The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Picture Acknowledgements

This project was designed as much as a photo reportage as an essay. I had the privilege of working from the outset with the photographer Richard Baker (www.bakerpictures.com), to whom I owe a great debt, both for his eye and for his unflagging good humour in moments of crisis. A fuller selection of images can be seen at: www.alaindebotton.com/work

Additional picture credits: Chapter Three: Edward Hopper, New York Movie, © Museum of Modern Art, New York. Chapter Six: Images of Stephen Taylor © Ken Adlard, New Moon Photography, Norfolk; aerial photograph of the tree, Stephen Taylor (www.stephentaylorpaintings.com), courtesy Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club; photograph of gallery interior, Vertigo, 62 Great Eastern Street, London, courtesy of the artist.