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different older times, Taylor does not intend to pinpoint her work to a specific date or decade. She considers her work “digital originals” as they are created on her computer with a scanner and photos taken on her iPhone. After collecting objects, she creates her composites using Adobe
Photoshop. Taylor describes her process as spontaneous and intuitive as she comes up with “images with resonance and… mysterious narrative content”. Her work is not defined by a single meaning but rather as a “visual riddle” or an “open-ended poem”. Each image is meant to tell a different story every time a different person looks at it. She says that often people think photography is autobiographical and her work is definitely a reflection of her life. Even though the dream like scenes that are whimsical and outlandish are hard to connect back to reality, she says there are parts of her life in her work but they're hard to decode. The photos used are mostly from the 17th century and she likes how they are anonymous so she can create her own backstories to each of them.
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