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Manuel Cohen:
London, The red city

John Betjeman (detail), larger-than-lifesize bronze statue, 2007, Martin Jennings, St Pancras International, with "The Meeting Place", by Paul Day, 2007, and the famous St. Pancras Clock in the background, London, © Manuel Cohen

Red AEC (Associated Equipment Company), double-decker bus of London Transport, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

London bus against Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey (right) at twilight, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Cool Britannia store, selection of British souvenirs, including clothing and accessories, Piccadilly Circus, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Lions surrounding the Nelson's Column, 1858, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802 - 1873), National Gallery in the background, cut by a red London Bus passing on the street, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Anteros figure silhouetted against floodlit adverts panels, Piccadilly Circus, London, UK. The statue of the nude winged archer, at the top of The Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain, is known as Eros Column, 1892-1893, aluminium cast, by Alfred Gilbert. © Manuel Cohen

Row of half-scooters uses as seats, main entrance to Candem Town markets, open-air and indoor markets, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

London Bridge, London, UK, 1967-72, Mott, Hay and Anderson, with London Bridge Pier behind and dome of St Paul's Cathedral, 1675-1710, Sir Christopher Wren in the distance. The first bridge on this site was built c.50 AD by the Romans; it has been rebuilt many times. © Manuel Cohen

Red London bus passing through the TEA building with white display advertising for TEA, Shoreditch, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Red car, red London Bus passing through the TEA building, Shoreditch, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen © Manuel Cohen

Big Ben, 1858, clock tower of Palace of Westminster or Houses of Parliament, London, UK, 1840-60, by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, seen from Westminster Bridge, road and foot traffic bridge, 1862, Thomas Page and Charles Barry. © Manuel Cohen

Visitors waiting for ticket and shooting at Madame Tussauds public entrance, 1884, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Tower Bridge, 1886-94, by architect Sir Horace Jones, 1819-87, and engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry, 1836-1918, River Thames, London, UK. This bascule bridge has become a symbol of London. © Manuel Cohen

Piccadilly Circus at dusk beneath a rainy day, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Temperley London Notting Hill store, Museum of Brand, Packaging and Advertising on the left, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Clink Street, with Clink Prison Museum on right, Southwark, London, UK. The Clink Prison, founded 1144, gave its name as slang to all prisons. Atmospheric street scene with pedestrians. © Manuel Cohen

Red telephone boxes at the entrance of Smithfield or London Central Markets, 19th century, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen

Guards band during the handover of Changing the Guard (or Guard Mounting), Buckingham Palace, London, UK. The picture captures the rythm of the soldiers on the march and the brightness of the brass instruments. © Manuel Cohen

High Speed London cab, colored with royal banner Union Jack (United Kingdom flag), against a red London bus with adverts, London, UK. © Manuel Cohen
John Betjeman (detail), larger-than-lifesize bronze statue, 2007, Martin Jennings, St Pancras International, with "The Meeting Place", by Paul Day, 2007, and the famous St. Pancras Clock in the background, London, © Manuel Cohen
Bastion of Liberalism, world financial centre, multi-cultural city, London has always shown herself to me as an exhibitionist. Bursting with exuberant growth and free from complexes, London presents unpredictable contrasts. Her disorderly modern architecture shoots up all over the place, right through the centre of the older city, which is industrial and sometimes austere. Legendary symbols which have always identified her are exaggerated without restraint. Her people are fleeting and transitory, they always have to go faster.
Photographs'Manuel Cohen throws innovative perspectives on the city of London and her transformations and does so in the twinkling of an eye.
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