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An ever unfolding flux of sand, water and glass, Dubai’s soft colour palette belies its frenetic pace.
Luxury sits alongside barren grounds; yachts slice the waves and jeeps tear through dunes. City expands into desert, beaches multiply into the sea, and crowds of skyscrapers fragment the sky.


WORDS: Ruth Ainswort
PHOTOS: Valeria Effleurer





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