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City of shadows

<p>Architect and photographer Robert D Stephens captures Mumbai's vertical growth by juxtaposing 18th-century traveller accounts with its skyline in 12 black-and-white frames</p>

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Malabar Sunrise
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How did the idea to play with shadows using aerial Mumbai as your muse, emerge?
As Mumbai's skyline saw a sharp spike in vertical growth over the last few years, so grew the idea of Mumbai as a city of shadows. The two are directly proportional to each other: vertical growth means longer shadows and taller silhouettes - a new visual layer of contrasts that did not exist three or four years ago.

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