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Artist documenting: offshore property in British Isles; nostalgia in Britain | @Film_London Lodestar 2023 | Teaching @UAL | a jobbing photog 📸

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Joined January 2009
Very proud to have my Offshore Capital cyanotype print work selected to be part of @WoolwichCPF printfair this year. I have two new prints in the curated hang at the fair in November and one in the online Director's Cut exhibition now live here woolwichprintfair.com/direct…
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Postcard from Guernsey airport. Enjoyed 3D scanning the offshore industry of the channel islands. Watch out for more #offshorecapital developments in the new year ⚓️💰
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I did an interview with @londoninbits on the strange experience of using a Lidar 3D scanner to document offshore tax-haven owned property in London 🔎 Cheers to @hinchcliffe and the LiB team for this. Article here: londoninbits.substack.com/p/…
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To check out the property info, 3D scan images, and map, have a look at the #OffshoreCapital website: offshorecapital.co.uk/portfo…
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In April 2014 he sold the home to its present owner, a Saudi businessman, for £41 million, according to Land Registry records.
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It was sold in 2009 for a reported £13.5 million to a Thai businessman, who extended the basement to include a 30ft pool and hot tub room, a spa with sauna, steam room and treatment room, a gym and cinema room, plus parking for three cars.'
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‘The newly converted building was believed to have been bought for about £10 million by Alain Boublil, the lyricist who wrote the hit musicals Les Misérables and Miss Saigon.'
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@thetimes reported that it was sold ‘in 1998 Diocese of London, reportedly for £1 million. Part of the grade II listed church was kept as a place of worship, with the rest converted into a luxury home' thetimes.co.uk/article/st-sa…
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#OffshoreCapital A 3D scan of St Saviour’s House, in Knightsbridge, London. Formerly a church, it is now a seven bedroom mansion with a gym, spa, sauna, cinema, bar, and pool. It was bought in 2014 for £41,000,000 by Walton International Holdings limited (Bahamas). A Thread:
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The @HamandHigh newspaper reported that it's 'now believed to be London’s most expensive house, valued at £300 million, the mansion has 65 rooms spread across three floors, including 25 bedrooms. One of the largest is the ballroom, measuring 70 feet long and 20 feet high.'
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