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Impressions of Serpentine Pavilion 2013 Press Day


Summer has finally arrived which means the opening of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. This year it is designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and I had the pleasure of photographing it today. It was my first time of going to the press day so wasn't sure of what to expect, I certainly didn't expect the scrum of photographers all trying to get "the shot" of Sou Fujimoto.



The pavilion itself is amazing and it was fantastic to photograph, below are a few images from the shoot and I will be uploading more to my website -







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