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Rephotographing Budapest

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Rephotographing St Petersburg

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Looking Into the Past: September 11, 2001

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Ghosts of Washington

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Photographing the past

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Looking into the past (2)

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“Back to their Future” photographs

Ato 1992 & 2010 (Buenos Aires)

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“Stour Valley and Dedham Village” (1815/2010)

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