These seven arresting images capture the redevelopment of the City of London and the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis.

They were taken by Shoreditch photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg and feature in a new exhibition, London Dust, open now at the Museum of London.

The capital’s financial district has seen ever more fanciful towers appear on the skyline, and Blees Luxemburg’s images contrast the idealised, architectural computer-generated visions that clad building sites with the gritty, unpolished reality surrounding them.

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Rut Blees Luxemburg, Aplomb St Pauls

In particular, they focus on the hoardings around The Pinnacle – a proposed 64-floor skyscraper that rose no higher than seven storeys before lack of funding brought the work to an unexpected halt.

Blees Luxemburg’s photographs encourage viewers to consider differing perceptions of London through nuanced details, light and innovative compositions.

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Rut Blees Luxemburg, London (Gold Sack)

Francis Marshall, senior curator of paintings, pictures and drawings at Museum of London, said: “Rut Blees Luxemburg is one of the most fascinating photographers working in London today.

“Her images question the city and the urban environment in ways which prompt fresh thinking about London.”

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Rut Blees Luxemburg, London Dust Flyposting, Shoreditch 2

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Rut Blees Luxemburg, London Dust Flyposting, Shoreditch

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Rut Blees Luxemburg, London Dust

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Rut Blees Luxemburg, Towering Inferno from The Streets Album

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Rut Blees Luxemburg in her studio