boy diving into sea
boy diving into sea

Margate, 1979. Boys diving into the Channel from a 1920’s Lido at Cliftonville.

 Man falling into swimming pool in Butlins holiday camp, Skegness, UK, 1982. The slogan 'Our true intent is all for your delight'. was borrowed by Billy Butlin from Shakespere's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Man falling into swimming pool in Butlins holiday camp, Skegness, UK, 1982. The slogan 'Our true intent is all for your delight'. was borrowed by Billy Butlin from Shakespere's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

 New Iberia Sugar Cane Festival, Louisiana, 1996. Cheerleader rocket launch.

New Iberia Sugar Cane Festival, Louisiana, 1996. Cheerleader rocket launch.

 Trout fishing in the swampland of  Northern Cuba 1979

Trout fishing in the swampland of Northern Cuba 1979

 Soldiers and sailors gather on the Boardwalk after the Miss America parade, Atlantic City, USA, 1984

Soldiers and sailors gather on the Boardwalk after the Miss America parade, Atlantic City, USA, 1984

 Marlboro Man billboard on Sunset Bvd, LA 1983.
During the hugely successful campaign, lasting 50 years, five of the cowboy models died of smoking-related diseases.

Marlboro Man billboard on Sunset Bvd, LA 1983. During the hugely successful campaign, lasting 50 years, five of the cowboy models died of smoking-related diseases.

 Window cleaner, Dallas, 1996.
Reflected in the windows is Dealey Plaza, the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Window cleaner, Dallas, 1996. Reflected in the windows is Dealey Plaza, the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

 Boy watching the underwater swimmers through  the swimming pool window. Butlins Holiday camp, Skegness UK 1982

Boy watching the underwater swimmers through the swimming pool window. Butlins Holiday camp, Skegness UK 1982

 Priests awaiting the arrival of Pope John Paul II in 1979 to the Knock shrine in County Mayo, Ireland at which the Virgin Mary, together with Saint Joseph and John the Evangelist, allegedly appeared on 21 August 1879.

Priests awaiting the arrival of Pope John Paul II in 1979 to the Knock shrine in County Mayo, Ireland at which the Virgin Mary, together with Saint Joseph and John the Evangelist, allegedly appeared on 21 August 1879.

New Zealand - boy vomiting on 21st birthday.
New Zealand - boy vomiting on 21st birthday.

Boy vomiting after drinking a yard of ale on his 21st birthday in Rotorua, New Zealand 2007

 Giant mural of Lenin towering over a telephone box. Moscow, 1972

Giant mural of Lenin towering over a telephone box. Moscow, 1972

 Number 16 bus, Moscow, 1972

Number 16 bus, Moscow, 1972

 Farmer riding into the winter mist along the ancient Camín Real de la Mesa, Spain 1985.
For centuries the Camín was one of the few points of contact between the provinces of León and Asturias. The route has been used for 5,000 years, traversing a mo

Farmer riding into the winter mist along the ancient Camín Real de la Mesa, Spain 1985. For centuries the Camín was one of the few points of contact between the provinces of León and Asturias. The route has been used for 5,000 years, traversing a mountain range with peaks of 2,000m.

 Family watching the eruption of  Chances Peak volcano in the Soufriere Hills, Monserrat, 1997.
Two-thirds of the population left Montserrat; the majority went to the UK..

Family watching the eruption of Chances Peak volcano in the Soufriere Hills, Monserrat, 1997. Two-thirds of the population left Montserrat; the majority went to the UK..

 Glastonbury Festival, 2015. Public demonstration storming the Hell stage in Shangri La.

Glastonbury Festival, 2015. Public demonstration storming the Hell stage in Shangri La.

 Mike and Lance. Mountain men from Pecos, New Mexico, at the funeral of a friend, 2005

Mike and Lance. Mountain men from Pecos, New Mexico, at the funeral of a friend, 2005

 Worker in the carbosin plant producing lampblack for tyres in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.

Worker in the carbosin plant producing lampblack for tyres in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.

 Shepherds sharing a cigarette near the carbosin plant in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. The sheep white coats are covered in soot. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.

Shepherds sharing a cigarette near the carbosin plant in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. The sheep white coats are covered in soot. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.

 Charing Cross Station, rush hour, 1979.

Charing Cross Station, rush hour, 1979.

 Girl drinking in the Starlight Bar, Little Five Points, Altlanta, USA. 1995

Girl drinking in the Starlight Bar, Little Five Points, Altlanta, USA. 1995

 Caged gorilla with his sleeping keeper, Mick Carman. 
London Zoo 1993.

Caged gorilla with his sleeping keeper, Mick Carman. London Zoo 1993.

 Stuffed grizzly, Sundance Film Festival, USA 2006

Stuffed grizzly, Sundance Film Festival, USA 2006

 Artist Craigie Aitcheson in his London home and studio in 1999 with his adored Bedlington terriers.

Artist Craigie Aitcheson in his London home and studio in 1999 with his adored Bedlington terriers.

 Teresa De Las Casas cleaning in Malplaquet House, Georgian home of Tim Knox and Todd Longstaff-Gowan.
Mile End, London 2007

Teresa De Las Casas cleaning in Malplaquet House, Georgian home of Tim Knox and Todd Longstaff-Gowan. Mile End, London 2007

Tony Lambrianou
Tony Lambrianou

Tony Lambrianou, Southwark, 1988. Enforcer for the Kray brothers, hw was living at his mum's place afer serving 15 years in prison for his part in the murder of Jack "The Hat" McVitie.

 Blind man, raising money for an operation, Udaipur, India, 2018

Blind man, raising money for an operation, Udaipur, India, 2018

 General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, dictator of Chile, under house arrest in England 2000 with his granddaughter.
The charges against him included 94 counts of torture and crimes against humanity.

General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, dictator of Chile, under house arrest in England 2000 with his granddaughter. The charges against him included 94 counts of torture and crimes against humanity.

Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol being "papped" in London, 1976

 "Why is everyone staring at me?" Were the first anxious words Sinead O'Connor said to me when we met in a Dublin tearoom. 
The Irish singer and songwriter had, in 1999, just become  a priest of the Palmarian Catholic Church

"Why is everyone staring at me?" Were the first anxious words Sinead O'Connor said to me when we met in a Dublin tearoom. The Irish singer and songwriter had, in 1999, just become a priest of the Palmarian Catholic Church

 Brothers Michael & Roy Wilson, after 45 days of hunger strike to save Brighton's Connaught theatre, in 1986.
They vowed to drink only water until the council did a U-turn. Michael lost two stone and was slipping into a coma before the council revers

Brothers Michael & Roy Wilson, after 45 days of hunger strike to save Brighton's Connaught theatre, in 1986. They vowed to drink only water until the council did a U-turn. Michael lost two stone and was slipping into a coma before the council reversed its decision.

 Anthony Gormley, sculptor, lighting up in his studio, London, 1999

Anthony Gormley, sculptor, lighting up in his studio, London, 1999

 Sam Stevenson, fiddle maker, playing in his greenhouse as the varnish dries, Broughshane, Ireland, 1991.

Sam Stevenson, fiddle maker, playing in his greenhouse as the varnish dries, Broughshane, Ireland, 1991.

 Snowbird with noseguard, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, 1981

Snowbird with noseguard, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, 1981

 Amateur photographers glamour weekend in Bournmouth, UK, 1985

Amateur photographers glamour weekend in Bournmouth, UK, 1985

 8am rush hour in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, 1989
The quiet serenity of this busy scene is because prior to 1991, it was illegal to own a private car in Albania.The city is now choked with  cars, lorries and buses which burn fuel banned in the EU. Ti

8am rush hour in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, 1989 The quiet serenity of this busy scene is because prior to 1991, it was illegal to own a private car in Albania.The city is now choked with cars, lorries and buses which burn fuel banned in the EU. Tirana is now the most polluted capital in Europe.

 Albania family in their Sunday best waiting for the Koman Ferry to Bajram Curri, 1990. The ferry was the easiest way into the Highlands avoiding the bad roads. but cancellations and long delays were frequent.

Albania family in their Sunday best waiting for the Koman Ferry to Bajram Curri, 1990. The ferry was the easiest way into the Highlands avoiding the bad roads. but cancellations and long delays were frequent.

 The Muslem funeral of 23 year old Baghkim Sinani in the mountain village of Kalimash, in the mountains of High Albania, 1991.

The Muslem funeral of 23 year old Baghkim Sinani in the mountain village of Kalimash, in the mountains of High Albania, 1991.

 Arranged wedding in the village of Boga in the mountains of Nothern Albania, 1991. For the bride it is an anxious time as she will shortly leave her home and village and move into the groom's family house where she will live for the rest of her life

Arranged wedding in the village of Boga in the mountains of Nothern Albania, 1991. For the bride it is an anxious time as she will shortly leave her home and village and move into the groom's family house where she will live for the rest of her life. The groom has just received a trousseau bullet, a symbolic gift from the bride's father, and to only be used in the event of her desertion or infidelity.

Genghis Khan's Mongolia
Genghis Khan's Mongolia

Rehursing a re-enactment of the unification of the Mongolian tribes under Genghis Khan for the 800th anniversery in 2006.

 Women sorting coal in Vietnam's largest open cast mine, started by the French a century ago. Cam Pha 1993.

Women sorting coal in Vietnam's largest open cast mine, started by the French a century ago. Cam Pha 1993.

 HIV & drug treatment centre, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2000

HIV & drug treatment centre, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2000

 A secret kiss for the waiter in Chez Louisette, Paris, 1991. Started in the 1930s, in the heart of the flea market, by Madame Louisette and fuelled by the songs of Edith Piaf, it is a little bit of traditional Paris.

A secret kiss for the waiter in Chez Louisette, Paris, 1991. Started in the 1930s, in the heart of the flea market, by Madame Louisette and fuelled by the songs of Edith Piaf, it is a little bit of traditional Paris.

 Kinky Galinky's Halloween night at the Cafe de Paris club, Soho London. 1990

Kinky Galinky's Halloween night at the Cafe de Paris club, Soho London. 1990

 Revellers, some in costume, awaiting a parade, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, 2002

Revellers, some in costume, awaiting a parade, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, 2002

 A quiet moment before the opening of the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

A quiet moment before the opening of the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

 Boy waiting for his mum to wake up, Glastonbury Festival, 2005, Somerset, United Kingdom

Boy waiting for his mum to wake up, Glastonbury Festival, 2005, Somerset, United Kingdom

 Confusion reigns in the alleyways of Shangri-La during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

Confusion reigns in the alleyways of Shangri-La during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

 High Rise Rubber, a group of friends randomly performing on stilts during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

High Rise Rubber, a group of friends randomly performing on stilts during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

California pictures
California pictures

Braille institute float of blind astronaught on the Apollo rocket parked on the outskirts of Cathedral city, California.

 Durres, Albania, man looking out to sea, 1989.
From the start of the 1990s, over a million Albanians have fled abroad seeking jobs because of the wretched standard of living and limited economic opportunity at home.

Durres, Albania, man looking out to sea, 1989. From the start of the 1990s, over a million Albanians have fled abroad seeking jobs because of the wretched standard of living and limited economic opportunity at home.

boy diving into sea
 Man falling into swimming pool in Butlins holiday camp, Skegness, UK, 1982. The slogan 'Our true intent is all for your delight'. was borrowed by Billy Butlin from Shakespere's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
 New Iberia Sugar Cane Festival, Louisiana, 1996. Cheerleader rocket launch.
 Trout fishing in the swampland of  Northern Cuba 1979
 Soldiers and sailors gather on the Boardwalk after the Miss America parade, Atlantic City, USA, 1984
 Marlboro Man billboard on Sunset Bvd, LA 1983.
During the hugely successful campaign, lasting 50 years, five of the cowboy models died of smoking-related diseases.
 Window cleaner, Dallas, 1996.
Reflected in the windows is Dealey Plaza, the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
 Boy watching the underwater swimmers through  the swimming pool window. Butlins Holiday camp, Skegness UK 1982
 Priests awaiting the arrival of Pope John Paul II in 1979 to the Knock shrine in County Mayo, Ireland at which the Virgin Mary, together with Saint Joseph and John the Evangelist, allegedly appeared on 21 August 1879.
New Zealand - boy vomiting on 21st birthday.
 Giant mural of Lenin towering over a telephone box. Moscow, 1972
 Number 16 bus, Moscow, 1972
 Farmer riding into the winter mist along the ancient Camín Real de la Mesa, Spain 1985.
For centuries the Camín was one of the few points of contact between the provinces of León and Asturias. The route has been used for 5,000 years, traversing a mo
 Family watching the eruption of  Chances Peak volcano in the Soufriere Hills, Monserrat, 1997.
Two-thirds of the population left Montserrat; the majority went to the UK..
 Glastonbury Festival, 2015. Public demonstration storming the Hell stage in Shangri La.
 Mike and Lance. Mountain men from Pecos, New Mexico, at the funeral of a friend, 2005
 Worker in the carbosin plant producing lampblack for tyres in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.
 Shepherds sharing a cigarette near the carbosin plant in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. The sheep white coats are covered in soot. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.
 Charing Cross Station, rush hour, 1979.
 Girl drinking in the Starlight Bar, Little Five Points, Altlanta, USA. 1995
 Caged gorilla with his sleeping keeper, Mick Carman. 
London Zoo 1993.
 Stuffed grizzly, Sundance Film Festival, USA 2006
 Artist Craigie Aitcheson in his London home and studio in 1999 with his adored Bedlington terriers.
 Teresa De Las Casas cleaning in Malplaquet House, Georgian home of Tim Knox and Todd Longstaff-Gowan.
Mile End, London 2007
Tony Lambrianou
 Blind man, raising money for an operation, Udaipur, India, 2018
 General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, dictator of Chile, under house arrest in England 2000 with his granddaughter.
The charges against him included 94 counts of torture and crimes against humanity.
Andy Warhol
 "Why is everyone staring at me?" Were the first anxious words Sinead O'Connor said to me when we met in a Dublin tearoom. 
The Irish singer and songwriter had, in 1999, just become  a priest of the Palmarian Catholic Church
 Brothers Michael & Roy Wilson, after 45 days of hunger strike to save Brighton's Connaught theatre, in 1986.
They vowed to drink only water until the council did a U-turn. Michael lost two stone and was slipping into a coma before the council revers
 Anthony Gormley, sculptor, lighting up in his studio, London, 1999
 Sam Stevenson, fiddle maker, playing in his greenhouse as the varnish dries, Broughshane, Ireland, 1991.
 Snowbird with noseguard, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, 1981
 Amateur photographers glamour weekend in Bournmouth, UK, 1985
 8am rush hour in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, 1989
The quiet serenity of this busy scene is because prior to 1991, it was illegal to own a private car in Albania.The city is now choked with  cars, lorries and buses which burn fuel banned in the EU. Ti
 Albania family in their Sunday best waiting for the Koman Ferry to Bajram Curri, 1990. The ferry was the easiest way into the Highlands avoiding the bad roads. but cancellations and long delays were frequent.
 The Muslem funeral of 23 year old Baghkim Sinani in the mountain village of Kalimash, in the mountains of High Albania, 1991.
 Arranged wedding in the village of Boga in the mountains of Nothern Albania, 1991. For the bride it is an anxious time as she will shortly leave her home and village and move into the groom's family house where she will live for the rest of her life
Genghis Khan's Mongolia
 Women sorting coal in Vietnam's largest open cast mine, started by the French a century ago. Cam Pha 1993.
 HIV & drug treatment centre, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2000
 A secret kiss for the waiter in Chez Louisette, Paris, 1991. Started in the 1930s, in the heart of the flea market, by Madame Louisette and fuelled by the songs of Edith Piaf, it is a little bit of traditional Paris.
 Kinky Galinky's Halloween night at the Cafe de Paris club, Soho London. 1990
 Revellers, some in costume, awaiting a parade, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, 2002
 A quiet moment before the opening of the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom
 Boy waiting for his mum to wake up, Glastonbury Festival, 2005, Somerset, United Kingdom
 Confusion reigns in the alleyways of Shangri-La during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom
 High Rise Rubber, a group of friends randomly performing on stilts during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom
California pictures
 Durres, Albania, man looking out to sea, 1989.
From the start of the 1990s, over a million Albanians have fled abroad seeking jobs because of the wretched standard of living and limited economic opportunity at home.
boy diving into sea

Margate, 1979. Boys diving into the Channel from a 1920’s Lido at Cliftonville.

Man falling into swimming pool in Butlins holiday camp, Skegness, UK, 1982. The slogan 'Our true intent is all for your delight'. was borrowed by Billy Butlin from Shakespere's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

New Iberia Sugar Cane Festival, Louisiana, 1996. Cheerleader rocket launch.

Trout fishing in the swampland of Northern Cuba 1979

Soldiers and sailors gather on the Boardwalk after the Miss America parade, Atlantic City, USA, 1984

Marlboro Man billboard on Sunset Bvd, LA 1983. During the hugely successful campaign, lasting 50 years, five of the cowboy models died of smoking-related diseases.

Window cleaner, Dallas, 1996. Reflected in the windows is Dealey Plaza, the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Boy watching the underwater swimmers through the swimming pool window. Butlins Holiday camp, Skegness UK 1982

Priests awaiting the arrival of Pope John Paul II in 1979 to the Knock shrine in County Mayo, Ireland at which the Virgin Mary, together with Saint Joseph and John the Evangelist, allegedly appeared on 21 August 1879.

New Zealand - boy vomiting on 21st birthday.

Boy vomiting after drinking a yard of ale on his 21st birthday in Rotorua, New Zealand 2007

Giant mural of Lenin towering over a telephone box. Moscow, 1972

Number 16 bus, Moscow, 1972

Farmer riding into the winter mist along the ancient Camín Real de la Mesa, Spain 1985. For centuries the Camín was one of the few points of contact between the provinces of León and Asturias. The route has been used for 5,000 years, traversing a mountain range with peaks of 2,000m.

Family watching the eruption of Chances Peak volcano in the Soufriere Hills, Monserrat, 1997. Two-thirds of the population left Montserrat; the majority went to the UK..

Glastonbury Festival, 2015. Public demonstration storming the Hell stage in Shangri La.

Mike and Lance. Mountain men from Pecos, New Mexico, at the funeral of a friend, 2005

Worker in the carbosin plant producing lampblack for tyres in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.

Shepherds sharing a cigarette near the carbosin plant in Copsa Mica, Romania, 1990. The sheep white coats are covered in soot. Years of neglect under the Ceaușescu regime created the most poluted region in the world.

Charing Cross Station, rush hour, 1979.

Girl drinking in the Starlight Bar, Little Five Points, Altlanta, USA. 1995

Caged gorilla with his sleeping keeper, Mick Carman. London Zoo 1993.

Stuffed grizzly, Sundance Film Festival, USA 2006

Artist Craigie Aitcheson in his London home and studio in 1999 with his adored Bedlington terriers.

Teresa De Las Casas cleaning in Malplaquet House, Georgian home of Tim Knox and Todd Longstaff-Gowan. Mile End, London 2007

Tony Lambrianou

Tony Lambrianou, Southwark, 1988. Enforcer for the Kray brothers, hw was living at his mum's place afer serving 15 years in prison for his part in the murder of Jack "The Hat" McVitie.

Blind man, raising money for an operation, Udaipur, India, 2018

General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, dictator of Chile, under house arrest in England 2000 with his granddaughter. The charges against him included 94 counts of torture and crimes against humanity.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol being "papped" in London, 1976

"Why is everyone staring at me?" Were the first anxious words Sinead O'Connor said to me when we met in a Dublin tearoom. The Irish singer and songwriter had, in 1999, just become a priest of the Palmarian Catholic Church

Brothers Michael & Roy Wilson, after 45 days of hunger strike to save Brighton's Connaught theatre, in 1986. They vowed to drink only water until the council did a U-turn. Michael lost two stone and was slipping into a coma before the council reversed its decision.

Anthony Gormley, sculptor, lighting up in his studio, London, 1999

Sam Stevenson, fiddle maker, playing in his greenhouse as the varnish dries, Broughshane, Ireland, 1991.

Snowbird with noseguard, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, 1981

Amateur photographers glamour weekend in Bournmouth, UK, 1985

8am rush hour in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, 1989 The quiet serenity of this busy scene is because prior to 1991, it was illegal to own a private car in Albania.The city is now choked with cars, lorries and buses which burn fuel banned in the EU. Tirana is now the most polluted capital in Europe.

Albania family in their Sunday best waiting for the Koman Ferry to Bajram Curri, 1990. The ferry was the easiest way into the Highlands avoiding the bad roads. but cancellations and long delays were frequent.

The Muslem funeral of 23 year old Baghkim Sinani in the mountain village of Kalimash, in the mountains of High Albania, 1991.

Arranged wedding in the village of Boga in the mountains of Nothern Albania, 1991. For the bride it is an anxious time as she will shortly leave her home and village and move into the groom's family house where she will live for the rest of her life. The groom has just received a trousseau bullet, a symbolic gift from the bride's father, and to only be used in the event of her desertion or infidelity.

Genghis Khan's Mongolia

Rehursing a re-enactment of the unification of the Mongolian tribes under Genghis Khan for the 800th anniversery in 2006.

Women sorting coal in Vietnam's largest open cast mine, started by the French a century ago. Cam Pha 1993.

HIV & drug treatment centre, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2000

A secret kiss for the waiter in Chez Louisette, Paris, 1991. Started in the 1930s, in the heart of the flea market, by Madame Louisette and fuelled by the songs of Edith Piaf, it is a little bit of traditional Paris.

Kinky Galinky's Halloween night at the Cafe de Paris club, Soho London. 1990

Revellers, some in costume, awaiting a parade, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, 2002

A quiet moment before the opening of the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

Boy waiting for his mum to wake up, Glastonbury Festival, 2005, Somerset, United Kingdom

Confusion reigns in the alleyways of Shangri-La during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

High Rise Rubber, a group of friends randomly performing on stilts during the Glastonbury Festival, 2009, Somerset, United Kingdom

California pictures

Braille institute float of blind astronaught on the Apollo rocket parked on the outskirts of Cathedral city, California.

Durres, Albania, man looking out to sea, 1989. From the start of the 1990s, over a million Albanians have fled abroad seeking jobs because of the wretched standard of living and limited economic opportunity at home.

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