On Thursday, 15th March we were happy to host the exhibition ‘A day in the life of the Regent Estate’, attended by many local residents as well as art lovers from the nearby area. This was the culmination of a three months project on the Regent Estate where Workshop44 is placed, run by photographer Jamie Leith from AIRE Projects, a London based arts organization that aims to give a voice to hard to reach people by means of creative and engaging outlets.
This unique and exciting community photo project tells the story of a hidden community through the lens of locals that equipped with a disposable camera, set out to document every hour of a day in their lives. This immersion into peoples’ lives turned out to a wonderful, if rather gloomy exhibit, still on display in Workshop44. Three residents Debbi Hayden, AG and Jhone Parsons were instrumental in the curation of this story; dedicating this time to the project and helping in all aspects of its execution. The photographs were all hand printed by Lee at Rapid Eye and Ray’s Frames made the frames for us, a local family-run framing business.
This project aims to be a celebration of the regents Estate and it’s community, as well as Hackney as a whole.
For more information on this project or future work please contact us: info@aireprojects.org.uk.
Facilitators
Jamie Leith
Aire Projects
Rapid Eye
Ray’s Frames