Congratulations Jason Tilley: Hillfields Happening Go!

As part of the Hillfields Happening exhibition, Jason Tilley will be taking 100 portraits of Hillfields residents.

They will also be asked three questions for the Imagine research:

  • What is the best thing about living in Hillfields?

  • What is the worst thing about living in Hillfields?

  • What is the future for Hillfields?


100 quotes will accompany the 100 photos to illustrate the life of the person sitting for the portrait.

Jason hopes to mimic the photographic history of the area, in Taylor Bros Studios and ICA Studios, by creating a pop-up studio in the same location of 20 Primrose Hill Street.

You can see the studio in this image, with the flag sign above the shop just to the right of centre in the picture. 

An old photograph of Primrose Hill Street

This part of the exhibition has been possible thanks to a successful application by Jason to the Arts Council England.

The next stage is to develop a detailed plan of events that surround the exhibition.

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