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This time her large-scale colour images captured a <i>fin de siècle</i> city filled with reflection, memory traces, reverie and history. This nocturnal view can be seen as a symbol for the starting or finishing point of a journey. 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In 1999 she exhibited a series titled <i>Liebeslied</i> (Lovesong).  This time her large-scale colour captured a <i>fin de siècle</i> city filled with reflection, memory traces, reverie and history.   Luxemburg's view of London was informed by the night poems of the German Romantic poet Friedrich Höolderlin and with such contemporary writers on the city such as Peter Ackroyd and Iain Sinclair.\r\n\tMark Haworth-Booth","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Photograph by Rut Blees Luxemburg 'Nach Innen/In Deeper', 1999","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"River Thames","id":"x31213"},{"text":"London","id":"x28980"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"river-banks","id":"AAT8729"},{"text":"rain","id":"AAT55377"},{"text":"street lighting luminaires","id":"AAT209428"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Photo London: Beneath the Surface \r\nSomerset House 20 May - 24 August \r\n\r\n<b>Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967)</b>\r\n<i>Nach Innen / In Deeper</i>, 1999\r\n\r\nThe title of this photograph of steps leading down to the river Thames is based on a quote by philosopher Roland Barthes: ‘To get out, go in deeper.’ Luxemburg is known for nocturnal urban images using long exposures to capture the city in the eerie glow of street lights. 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