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  • People looking at the artworks in one of the main galleries at the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
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  • People looking at the artworks in one of the main galleries at the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
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  • People looking at the artworks in one of the main galleries at the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
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  • Two gentlemen unwittingly interract with a sculpture in one of the main galleries at the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
    20190729_summer exhibition_006.jpg
  • People sitting outside the entrance to the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
    20190729_summer exhibition_004.jpg
  • People outside the entrance to the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
    20190729_summer exhibition_002.jpg
  • People outside the entrance to the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
    20190729_summer exhibition_001.jpg
  • People outside the entrance to the Royal Academy for the Summer Show in London, United Kingdom. The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, architectural designs and models, and is the largest and most popular open exhibition in the UK. It is also the longest continuously staged exibition of contemporary art in the world.
    20190729_summer exhibition_003.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Woman shielding her face from the harsh summer sun.
    20150704_summer city shielding sun_A.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Sculpture 'The Dappled Light of the Sun' by Conrad Shawcross for the 2015 Summer Exhibition’s Annenberg Courtyard installation, Shawcross has created a large-scale, immersive work consisting of five steel, cloud-like forms. These are made from thousands of tetrahedrons and stand at over six metres high and weigh five tonnes each.
    20150704_summer city royal academy_D.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Sculpture 'The Dappled Light of the Sun' by Conrad Shawcross for the 2015 Summer Exhibition’s Annenberg Courtyard installation, Shawcross has created a large-scale, immersive work consisting of five steel, cloud-like forms. These are made from thousands of tetrahedrons and stand at over six metres high and weigh five tonnes each.
    20150704_summer city royal academy_C.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Sculpture 'The Dappled Light of the Sun' by Conrad Shawcross for the 2015 Summer Exhibition’s Annenberg Courtyard installation, Shawcross has created a large-scale, immersive work consisting of five steel, cloud-like forms. These are made from thousands of tetrahedrons and stand at over six metres high and weigh five tonnes each.
    20150704_summer city royal academy_B.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Sculpture 'The Dappled Light of the Sun' by Conrad Shawcross for the 2015 Summer Exhibition’s Annenberg Courtyard installation, Shawcross has created a large-scale, immersive work consisting of five steel, cloud-like forms. These are made from thousands of tetrahedrons and stand at over six metres high and weigh five tonnes each.
    20150704_summer city royal academy_A.jpg
  • A family walk through late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK. Long shadows stretch across the path and the family of three generations make their way towards the lighter area of the forest. The British summer is what the English miss most when away and we almost smell the scents of the woods, the beech and pine trees plus some ferns and soil of the northern hemisphere. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods01-07-08-2015_1.jpg
  • A family walk through late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK. Long shadows stretch across the path and the family of three generations make their way towards the lighter area of the forest. The British summer is what the English miss most when away and we almost smell the scents of the woods, the beech and pine trees plus some ferns and soil of the northern hemisphere. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods01-07-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_L.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_009.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_007.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_005.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_004.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_003.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_006.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_002.jpg
  • City workers lay about in the hot summer temperatures outside of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160913_summer st pauls_001.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_K.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_J.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_I.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_H.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_G.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_F.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_D.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here. One man trying on some new shades.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_C.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here. One man trying on some new shades.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_B.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here. One man trying on some new shades.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_A.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
    20150703_summer trafalagar square to...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
    20150703_summer trafalagar square to...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year. Sign asking for no rubbish to be left.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year. Sign asking for no rubbish to be left.
    20150703_summer city westminster tou...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year.
    20150703_summer city westminster tou...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year.
    20150703_summer city westminster tou...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Chinese bride out having her photos taken in the very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year.
    20150703_summer city westminster tou...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year. Selfie stick.
    20150703_summer city westminster tou...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year.
    20150703_summer city westminster tou...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Man uses a London map formed into a paper hat to protect his head from the hot summer sun.
    20150703_summer city paper hat_A_1.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Woman reading near to Tower Bridge at Potters Fields Park. This newly created green space is now popular with tourists and others to come for a summer rest with this great iconic landmark as the backdrop.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Woman reading near to Tower Bridge at Potters Fields Park. This newly created green space is now popular with tourists and others to come for a summer rest with this great iconic landmark as the backdrop.
    20150629_summer city tower bridge_A_...jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. People out shopping in the busy West End area of Covent Garden, seen here hanging out near to Sunglasses Hut. A sign that summer is here.
    20150704_summer city sunglasses_E.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Tourists sitting in the summer sunshine beside the fountains in Trafalgar Square. This area is a large public space and tourist attraction right at the heart of the West End.
    20150703_summer trafalagar square to...jpg
  • Beech trees in orange light during late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK.  We look upwards to the tops of the beech which is on private land belonging to a local landowner (photographer's family) outside of Bristol in the south west. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods14-08-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Beech trees in orange light during late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK.  We look upwards to the tops of the beech which is on private land belonging to a local landowner (photographer's family) outside of Bristol in the south west. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods13-08-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Late evening summer sunshine spreads through trees in woodland in North Somerset, UK. We see the vegetation and undergrowth on private land outside Bristol. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods03-07-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Beech trees in orange light during late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK. The beech are on private land belonging to a local landowner (photographer's family) outside of Bristol in the south west. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods12-08-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Beech trees in orange light during late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK.  We look upwards to the tops of the beech which is on private land belonging to a local landowner (photographer's family) outside of Bristol in the south west. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods14-08-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Beech trees in orange light during late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK.  We look upwards to the tops of the beech which is on private land belonging to a local landowner (photographer's family) outside of Bristol in the south west. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods13-08-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Beech trees in orange light during late evening summer sunshine in woodland in North Somerset, UK. The beech are on private land belonging to a local landowner (photographer's family) outside of Bristol in the south west. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods12-08-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Late evening summer sunshine spreads through trees in woodland in North Somerset, UK. We see the vegetation and undergrowth on private land outside Bristol. The last light finds the trees in the otherwise dense and dark woods.
    summer_woods03-07-08-2015_1.jpg
  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 together with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71 conduct the Summer Festival starting in Yabuhara sanctuary and weaving itself through Kiso Mura village. Seen here the moment of the ceremony called Houbei-no-gi, which expresses the deepest respect moments after the most central part of the sanctuary which dates back to 680 AD at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, is taken down to be placed inside the Mikoshi. The festival known as Matsuri in Japanese is conducted across  80.000 Jinjas sanctuary throughout Japan and the number of Jinja increase to 4.000.000 sanctuaries if including very small ones. All sanctuaries have their own Matsuri throughout the year and Grand festival, known as Taisai. This is only conducted once a year at each sanctuary. The summer festival is called Yabuhara Jinja Taisai annual Grand festival, which is commonly known as Yabuhara Matsuri. Matsuri have been conducted uninterupted every year since the founding of the sanctuary in 680AD.
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  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 together with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71 conduct the Summer Festival starting in Yabuhara sanctuary and weaving itself through Kiso Mura village. Seen here the moment of the ceremony called Houbei-no-gi, which expresses the deepest respect moments after the most central part of the sanctuary which dates back to 680 AD at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, is taken down to be placed inside the Mikoshi. The festival known as Matsuri in Japanese is conducted across  80.000 Jinjas sanctuary throughout Japan and the number of Jinja increase to 4.000.000 sanctuaries if including very small ones. All sanctuaries have their own Matsuri throughout the year and Grand festival, known as Taisai. This is only conducted once a year at each sanctuary. The summer festival is called Yabuhara Jinja Taisai annual Grand festival, which is commonly known as Yabuhara Matsuri. Matsuri have been conducted uninterupted every year since the founding of the sanctuary in 680AD.
    20160709_Masatsugu_okutani_shinto_Ki...jpg
  • Children on a family holiday use binoculars to search for dolphins from the Kent coast on the 30th of August 2016, Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. The boy aged 5 and the girl aged 8 are dressed for the clear blue sky of the summer.
    UK-family-holiday-tourism-binoculars...jpg
  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 together with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71 conduct the Summer Festival starting in Yabuhara sanctuary and weaving itself through Kiso Mura village. Seen here the moment of the ceremony called Houbei-no-gi, which expresses the deepest respect moments after the most central part of the sanctuary which dates back to 680 AD at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, is taken down to be placed inside the Mikoshi. The festival known as Matsuri in Japanese is conducted across  80.000 Jinjas sanctuary throughout Japan and the number of Jinja increase to 4.000.000 sanctuaries if including very small ones. All sanctuaries have their own Matsuri throughout the year and Grand festival, known as Taisai. This is only conducted once a year at each sanctuary. The summer festival is called Yabuhara Jinja Taisai annual Grand festival, which is commonly known as Yabuhara Matsuri. Matsuri have been conducted uninterupted every year since the founding of the sanctuary in 680AD.
    20160709_Masatsugu_okutani_shinto_Ki...jpg
  • Summer rose in Lagrasse garden, 19th July 2015, Lagrasse France.
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  • Children on a family holiday use binoculars to search for dolphins from the Kent coast on the 30th of August 2016, Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. The boy aged 5 and the girl aged 8 are dressed for the clear blue sky of the summer.
    UK-family-holiday-tourism-binoculars...jpg
  • Summer temporary workers harvesting and grading potatoes, Linconshire, UK
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  • Horse riding in Southern Iceland. <br />
Hvitardalur. Franziska, a dedicated rider from Germany working with the horses for the summer.
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  • The Sarutahiko-no-kami. the role of these Kami are to guide the Mikoshi during the Summer Festival parade through the village of Kiso Mura. As one theory goes, it is said that these kami represents western people as they have big nose, big eyes, red and white faces, and blond hair. Sarutahiko-no-kami guides Mikoshi from the Yabuhara sanctuary, across the village and back to the sanctuary at the end of the festivities.
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  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream. Plastic duck race.
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  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream. Plastic duck race.
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  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream.
    _O7F5484_1_1.jpg
  • Prospect Cottage on a beautiful sunny mid summer morning, made famous by film maker Derek Jarman who found inspiration at Dungeness, where he created a shingle garden made from debris he found on nearby beaches on the 13th of August 2020 in Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.
    UK-Dungeness-Prospect-Cottage-7285.jpg
  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 dresses into his ceremonial clothes in preparation for the Summer Grand Purification ceremony to be held at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, with the help of two of his Shinto priest colleagues, Kageji Toyama and Kiyoto Suyama from neighbouring villages. The essence of the ceremony is to remove temporarily all impurities such as rational thought from ones body and mind and maximize ones sensitivities. In other words to be in a state of heightened concentration of the here and now and allow ones sensitivities to be replenished as they are a constant source of japanese cultural identity, Kiso Mura village.
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  • Overflowing rubbish bin at the end of a summer afternoon on 7th May 2016 in Hampstead Heath, London, United Kingdom. Currently, London has only one active landfill on its territory, the Veolia waste in Rainham and has been there for over 150 years.
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  • The Mikoshi is carried through the village of Kiso Mura as part of the Summer festival parade. Here been ovesrlloked by Kazufumi Okutani, 71 the senior Shinto priest of the village of Kiso Mura. For all the participants it’s an all day sake drinking affair, stopping en route to soak up the alcohol with food as they sing along as part of the celebrations. The Mikoshi is also a portable Shinto shrine which on continuation of the ceremony is then carried by a large number of strong young men on their shoulders across the village for approximately 12 – 14 hours.
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  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 dresses into his ceremonial clothes in preparation for the Summer Grand Purification ceremony to be held at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71. They are the  24th and 25th uninterrupted generational SHINTO priests in their family line dating back to the 12th century AD. The essence of the ceremony is to remove temporarily all impurities such as rational thought from ones body and mind and maximize ones sensitivities. In other words to be in a state of heightened concentration of the here and now and allow ones sensitivities to be replenished as they are a constant source of japanese cultural identity, Kiso Mura village.
    20160708_Masatsugu_okutani_shinto_Ki...jpg
  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors and passing cyclists.
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  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream.
    _O7F5473_1_1.jpg
  • Overflowing rubbish bin at the end of a summer afternoon on 7th May 2016 in Hampstead Heath, London, United Kingdom. Currently, London has only one active landfill on its territory, the Veolia waste in Rainham and has been there for over 150 years.
    _F3A2442.jpg
  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 dresses into his ceremonial clothes in preparation for the Summer Grand Purification ceremony to be held at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, with the help of two of his Shinto priest colleagues, Kageji Toyama and Kiyoto Suyama from neighbouring villages. The essence of the ceremony is to remove temporarily all impurities such as rational thought from ones body and mind and maximize ones sensitivities. In other words to be in a state of heightened concentration of the here and now and allow ones sensitivities to be replenished as they are a constant source of japanese cultural identity, Kiso Mura village.
    20160709_Masatsugu_okutani_shinto_Ki...jpg
  • Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani, 41 dressed in his ceremonial clothes in preparation for the Summer Grand Purification ceremony to be held at the Yabuhara Sanctuary, with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71. They are the  25th and 24th uninterrupted generational SHINTO priests in their family line dating back to the 12th century AD. Seen here leaving the family home to walk to the inner sanctum of their sanctuary.  The essence of the ceremony is to remove temporarily all impurities such as rational thought from ones body and mind and maximize ones sensitivities. In other words to be in a state of heightened concentration of the here and now and allow ones sensitivities to be replenished as they are a constant source of japanese cultural identity, Kiso Mura village.
    20160709_Masatsugu_okutani_shinto_Ki...jpg
  • Shinto priests Masatsugu Okutani, 41 (far right) together with his father Kazufumi Okutani, 71 dressed in their ceremonial clothes in preparation for the Summer Grand Purification ceremony to be held at the Yabuhara Sanctuary. They are the  24th and 25th uninterrupted generational SHINTO priests in their family line dating back to the 12th century AD. Seen here with priests Kagesi Toyama (far left) and Kiyoto Suyama (center left), which will assist in the ceremonial festivities which take place over a 36 hour period in early July every year.  The essence of the ceremony is to remove temporarily all impurities such as rational thought from ones body and mind and maximize one's sensitivities. In other words to be in a state of heightened concentration of the "here and now" and allow one's sensitivities to be replenished as they are a constant source of japanese cultural identity, Kiso Mura village.
    20160709_Masatsugu_okutani_shinto_Ki...jpg
  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream.
    _O7F5909_1_1.jpg
  • Prospect Cottage on a beautiful sunny mid summer morning, made famous by film maker Derek Jarman who found inspiration at Dungeness, where he created a shingle garden made from debris he found on nearby beaches on the 13th of August 2020 in Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.
    UK-Dungeness-Prospect-Cottage-7270.jpg
  • Travelling marionnette puppet theatre for children in the school summer holidays, 19th July 2014, Leucate, France
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  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream.
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  • Horse riding in Southern Iceland. <br />
Hvitardalur. Franziska, a dedicated rider from Germany working with the horses for the summer.
    _O7F2668.jpg
  • Summer Abracadabra Festival procession off giant puppets and trolls through a medieval village, 22nd July 2012, Lagrasse, France.
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  • Prospect Cottage on a beautiful sunny mid summer morning, made famous by film maker Derek Jarman who found inspiration at Dungeness, where he created a shingle garden made from debris he found on nearby beaches on the 13th of August 2020 in Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.
    UK-Dungeness-Prospect-Cottage-7286.jpg
  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream. Plastic duck race.
    _O7F5888_1_1.jpg
  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream.
    _O7F5476_1_1.jpg
  • Horse riding in Southern Iceland. <br />
Resting at the sheep pens at Hrunarettir. Franziska, a dedicated rider from Germany working with the horses for the summer.
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  • Children play with bubbles surrounded by people on their summer evening paseo walk in the Parc de la Ciutadella overlooked by the Arc de Triomf, which was originally the gateway to the 1888 Universal Exhibition, on 5th July 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Children play with bubbles surrounded by people on their summer evening paseo walk in the Parc de la Ciutadella overlooked by the Arc de Triomf, which was originally the gateway to the 1888 Universal Exhibition, on 5th July 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
    _E6A0533_1_1.jpg
  • Freshly cut garden strawberries ready to eat at a summer party.
    UK-Fruit-Strawberries.jpg
  • Prospect Cottage on a beautiful sunny mid summer morning, made famous by film maker Derek Jarman who found inspiration at Dungeness, where he created a shingle garden made from debris he found on nearby beaches on the 13th of August 2020 in Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.
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  • Prospect Cottage on a beautiful sunny mid summer morning, made famous by film maker Derek Jarman who found inspiration at Dungeness, where he created a shingle garden made from debris he found on nearby beaches on the 13th of August 2020 in Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.
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  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream. Plastic duck race.
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  • Family summer weekend in Sussex garden
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  • Hutton Le Hole, picturesque village on the Yorkshire moor, England, UK.<br />
Summer visitors by the stream.
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  • Children play with bubbles surrounded by people on their summer evening paseo walk in the Parc de la Ciutadella overlooked by the Arc de Triomf, which was originally the gateway to the 1888 Universal Exhibition, on 5th July 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
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