Last year the British artist, screenwriter and Oscar winning film director Steve McQueen invited every year 3 class in every primary school in London to have their class photo taken as part of his Year 3 photographic project – one of the most ambitious portraits of citizenship ever undertaken.
Year 3 is considered a milestone year in a child’s development and sense of identity. It’s when children aged 7–8 years old become more conscious of a much bigger world beyond their immediate family.
Haringey schools leapt at the opportunity to get involved, with 54 schools and over 1500 children from the borough taking part.
Now Steve McQueen’s Steve McQueen’s epic Year 3 project can be seen on over 600 billboards across all 33 of London’s boroughs. The billboards feature huge class photos of year 3 school children from London primary schools.
Look out for the billboards – can you see your school featured? The billboards can be spotted on the side of the road, on railway platforms, and at London Underground stations for most of November 2019. To find out where they are located, you can explore the map on the website (external link).
All the school photos will be presented together in a large-scale, free exhibition at Tate Britain from 12 November 2019 – 3 May 2020. Read more on the Tate website (external link).
Visit the project website (external link) for more info.
Read a Guardian article about Steve McQueen and his project here (external link).
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