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Photography has a particular gift to strip away assumptions and leave viewers with a window into a subject's character, filling our

eyes and our minds with wonder and curiosity. In this moving talk from 2022, portrait photographer

Platon shares the extraordinary stories behind what it's like to photograph some of the world's

most prominent figures from Michelle Obama to Pussy Riot to Vladimir Putin and

Mohammed Ali. He tells us how photographs have the ability to capture the disarming power of

empathy and human connection. Asking all of us to remember, we're in this together.

Welcome to the Eastern City, the walkie-talkie, the Girkin, Ledenhall Market.

It's where the old meets the new, where pioneers have made things happen for 2,000 years.

It's where diverse minds help our society today and enable a sustainable tomorrow,

where Michelin Star Food meets London's most iconic viewing galleries.

Here, life blends seamlessly with work.

This is the community that drives change.

Search Eastern City.

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