{"id":12403,"date":"2012-11-27T13:29:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T13:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=12403"},"modified":"2012-11-27T14:48:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T14:48:23","slug":"catlin-emerging-lydia-brain-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/11\/27\/catlin-emerging-lydia-brain-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"CATLIN EMERGING: Lydia Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first of a series profiling the brightest and the best young graduates to emerge from the upcoming Catlin Guide<\/a>, we chat to Lydia Brain<\/a>, whose video and photographic work with the Hasidic Jewish community shines a light on an underrepresented and overlooked part of London. <\/p>\n

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You spend a lot of time with Hasidic Jewish men for your work. How did this all start off?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m fascinated with really tight knit communities, especially ones that appear displaced. For me just walking around in North London and seeing Hasidic Jewish men was intriguing; maybe it was to do with their clothing or the fact that it feels like they are living in a different time, a time that\u2019s fixed at a certain point in the past. <\/p>\n

How did you convince them to let you film them and hang out with them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I approached them as a person that was intrigued and keen to learn. I was open and spoke about my personal background and my cultural heritage and why it meant a lot to me; when somebody comes to you and they say that they want to learn from you, not only is it flattering but it\u2019s something that they didn\u2019t turn their back against.<\/p>\n