STEVEN DAY
Cranbrook Estate, 2008-09

Steven Day, a New York based artist spent the summers of 2008-09 working in London. His photographic series, Cranbrook Estate, takes place inside Berthold Lubetkin's 1957 modernist housing estate, once one of the most significant housing developments in post-war London (1). The large scale architectural housing towers, abstracted facades, constructivist stairwells, recreational areas, and gardens fill an entire London block. The series focuses on both how the social ambitions of the architect haunt the space and how the residents reconfigure the idealism of an earlier era. The photography project was conceived while residing at a friend's apartment, which over looks the "East End" Bethnal Green site.  While documenting the buildings Day encountered and met many residents resulting in a set of portraits at each location using natural light. The debut solo exhibition of Cranbrook Estate will include nine photographs from the series, 28" x 28" C-prints. 

1. Cranbrook Estate is also the location which notoriously hosted the filming of the comedy show "Little Britain".