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Wealth divides

“Welcome to Harrodsburg, home of the one per cent and the super-rich,” says London street photographer Dougie Wallace in the BBC series, . The 30-minute TV program follows Wallace for a day as he shoots pictures of the super-rich pecking about at the doors of department store Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, or perched in open-top convertibles. With a wry smile, Wallace prowls the street with his camera and flash in search of that elusive shot; ‘brash’, ‘loud’, ‘confrontational’, and ‘edgy’ are

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