of London.
    20140531_rubbish_C.jpg
  • Rubbish bags piled high on Petticoat Lane Market awaiting collection in London, England, United Kingdom. This unsightly load of trash mainly from local businesses makes for an ugly sight.
    20180418_rubbish_002.jpg
  • Disguised leaf patterned rubbish bins awaiting collection 13th Sept 2006, Highgate, North London United Kingdom. Rubbish is collected free as part of the house taxation and is divided into either recyclable or for land fill, but the bins are often seen as unsightly, so here are camouflaged.
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