Michael Wolf’s 100 x 100 Series

Michael Wolf, who created the impressive Architecture of Density series, photographed of residents in their flats in Shek Kip Mei Estate, the oldest public housing complex in Hong Kong. Wolf found out that the buildings featured identical 100 square foot (10′x10′) rooms, he decided to photograph 100 of the rooms. The series is called 100×100.

Says the New York Times:

Aided by the social worker, Mr. Wolf knocked on doors and explained his project. Almost all the residents agreed to be photographed. Those who did were asked a few questions: how old they were, how long they had lived there, what they did for a living and whether they liked living in Shek Kip Mei.

Many residents had lived there for more than 20 years and most spoke positively about their living quarters and their neighbors.

The project was a race against time. On May 1, the residents were to begin vacating their apartments.

Wolf recommends viewing the images in a 10′x10′ room.

If you’re standing inside a room which is exactly the same size as the room you’re looking at, then you realize how small that space actually is. And then you realize that people have been living there for 40 years. And then you realize that they are happy! That something like that can be, I think that’s the amazing thing. That people can be happy that they have 100 square feet to live in and nice neighbors. That’s basically all you need.”

All images courtesy of Michael Wolf.

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