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London from the sky: Photos show summer in the city

Jason Hawkes Sun sets over River Thames, showing Tower Bridge in foreground and Shard and City of London in backgroundJason Hawkes
Jason Hawkes The bend in the River Thames as seen from Greenwich ParkJason Hawkes
This is the photographer's favourite snap: "The light and the shadows are just lovely"
"In the summer we usually get up in the helicopter just after dawn"

Jason Hawkes has spent more than quarter of a century capturing the world from the sky.

All of the photographs featured here were taken above the capital between June and September.

He flies in an AS355 twin-engined helicopter from heights of between 750ft (229m) and 2,400ft (732m).

"It's incredible to document the changes in the city," he says.

All photographs courtesy of Jason Hawkes

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