The archive of Bernard Taylor
By: selected and edited by Peter Ward
Contributors: Understory Books (Firm)
Edition: Second edition.
Series: UND -- 03
Publisher: Understory Books
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780578787886
Subjects: Artistic Photography
Description: In his preface, filmmaker Peter Ward describes acquiring the archive of Bernard Taylor, an enigmatic former resident of his suburban New York village. Ward selected and edited this group of Taylor's papers: intimate worksheets that combine a series of photographs, maps, and postcards with illusive short texts that were clearly created for Taylor's private study. Ward's editorial interjections - all relating to local history - punctuate the book, and blur distinctions between fiction, biography, and reportage.  An afterword by The Publisher contextualizes Taylor's worksheets, critically re-examines Ward's editorial practices, and describes the agonizing process of preparing this edition. The Archive is equal parts photographic narrative, fiction, puzzle and mystery - an obstructed view of an inward journey that explores the outside world. The questions and answers remain with the reader to piece together.
Notes: Gift; Tom Lecky; 2022.