3EyesOn worked with 28 pupils from Kingsmead School in Hackney to documented their world over six months. They photographed their friends, families, community and school to create an accomplished and vibrant body of work. At the same time Gideon undertook a parallel photographic engagement in the school and the Kingsmead Estate. Using old Rolleiflex cameras he made a portrait of every child in the school. These 249 portraits have been all been used in this video and assembled into a composite image for the exhibition. With the remarkable diversity and origins of these children in more than 46 countries this becomes a truly global portrait, taken in a small Hackney school.
This video installation was part of the Kingsmead Eyes exhibition on display at the V&A Museum of Childhood from 7 November 2009 till 7 February 2010.