The saying that the phoenix rises from its ashes is particularly poignant when it comes to Randy Taylor. A photographer living and working in the areas where Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, 40 years of work that was archived in a storage facility was damaged during the storm. Randy Taylor recalls, "What I found was a jumbled, gooey mess of papers and things 3 to 8 feet high. It took the first day to carve out a vertical space just 2 feet into the unit, so I could merely walk in the door."
Yet from that gooey mess emerged a few dozen of Randy Taylor's photos that could be salvaged. They were marred, but in an unexpectedly beautiful way.
Artfully Damaged Photography
Randy Taylor's Printed Photos Were Marred by Hurricane Sandy
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