Metropole

Metropole is Lewis Bush's investigation into the reshaping of London by corporate property development, tracking how high-end construction displaces long-term residents for the benefit of investors and speculators.

Published by Overlapse in September 2018, the 160-page book pairs 40 black-and-white and 40 color photographs, made using a psychogeographical approach to the city's changing landscape, with an afterword and 28 texts documenting specific developments, including the offshore financial structures and political lobbying behind them. The trade softcover uses Swiss binding with exposed orange thread and twelve inserts of supporting research.

Bush is a London-based photographer and writer whose projects, including Metropole and Shadows of the State, examine the political and financial structures shaping cities and institutions.