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Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower. The tower in which Big Ben is located is officially called the Elizabeth Tower; originally just the Clock Tower, it was renamed in 2012 for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The tower was designed by Augustus Pugin in a neo-gothic style. When completed in 1859, it was, says horologist Ian Westworth, "the prince of timekeepers: the biggest, most accurate four-faced striking and chiming clock in the world". It stands 315 feet (96 m) tall, and the climb from ground level to the belfry is 334 steps. Its base is square, measuring 39 feet (12 m) on each side. Dials of the clock are 23 feet (7.0 m) in diameter. On 31 May 2009, celebrations were held to mark the tower's 150th anniversary. Big Ben is the largest of five bells and weighs 13 1⁄2 long tons (13.7 tonnes; 15.1 short tons). It was the largest bell in the United Kingdom for 23 years. The origin of the bell's nickname is open to question; it may be named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw its installation, or boxing heavyweight champion Benjamin Caunt. Four quarter bells chime at 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour and just before Big Ben tolls on the hour. The clock uses its original Victorian mechanism, but an electric motor can be used as a backup. A British cultural icon, recognized all over the world, the tower is one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and parliamentary democracy,[6] and it is often used in the establishing shot of films set in London.The clock tower has been part of a Grade I listed building since 1970 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
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Art Photographer and author, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte was born in Havana, Cuba. He left the island on the Freedom Flights in 1968 with his family & settled in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. His grandfather gave him his first camera at the age of ten & that sparked his love for photography. His professional career began in 1985 in Miami and in 1988 he moved to London, where he met Cuban music legend, Celia Cruz. He photographed her for 12 years & published a book titled, Presenting Celia Cruz in 2004. After London, Rodriguez-Duarte moved to New York’s Greenwich Village, where he’s lived with his husband and collaborator, Tico Torres for 25 years. His camera has taken him to many parts of the world & given him the opportunity to work for publications such as Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle China, Harper’s Bazaar Art China, The New Yorker, Town & Country, The New York Times, L’Uomo Vogue & the British, Spanish & German editions of Vogue Magazine, among others. It’s also allowed him to photograph some of the world’s leading artists, celebrities and public figures such as Andy Garcia, Madonna, Gloria Estefan, Gianni Versace, Carolina Herrera, Pedro Almodovar, Rossy de Palma, Chita Rivera, Jeff Koons, Christo, Ronald Lauder & Gloria Vanderbilt, among many others. He’s been an adjunct professor at the Int’l Center for Photography in NY and has participated on a panel at the Smithsonian Institution titled, American Voices, Latino Photographers in the US where his images were included in an exhibit titled, Americanos, Latino Life in the US which traveled nationwide. His photos of Celia were included in another Smithsonian exhibition titled, Azúcar, the Life and Music of Celia Cruz, which he spearheaded & conceived starting at the National Museum of American History and also traveled nationwide. He was featured in a documentary film titled, Celia, the Queen. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at the Annenberg Space for Photography, Miami-Dade Public Library, Museum of Art & Design (Miami), Bronx Museum of the Arts, Lehigh Univ. Art Galleries, Bass Museum (Miami Beach), Lowe Art Musuem at University of Miami, Museum of the City of NY, Latino Museum (Omaha, NE), Casita Maria Ctr. for the Arts (Bronx), San Antonio Museum of Art, Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum (London).
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