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In Collecting the World Gusov juxtaposes toreadors outside a bullring in Spain with synchronised swimmers in Belarus; a sumo wrestler riding a bicycle with a pilot sitting with his bike in front of an aircraft; and Jude Law in jeans and a ballerina from the Bolshoi Ballet in costume puffing on cigarettes. His message is clear: people are people all over the world.

With a picture selection curated by editor Amanda Renshaw and an essay by academic and photographer Peter Hamilton new light is shed on Gusov’s life as a photographer in Russia and London and around the world.