ANTHONY LUVERA Conditions Of Living

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ANTHONY LUVERA Conditions Of Living

ANTHONY LUVERA Conditions Of Living documents the lived realities of economic segregation in UK housing—often referred to as “poor doors.” Developed in collaboration with residents of Tower Hamlets, the project examines the social, political, and architectural implications of market-led “affordable” housing.

Drawing from a community forum of 1,000 households across varied tenures—social rent, shared ownership, and private ownership—the publication captures how segregation manifests not only through separate entrances, but through unequal access to shared spaces, services, and rights.

First exhibited at Four Corners in London (2023), the project is now presented as a publication that interweaves residents’ voices with essays from leading thinkers on the issue: Mel Nowicki (Oxford Brookes), Paul Watt (LSE), Samir Jeraj (New Statesman), Simon Hill (New Economics Foundation), and Suzanne Muna (SHAC).

The publication was first sent to policymakers, charities, and housing researchers across the UK. Conditions of Living offers a unique blend of participatory research, testimony, and policy insight—highlighting the built environment as a key site of social justice.

Anthony Luvera

Anthony Luvera is an Australian socially engaged artist, writer, and educator based in London. The long-term collaborative work he creates with individuals and communities has been exhibited widely in galleries, public spaces, and festivals, including the UK House of Commons, Tate Liverpool, The Gallery at Foyles, the British Museum, London Underground’s Art on the Underground, National Portrait Gallery London, Four Corners, Belfast Exposed Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, PhotoIreland, Malmö Fotobiennal, Goa International Photography Festival, Les Rencontres D’Arles Photographie, Oslo Negative, and Landskrona Foto Festival. His writing has appeared in a range of publications including Trigger, Photography and Culture, Visual Studies, Photoworks, Source, and Photographies.

Anthony is Associate Professor of Photography in the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University, and editor of Photography For Whom?, a periodical about socially engaged photography. He has designed education and mentorship programmes, facilitated workshops, and given lectures for the public education departments of National Portrait Gallery, Tate, Magnum, Royal Academy of Arts, The Photographers’ Gallery, Barbican Art Gallery, and community photography projects across the UK.