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| Designed by James Brown |
Volunteering alongside Jeremy Freedman, we worked as a coordinated team to invite and celebrate the opening of Sandys Row Synagogue to over 100 visitors. It was the first time this established synagogue had opened its doors to show off an art-based exhibition. Jeremy, who had been working on the project for 6 months, discovered the quite fitting exhibition. He came across negatives bearing images taken by the photographer over 100 years ago. He cleaned and edited them down to produce 15 high quality prints despite the clear damage on some of the negatives, which adds to their historic character.
The night was a success and there was a huge sense of gratitude from the visitors as they reminisced about the past, one woman thought that one of the faces was a distant relative and many people compared London with how these streets look now. These black and white prints create nostalgic glimpses of the Jewish quarter.
The highlight of the night was Bernard Kops speech and poetry recital, he dawned on the emotions he felt when he walked thought the streets of Spitalfields and many visitors commented on they're happiness of hearing his words.
The exhibition is still on going and anyone can drop into the Synagogue to take a look.
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