Tuesday, November 09, 2021
Photographer Captures ‘Taboo’ Portrait Series of Hasidic Jews
Photographer Justin Bettman recently finished a portrait series that focuses on the Hasidic Jews in New York, an ultra-orthodox sect of Judaism that generally keeps to itself socially and is rarely photographed by those outside of its community.
Hasidic Jews are known for their religious and social conservatism and general social seclusion. Those in New York often live in their tightly-knit communities and outside of work environments, generally keep to themselves. According to Bettman, who grew up in what he describes as a reform Jewish household in Northern California, the initial perception of the Hasidic community when he moved to New York was that it almost looked and felt like a completely separate religion.
Even with the stark differences that he perceived, Bettman was curious more about what he and the Hasidic community had in common.
"In this portrait series, I wanted to bridge the gap between the reform Jewish community I grew up in and the Hasidic Jewish community that I lived adjacent to in New York," he says.
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