Slow Seconds

By (author): Ronald Rees, Joshua Green

Finalist, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)

The photographs of George Taylor (1838-1913) offer viewers a fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century New Brunswick. Taylor’s career coincided with a period when photographers began to provide Canadians with images of the “wilderness.” Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of Indigenous guides, Taylor travelled not only through settled parts of New Brunswick, but also into the wilderness of the north, providing views of hitherto unfamiliar and unknown terrain and helping to popularize the outdoors as a venue for canoeing, hunting and fishing.

Taylor’s work is also a record of rural and farm life on the rich floodplains and intervals of the Saint John River valley, of daily life in Fredericton, and of the large-scale expansion of railways in the province. Captured in the “slow seconds” of his camera, George Taylor’s photographs illumined landscapes, people, and the seismic changes taking place at the cusp of the new century.

The first book of Taylor’s photographs, Slow Seconds presents a curated selection of one hundred photographs together with an account of the beginnings of photography and Taylor’s life and work.

AUTHOR

Ronald Rees

Ronald Rees was born in Wales and from 1964 until 1985 taught historical geography at the University of Saskatchewan. After moving to St Andrews, he became an adjunct professor at Mount Allison. This allowed him to write almost full-time, except for summer handyman duties at the Sea Captain’s Loft.

AUTHOR

Joshua Green

Joshua Green is the Photo Archivist at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. He has published on the visual history and early photography of New Brunswick.

Reviews

“This beautiful collection … invites readers to enjoy each image as it was captured — slowly.”
Maritime Edit

Awards

  • New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction) 2020, Short-listed
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    Finalist, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)

    The photographs of George Taylor (1838-1913) offer viewers a fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century New Brunswick. Taylor’s career coincided with a period when photographers began to provide Canadians with images of the “wilderness.” Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of Indigenous guides, Taylor travelled not only through settled parts of New Brunswick, but also into the wilderness of the north, providing views of hitherto unfamiliar and unknown terrain and helping to popularize the outdoors as a venue for canoeing, hunting and fishing.

    Taylor’s work is also a record of rural and farm life on the rich floodplains and intervals of the Saint John River valley, of daily life in Fredericton, and of the large-scale expansion of railways in the province. Captured in the “slow seconds” of his camera, George Taylor’s photographs illumined landscapes, people, and the seismic changes taking place at the cusp of the new century.

    The first book of Taylor’s photographs, Slow Seconds presents a curated selection of one hundred photographs together with an account of the beginnings of photography and Taylor’s life and work.

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    Details

    Dimensions:

    184 Pages
    8.5in * 10in * 0.75in
    1078gr

    Published:

    September 24, 2019

    Publisher:

    Goose Lane Editions

    ISBN:

    9781773101361

    Book Subjects:

    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes

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    Language:

    eng

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