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  • Wheel of a Monsieur Lonfier sewing machine, detail, manufactured from 1957 and the most used machine of that decade, at the Ateliers de la Garde Republicaine, or workshops of the Republican Guard, 10, Avenue de la Republique, Paris, France. The machine is used by saddle harnessers responsible for maintaining the saddles and weapon harnesses, some dating from the First World War and still used by the cavalry regiment, using high quality leather and traditional manufacturing methods. The Garde Republicaine was founded by Napoleon in 1802. It is part of the Gendarmerie and is responsible for security, guards of honour, military ceremonies and horseback patrols. In its workshops, master craftsmen maintain the equipment used by the horsemen and infantrymen, using traditional and sometimes ancient techniques passed down through the generations. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cogs of a Monsieur Lonfier sewing machine, detail, manufactured from 1957, at the Ateliers de la Garde Republicaine, or workshops of the Republican Guard, 10, Avenue de la Republique, Paris, France. The machine is used by saddle harnessers responsible for maintaining the saddles and weapon harnesses, some dating from the First World War and still used by the cavalry regiment, using high quality leather and traditional manufacturing methods. The Garde Republicaine was founded by Napoleon in 1802. It is part of the Gendarmerie and is responsible for security, guards of honour, military ceremonies and horseback patrols. In its workshops, master craftsmen maintain the equipment used by the horsemen and infantrymen, using traditional and sometimes ancient techniques passed down through the generations. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man using a weighing machine in the Jardin du Luxembourg or Luxembourg Gardens, a public park in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. There are many public weighing scales around Paris, where members of the public can weigh themselves once a coin has been entered into the slot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Foot plate of a weighing machine in the Jardin du Luxembourg or Luxembourg Gardens, a public park in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. There are many public weighing scales around Paris, where members of the public can weigh themselves once a coin has been entered into the slot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weighing machine in the Jardin du Luxembourg or Luxembourg Gardens, a public park in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. There are many public weighing scales around Paris, where members of the public can weigh themselves once a coin has been entered into the slot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dial on a weighing machine in the Jardin du Luxembourg or Luxembourg Gardens, a public park in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. There are many public weighing scales around Paris, where members of the public can weigh themselves once a coin has been entered into the slot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weighing machine in the Jardin du Luxembourg or Luxembourg Gardens,  a public park in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. There are many public weighing scales around Paris, where members of the public can weigh themselves once a coin has been entered into the slot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Machine used to hammer coins, in the Salle magistrale du Grand Monnayage, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sewing machine stitching leather at the Ateliers de la Garde Republicaine, or workshops of the Republican Guard, 10, Avenue de la Republique, Paris, France. Saddle harnessers maintain the saddles and weapon harnesses, some dating from the First World War and still used by the cavalry regiment, using high quality leather and traditional manufacturing methods. The Garde Republicaine was founded by Napoleon in 1802. It is part of the Gendarmerie and is responsible for security, guards of honour, military ceremonies and horseback patrols. In its workshops, master craftsmen maintain the equipment used by the horsemen and infantrymen, using traditional and sometimes ancient techniques passed down through the generations. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Machine used to print the daily Parisian newspaper 'Le Petit Journal', published 1863-1944, invented by H Marinoni, engraving after E Bourdelin, late 19th century. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jacques Arsene, craftsman, and his wood-cutting machine, in the workshop, Parc Zoologique de Paris, or Zoo de Vincennes, (Zoological Gardens of Paris, also known as Vincennes Zoo), 1934, by Charles Letrosne, 12th arrondissement, Paris, France, pictured on June 29, 2011 in the afternoon. In November 2008 the 15 hectare Zoo, part of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History) closed its doors to the public and renovation works will start in September 2011. The Zoo is scheduled to re-open in April 2014. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Historical summary of telegraphy on p143 of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contents page on p142 of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Turret 75 R05, a 75mm machine gun turret at the Ouvrage de Froideterre, a small fort holding 200 men with 2 machine gun turrets and 2 observation turrets, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. This replaced an earlier construction, Ouvrage A, built 1887-88. Froideterre protected the Meuse and the road to Montmedy and saw heavy bombardment in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top Secret document listing 5 volumes of a report dated 1930-42, into information technology during the Second World War, by General Bertrand, by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, including the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Historical summary of telegraphy on p143 of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contents page on p142 of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • File stamped Top Secret of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Services des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top Secret document listing 5 volumes of a report dated 1930-42, into information technology during the Second World War by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, including the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saddle harnesser at work at a Monsieur Lonfier sewing machine, manufactured from 1957, at the Ateliers de la Garde Republicaine, or workshops of the Republican Guard, 10, Avenue de la Republique, Paris, France. Saddle harnessers are responsible for maintaining the saddles and weapon harnesses, some dating from the First World War and still used by the cavalry regiment, using high quality leather and traditional manufacturing methods. The Garde Republicaine was founded by Napoleon in 1802. It is part of the Gendarmerie and is responsible for security, guards of honour, military ceremonies and horseback patrols. In its workshops, master craftsmen maintain the equipment used by the horsemen and infantrymen, using traditional and sometimes ancient techniques passed down through the generations. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Laundry room of the Chateau Frontenac with women at work at a mangle, sewing machine and wooden wash tub, photograph, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen
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  • Saddle harnesser threading a Monsieur Lonfier sewing machine, manufactured from 1957, at the Ateliers de la Garde Republicaine, or workshops of the Republican Guard, 10, Avenue de la Republique, Paris, France. Saddle harnessers are responsible for maintaining the saddles and weapon harnesses, some dating from the First World War and still used by the cavalry regiment, using high quality leather and traditional manufacturing methods. The Garde Republicaine was founded by Napoleon in 1802. It is part of the Gendarmerie and is responsible for security, guards of honour, military ceremonies and horseback patrols. In its workshops, master craftsmen maintain the equipment used by the horsemen and infantrymen, using traditional and sometimes ancient techniques passed down through the generations. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • X-ray apparatus with fluoroscopic screen and a vertically moveable arm, made by Ropiquet, Hazart and Roycourt, Paris, Amiens, c. 1920, in the Pavillon San Rafael, built 1914-18, with 28 iron beds by Josep Perpina, used for non-infectious diseases of the digestive tract, built with the legacy of Rafael Rabell and his daughter Concepcio, at the Hospital de Sant Pau, or Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, built 1902-30, designed by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in El Guinardo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The original medieval hospital of 1401 was replaced with this complex in the 20th century thanks to capital provided in the will of Pau Gil. The hospital consists of 27 pavilions surrounded by gardens and linked by tunnels, using the Modernist Art Nouveau style with great attention to detail. On the death of the architect, his son Pere Domenech i Roura took over the project. The complex was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adele Brereton, jeweller and silversmith, seen in a mirror reflection at work at a machine in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Adele makes work inspired by found objects, often hammering the metal into or around found or man-made shapes to create one-off pieces. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adele Brereton, jeweller and silversmith, seen in a mirror reflection at work at a machine in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Adele makes work inspired by found objects, often hammering the metal into or around found or man-made shapes to create one-off pieces. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adele Brereton, jeweller and silversmith, seen in a mirror reflection at work at a machine in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Adele makes work inspired by found objects, often hammering the metal into or around found or man-made shapes to create one-off pieces. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, turning the handle on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, turning the handle on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of heating pipes in the machine room which provide heating to all the glasshouses in the Jardin des Plantes.
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  • Woman working at spinning machine, photograph from 'Fabra i Coats, Sewn Stories', a digital altarpiece or mural installation by Friends of the Fabra i Coats, using photographs and interviews with former workers, at the old Fabra i Coats factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The project was run by the Barcelona History Museum as part of the MUHBA Fabra i Coats project. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The remaining factory is destined to also become a cultural space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman working at spinning machine, photograph from 'Fabra i Coats, Sewn Stories', a digital altarpiece or mural installation by Friends of Fabra i Coats, using photographs and interviews with former workers, at the old Fabra i Coats factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The project was run by the Barcelona History Museum as part of the MUHBA Fabra i Coats project. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The remaining factory is destined to also become a cultural space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fadeometer, 1953, used to test light fastness of dyes, in the Atelier de Teinture or Dyeing Workshops, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this machine, colours are exposed to ultraviolet radiation for 46 hours, accelerating their aging to determine their strength. The dyeing workshop was founded by Colbert in 1665, when a limited palette of natural dyes were used. In 1838 Eugene Chevreul created his chromatic circle, which is now digitised and used for mixing synthetic dyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fadeometer, 1953, used to test light fastness of dyes, in the Atelier de Teinture or Dyeing Workshops, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this machine, colours are exposed to ultraviolet radiation for 46 hours, accelerating their aging to determine their strength. The dyeing workshop was founded by Colbert in 1665, when a limited palette of natural dyes were used. In 1838 Eugene Chevreul created his chromatic circle, which is now digitised and used for mixing synthetic dyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fadeometer, 1953, used to test light fastness of dyes, in the Atelier de Teinture or Dyeing Workshops, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this machine, colours are exposed to ultraviolet radiation for 46 hours, accelerating their aging to determine their strength. The dyeing workshop was founded by Colbert in 1665, when a limited palette of natural dyes were used. In 1838 Eugene Chevreul created his chromatic circle, which is now digitised and used for mixing synthetic dyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adele Brereton, jeweller and silversmith, seen in a mirror reflection at work at a machine in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Adele makes work inspired by found objects, often hammering the metal into or around found or man-made shapes to create one-off pieces. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adele Brereton, jeweller and silversmith, seen in a mirror reflection at work at a machine in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Adele makes work inspired by found objects, often hammering the metal into or around found or man-made shapes to create one-off pieces. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adele Brereton, jeweller and silversmith, seen in a mirror reflection at work at a machine in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Adele makes work inspired by found objects, often hammering the metal into or around found or man-made shapes to create one-off pieces. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coin blanks in a machine for minting coins in the Salle Magistrale du Grand Monnayage, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Heat moulding press, 1874, used to shape battle saddles, at the Ateliers de la Garde Republicaine, or workshops of the Republican Guard, 10, Avenue de la Republique, Paris, France. The machine is used by saddle harnessers responsible for maintaining the saddles and weapon harnesses, some dating from the First World War and still used by the cavalry regiment, using high quality leather and traditional manufacturing methods. The Garde Republicaine was founded by Napoleon in 1802. It is part of the Gendarmerie and is responsible for security, guards of honour, military ceremonies and horseback patrols. In its workshops, master craftsmen maintain the equipment used by the horsemen and infantrymen, using traditional and sometimes ancient techniques passed down through the generations. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of the King's Lieutenant and machine room, at the Phare de Cordouan or Cordouan Lighthouse, built 1584-1611 in Renaissance style by Louis de Foix, 1530-1604, French architect, located 7km at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Aquitaine, France. This is the oldest lighthouse in France. There are 4 storeys, with keeper apartments and an entrance hall, King's apartments, chapel, secondary lantern and the lantern at the top at 68m. Parabolic lamps and lenses were added in the 18th and 19th centuries. The lighthouse is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. General view of the machine room beneath it which provides heat to all the glasshouses in the Jardin des Plantes.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of heating pipes in the machine room, which provides heating to all the glasshouses in the complex.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of machine room in the basement which supplies heating to all the Glasshouses in the Jardin des Plantes.
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  • Emile's forge, donated by Maurice Bernard from Eurville, with hearths, bellows, tools, power hammers, anvils and stamping machines, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy, formerly the lower factory of the foundry at Dommartin-le-Franc, in the Blaise valley, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seamstresses at work on sewing machines in the workshop at Les Toiles du Soleil, a shop selling traditional catalan artisanal woven cloth, on Place Gambetta, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Sans et Garcerie factory in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans, founded in 1897, was bought by Francoise and Henri Quinta and they developed a range of traditional fabrics in bold catalan colours, and sell a range of canvas or fabric by the metre, upholstery fabric, household linen, coated fabrics and table linen. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Command station for the FRIGO factory which controls the machines, at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Machines for minting coins in the Salle Magistrale du Grand Monnayage, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men working in the foundry, which produced bronze cannons and drilling machines (the shipyards became arsenals and arms depots from 1745), photograph, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On the right is the command station for the FRIGO factory which controls the machines. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Machines for minting coins in the Salle Magistrale du Grand Monnayage, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Machines for minting coins in the Salle Magistrale du Grand Monnayage, seen from the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Machines for minting coins in the Salle Magistrale du Grand Monnayage, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chimneys from the machines in the buildings encircling the Phare de Cordouan or Cordouan Lighthouse at night, built 1584-1611 in Renaissance style by Louis de Foix, 1530-1604, French architect, located 7km at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Aquitaine, France. This is the oldest lighthouse in France. There are 4 storeys, with keeper apartments and an entrance hall, King's apartments, chapel, secondary lantern and the lantern at the top at 68m. Parabolic lamps and lenses were added in the 18th and 19th centuries. The lighthouse is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Command station for the FRIGO factory which controls the machines, and behind, golden spiral staircase, at MUHBA Oliva Artes, a former factory and machinery workshop, built in 1920, reworked by architect Jordi Badia to become a cultural space in Poblenou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is used as a museum on the history and heritage of the contemporary urban city, welcoming educational activities, visits and workshops. It also houses a permanent exhibition entitled Interrogar Barcelona. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Machines for minting coins in the Salle Magistrale du Grand Monnayage, in the Musee du 11 Conti or Monnaie de Paris, reopened in 2017 after refurbishment, housed in the Hotel de la Monnaie, on Quai de Conti, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the mint, gold coins, medals and official decorations are cast and visitors can watch this process taking place. The Paris Mint was founded in 864 AD and has been in the current building since 1775. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Knitting room for straight edges, at Lacoste Operations in the historic Lacoste factory in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cutting and tailoring at Lacoste Operations in the historic Lacoste factory in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Knitting room for straight edges, at Lacoste Operations in the historic Lacoste factory in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Knitting room for straight edges, at Lacoste Operations in the historic Lacoste factory in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mechanism of the 155mm gun in Turret 155, an adjustable gun turret with 360 degree sightings, built 1907-09, in the Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Verlay, Clothing Director at Lacoste, at Lacoste Operations in the historic Lacoste factory in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crocodile Sewing Zone at Lacoste Operations in the historic Lacoste factory in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Fondation Suisse (The Switzerland Foundation), 1931 - 1933, Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965) and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967), La Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Le Pavillon suisse was classified as Monuments Historiques in 1986. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandée auprès de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Farmer with tractor in a rice field, the Ebro Delta, province of Tarragona, Spain. Main coastal delta of the Iberian Peninsula with a variety of different ecosystems including lagoons, sand dunes, salt marsh and rice fields, supporting a very large population of breeding waterbirds as well as birds on migration and during the non-breeding period (northern winter). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Farmer with tractor in a rice field, the Ebro Delta, province of Tarragona, Spain. Main coastal delta of the Iberian Peninsula with a variety of different ecosystems including lagoons, sand dunes, salt marsh and rice fields, supporting a very large population of breeding waterbirds as well as birds on migration and during the non-breeding period (northern winter). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Farmer with tractor in a rice field, the Ebro Delta, province of Tarragona, Spain. Main coastal delta of the Iberian Peninsula with a variety of different ecosystems including lagoons, sand dunes, salt marsh and rice fields, supporting a very large population of breeding waterbirds as well as birds on migration and during the non-breeding period (northern winter). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Fondation Suisse (The Switzerland Foundation), 1931 - 1933, Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965) and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967), La Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France. Le Pavillon suisse was classified as Monuments Historiques in 1986. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette oeuvre doit etre demandée auprès de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Customisation area, Polo Customised, where customers choose a custom crocodile and shirt, at Lacoste Operations in the historic Lacoste factory in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Lacoste is a ready-to-wear clothing and accessories company founded 1933 by tennis players Rene Lacoste and Andre Gillier, based in Troyes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blast furnace built 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Le Bachelle, at the Parc Metallurgique or Metallurgic Park, an interpretation centre for ancient and contemporary metallurgy, formerly the upper factory at Dommartin-le-Franc, in the Blaise valley, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sorting of champagne corks produced in a workshop at Champagne Barange in Dizy, Epernay, Marne, Grand Est, France. Epernay is the centre of the champagne growing area of France, protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sorting of champagne corks produced in a workshop at Champagne Barange in Dizy, Epernay, Marne, Grand Est, France. Epernay is the centre of the champagne growing area of France, protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grue Titan de Nantes, a Titan crane built in 1954, now disused, formerly part of the Dubigeon shipyards, made by Joseph Paris of Nantes, on the Ile de Nantes, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The crane forms part of the Parc des Chantiers, a 13 hectare public park on the industrial heritage site of the former shipyards, which closed in 1987. The crane is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rear sections of boilers 1, 2 and 3 in the boiler room, Babcock & Wilcox systems installed in 1944, renovated and opened to the public by the Barcelona History Museum and Friends of Fabra i Coats, in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The boiler room housed 5 boilers and a steam engine and consumed 70 tonnes of coal a day. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The remaining factory is destined to also become a cultural space. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elizabeth Ashdown, a textile artist specialising in hand woven and hand embroidered passementerie and fine textiles, at work weaving on a loom in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Elizabeth uses traditional techniques of hand weaving, macrame, hand embroidery, braid making and cord making to produce textile pieces used in home furnishings, fashion, wall hangings and artworks. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eleanor Lakelin, wood sculptor, at work in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Eleanor makes pieces which celebrate the natural shapes and eccentricities of wood, using lathing, chiseling and carving techniques to make vessels which expose the patterns and gnarls within the natural forms. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 1st June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Threads on a loom in the studio of Sophie Graney, in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Sophie uses unusual materials such as rubber, leather and PVC in her weavings and makes pieces for homewares, art pieces and fashion. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adele Brereton, jeweller and silversmith, seen in a mirror reflection at work hammering metal in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Adele makes work inspired by found objects, often hammering the metal into or around found or man-made shapes to create one-off pieces. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emily Kidson, a jewellery designer who works with wood, laminate and silver to create colourful pieces, at work in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Emily is inspired by urban architectural forms and cuts and finishes each piece by hand. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaver Lola at work at a loom, weaving woollen yarn, using foot pedals, in the workshop of the company Laines Paysannes, producing pure woollen clothing, rugs and yarns, made from French wool, based in Ariege, Occitanie, France. The company is owned by Olivia Bertrand, a weaver, and Paul de Latour, a sheep breeder, who use Tarasconnais sheep for their organic wool. Photographed on 4th December 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaver Lola at work with woollen yarn and a weaving shuttle, in the workshop of the company Laines Paysannes, producing pure woollen clothing, rugs and yarns, made from French wool, based in Ariege, Occitanie, France. The company is owned by Olivia Bertrand, a weaver, and Paul de Latour, a sheep breeder, who use Tarasconnais sheep for their organic wool. Photographed on 4th December 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaver Lola at work weaving woollen yarn at a loom, in the workshop of the company Laines Paysannes, producing pure woollen clothing, rugs and yarns, made from French wool, based in Ariege, Occitanie, France. The company is owned by Olivia Bertrand, a weaver, and Paul de Latour, a sheep breeder, who use Tarasconnais sheep for their organic wool. Photographed on 4th December 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaver Lola at work weaving woollen yarn at a loom, in the workshop of the company Laines Paysannes, producing pure woollen clothing, rugs and yarns, made from French wool, based in Ariege, Occitanie, France. The company is owned by Olivia Bertrand, a weaver, and Paul de Latour, a sheep breeder, who use Tarasconnais sheep for their organic wool. Photographed on 4th December 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaver Lola at work weaving woollen yarn at a loom, in the workshop of the company Laines Paysannes, producing pure woollen clothing, rugs and yarns, made from French wool, based in Ariege, Occitanie, France. The company is owned by Olivia Bertrand, a weaver, and Paul de Latour, a sheep breeder, who use Tarasconnais sheep for their organic wool. Photographed on 4th December 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Loom, used for weaving woollen yarn, in the workshop of the company Laines Paysannes, producing pure woollen clothing, rugs and yarns, made from French wool, based in Ariege, Occitanie, France. The company is owned by Olivia Bertrand, a weaver, and Paul de Latour, a sheep breeder, who use Tarasconnais sheep for their organic wool. Photographed on 4th December 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaver Lola at work weaving woollen yarn at a loom, in the workshop of the company Laines Paysannes, producing pure woollen clothing, rugs and yarns, made from French wool, based in Ariege, Occitanie, France. The company is owned by Olivia Bertrand, a weaver, and Paul de Latour, a sheep breeder, who use Tarasconnais sheep for their organic wool. Photographed on 4th December 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Manuel Cohen, photographer, videographer and remote pilot of S1, S2 and S4 drones, photographed flying a drone in May 2019.
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  • Portrait of Manuel Cohen, photographer, videographer and remote pilot of S1, S2 and S4 drones, photographed flying a drone in May 2019.
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  • Man working at the bar in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aurelien Pasquet, stage manager in charge of sound, light, video, computers and telephones, in the production office in the tribune (first floor gallery of the nave) at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the place where all recordings are controlled, which are regularly broadcast on Radio Notre Dame and KTO Television. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aurelien Pasquet, stage manager in charge of sound, light, video, computers and telephones, in the production office in the tribune (first floor gallery of the nave) at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the place where all recordings are controlled, which are regularly broadcast on Radio Notre Dame and KTO Television. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Working on a fluid steel shape for a sculpture in the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. On the right is Lea in Blue, a mosaic sculpture in blue steel. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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