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12 Jun 1992, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK --- A visitor pauses to read the writing on a Royal Mail postal box while walking round the East Anglia Transport Museum, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. A Routemaster double-decker bus in a local bus company colours sits in the sunshine - well-maintained and pristine in the sunshine. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - Lowestoft - Transport theme park visitor -
18 Jun 1992, Ascot, Berkshire, England, UK --- Five elderly women on-lookers are lined against a wall outside the famous Ascot race course on Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June. Each are standing in order of size, from tallest (who holds a Tesco supermarket bag) to smallest and watch as a posh racegoer arrives for the day's racing dressed in a formal jacket and tails and will also have on red Ascot badges allowing him entry to this exclusive royal event attended by the Royal Family and the hoi polloi of English society. We see the two sides of the class system but it is a humorous scene. There is good nature between the two groups with smiles exchanged but here the man strides past knowing he is under inspection from the common people. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - Berkshire - Elderly women watch posh people at Royal Ascot races -
15 Jan 1991, London, England, UK --- A businessman strides along a London street holding a banana whose shadow appears to be part of another man's anatomy. As strong sunlight shines on this part of a London pavement, we see the confident stride of the man in the foreground, probably on his way back from a lunchtime stroll and returning to his office with the fresh fruit and a sandwich. What cannot be anticipated by the viewer, or by the second man, is that the banana has superimposed itself to the exact place of his groin area. The banana, by its very curved shape has long been the butt of sexual innuendo and double-entendre. The surrogate penis being the perfect adult pun. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - London - Man striding with banana in hand -
21 Jan 2011, London, England, UK --- Two buskers have been questioned by a police officer, their shadows played on a stone wall in Trafalgar Square. As the conversation draws to a close, the juggler of the two buskers begins to throw his red diabolo top into the air and spins it with the help of two sticks. Their respective shadows lend a clue of their numbers, that one extra person (the policeman) is still nearby. The diabolo (commonly misspelled as diablo; formerly also known as "the devil on two sticks") is a juggling prop consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string tied to two sticks held one in each hand. A huge variety of tricks are possible using the sticks, string, and various body parts. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - London - Buskers' and policeman shadows -
07 Apr 2011, London, England, UK --- A TV man holds a life-size cardboard cutout of Prince William in a London street during the filming of a vox pop. In the weeks before the royal wedding event gripped a largely negative public in terms of anti-royalism, the royal theme seemed to be everywhere, with flags and memorabilia on sale everywhere. Here, the man holds up the figure to show shop assistants in the hope they'll be interviewed on their views and opinions on the British monarchy. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - London - Prince William carboard cut-out -
19 Jun 2008, Ascot, Berkshire, England, UK --- From a low angle, we see the crowds of racing upper classes in the members' enclosure, gathering to watch a winning horse pass-by at the Ascot races. Top-hatted gentlemen accompanied by ladies in pink and girls in white lace dresses mingle in the area reserved for the privileged at this famous race event. The back quarters of the winning horse with its veins and muscle shine through its paper-thin skin reveal an athletic animal bred for speed and endurance. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - Ascot - Royal Ascot race winner and betting crowds -
20 Apr 1963, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK --- A young man washes the family Ford Anglia car on an Essex estate in the early nineteen sixties. Bending down to wring a leather dry into a bucket the young man cleans his father's beloved Anglia in the street outside the family house which interestingly, is otherwise empty of other cars. This is the new age of car ownership when newfound wealth meant families could afford to buy a vehicle and travel elsewhere after the war years of 1950s austerity. The Ford Anglia is a British car designed and manufactured by Ford in the United Kingdom. The Ford Anglia name was applied to four models of car between 1939 and 1967. 1,594,486 Anglias were produced. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1961. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - Westcliff - 1960s Man washes family Anglia car -
20 Jul 1989, London, England, UK --- Elderly friends eat lunch on their laps during a mid-day rest at the Chelsea Glower Show. With trays balanced on their knees and sitting on a bench, the man and lady have salads and strawberries and cream and a glass of Pimms - all very English at this most British of annual seasonal summer events. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - London - Chelsea flower show picnic -
20 May 1993, London, England, UK --- Three work colleagues enjoy a picnic on the grass in a City of London park in summer sunshine. As the male admires the body of the younger, more beautiful lady, she throws her head back as a reaction to the conversation. In the background are other office workers also relishing the warm weather in the capital. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - London - City colleagues enjoy park lunchtime -
21 Jul 1989, London, England, UK --- As the community fill up their water butts and buckets, a young girl drinks fresh water from a cup supplied by a water tanker, provided by Thames Water during the southern England drought of 1989. During the heatwave that saw reservoirs depleted and in the south west, dry up altogether. A hosepipe ban and in some areas, tap water failed too so tankers stationed in affected areas so locals could fill up for essential use. Tourism increased as people visited tourist areas e.g. beaches at the weeke --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - London - Community and drought water -
03 Jul 1993, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK --- A man rests on a stretch of grass, his face shielded from a bright sky beneath a camping stool during a particularly hot afternoon at the Henley Royal Regatta boat races, England. Wearing shorts, sandals and the quintessentially English socks, the man sleeps soundly while on the river, high-society, serious rowing and general clowning around on the rural Thames make for a busy and tiring afternoon. --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisEngland - Henley-on-Thames - Sleeping regatta spectator -
06 Aug 1993, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK --- Two elderly gentlemen watch the yacht racing during the Cowes week regatta, the annual sailing competitions held annually every August on the Isle of Wight. Cowes Week is one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. With 40 daily races, up to 1,000 boats, and 8,500 competitors ranging from Olympic and world class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world. Having started in 1826, the event is held on the Solent (the area of water bet --- Image by © Richard Baker/In Pictures/CorbisUK - Cowes - Yachting enthusiasts watch off-shore racing
Ci sono fotografi che, attraverso i loro scatti, sanno cogliere l’atmosfera di alcuni posti come nessun altro. Città come Roma, Parigi, Londra o New York acquistano nuova dignità e nuove emozioni proprio attraverso uno sguardo diverso, colto attraverso la lente della macchina fotografica.
