Hélène Binet reflects on photographing Jewish country houses

To celebrate the new exhibition opening at Strawberry Hill House - ‘Discovering Jewish Country Houses: Photographs by Helene Binet’, this short film introduces Hélène's life and inspiration as an architectural photographer and the Discovering Jewish Country Houses project.

 

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Discovering Jewish Country Houses: Photographs by Hélène Binet

Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, TW1 4ST

21 September 2024 – 8 January 2025

 

 

 

 

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More of Binet's works can be discovered in Jewish Country Houses (edited by Juliet Carey and Abigail Green, November 2024), which explores the world of country houses that were owned, built, or renewed by Jews, telling a complex story of prejudice and integration, difference and connection.