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The title of ‘greatest city on earth’ is always hotly contested as many global metropolises’ stake a claim to the honour. Here in our beloved London town we like to think we can hold our own and the photography of Simon Fairless goes a long way to show why. His glorious, deep and rich photographs show the city’s landmarks in their resonating, invigorating and enrapturing glory. The endless symmetry and reflective glass fronts of the financial buildings are modern day monuments to power and to possibility and Fairless shows their inherent beauty. When he scales things down and shows the wonder in a simple rose head he does so against a thick black background which allows each petal to shine and cast its own tiny shadow. Two more different subjects you would struggle to find, but here Fairless shows the many facets to his skill.
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