Anne Ferran - Intimate Journals

Uncover stories between the pages, from the margins and inserts left within the books of the Bundanon Library. In Arthur and Yvonne Boyd’s personal library, books share the shelves with works of art. The natural world outside conditions the atmosphere, as if the library contents were breathing in the air exhaled by rocks, leaves and trees.

The photographic series Intimate Journals and limited edition book Artist’s Library evolved from time spent exploring the special character of Arthur and Yvonne Boyd’s personal library located in the Bundanon Homestead.

The photographs have been shaped by, among other things, the idea of a connective tissue linking writing and landscape and a powerful attraction to particular titles and texts. More than just a series of photographs taken of the Bundanon property and bushland, the exhibition features fragments of text from six volumes of literary works selected from the Boyd library and is accompanied by the limited edition full colour artist book Artist’s Library available for purchase.