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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

Commonsensual: The Works of Rut Blees Luxemburg

Commonsensual: A Modern Project
Luxemburg's image A Modern Project was used on the cover of Bloc Party's second album, A Weekend in the City Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Caliban Towers
Caliban Towers from the Modern Project series which, like much of Luxemburg's work, offers alternative ways of looking at shared spaces Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Corporate Leisure
Corporate Leisure from A Modern Project, which captured deserted night-time London under the glow of street lamps Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Towering Inferno
Towering Inferno, also from A Modern Project, was the cover image on the Streets' debut album, Original Pirate Material Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Vertiginous Exhilaration
Vertiginous Exhilaration from A Modern Project. Images from the project were first shown at Tate Liverpool Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Silverblade
Silverblade from A Modern Project Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Acton Town
Acton Town from the series Piccadilly's Peccadilloes. The images in the series include details of the front of 12 London Underground stations Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Uxbridge
Uxbridge from the Piccadilly's Peccadilloes project. Luxemburg's shots capture parts of words reflected on wet pavements Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Affliction
Affliction Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: In Deeper
In Deeper from the Liebeslied project, which was the basis of collaborative opera Liebeslied/My Suicides, with a libretto by philosopher Alexander Garcia Düttmann and a score by composer Paul Clark Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: The Pact
The Pact from Faust 2, a series inspired by German Romantic poet Goethe's character Faust and his relevance in contemporary society Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: The Veins
The Veins from the Cauchemar project, a survey of one night in Paris Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
Commonsensual: Tyson Bombardier
Tyson Bombardier from the series Phantom, taken in Dakar, Senegal Photograph: Rut Blees Luxemburg/PR
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