Britain in Pictures: GallerySouth East - Crystal Palace (recomposed)
© Emily Allchurch - "My technique of digitally collaging numerous photographs to create a seamless new view, lends itself very well to recreating buildings that no longer exist. The Crystal Palace - an engineering marvel of its day by Joseph Paxton, built for the Great Exhibition in 1851 and relocated afterwards to South East London - was destroyed by fire in 1936. Taking what remains of the platform as the base, I carefully recreated the palace from architectural details of the period, such as the Palm House at Kew Gardens and Brunel's Paddington Station." (Emily Allchurch)
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