Robert Clayton Documents Post-Industrial Ruin of Britain in 'Estate'
British photographer Robert Clayton has unveiled a collection of photographs from 1991 entitled
British photographer Robert Clayton has unveiled a collection of photographs from 1991 entitled Estate. Prompted by the reelection of a conservative government in Britain earlier this month, Clayton delved into his archives and discovered an array of shots of a council estate in Birmingham, decimated by Margaret Thatcher’s government during the early 1990s. Estate exhibits a Britain in flux, a working class community struggling to make ends meet and a polarized society that Clayton expects to return. Speaking to i-D magazine, Clayton himself admitted that he had only recently realized the poignancy of the work from early on in his career. Estate is a book available to pre-order from Stay Free Publishing and forms an exhibition at LA Noble Gallery this month.
