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I was asked to take some interior and ambient shots of the newly opened Espresso Library following my exhibition of A Cambridge Diary pictures earlier this year. Planted on East Road, just a brisk walk across Parker’s Piece, Espresso Library has the exterior of an industrial-style building. Once inside, you are confronted by a vast open space, flooded with natural light, and dotted with endless seating options: take your pick from the benches, sofas and window seats. The café’s design has a Scandinavian feel, and accents such as the plush sofas and hanging lamps, punctuated with flashes of yellow, give it an overall polished and sleek effect. The stylish interior is unrivalled in Cambridge and I wanted to emphasise the spaciousness with a stitched panorama shot which I took using a tilt-shift lens to maintain the vertical lines.