A curious tale exploring the history and mythology of a reclusive man living in central New Hampshire 200 years ago. Amani Willett’s photographs track this hermit’s overgrown trail through land his family now owns. Photographed as a fragmented narrative the book explores the fragmented identity of the original hermit while keeping Plummer’s unknowable history intact.
Hardcover, 8.5" x 6.5" inches, portrait, 136 pages 50 colour and 28 b+w photographs, October 2017
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Praise
“The first time I had the book in my hands and leafed through I had goosebumps. It is a treasure — beautiful, mysterious, each page refreshing. It sparkles with ideas and is beautifully designed.” – Elisabeth Biondi, Curator and former Visual Editor at The New Yorker
"The Disappearance Of Joseph Plummer is a beautiful, elegant and cinematic tale, and more to the point, it allows Willett to stylistically flex his muscles and stretch his wings. His talent as a photographer has never been in doubt, now he has also proved himself very adept at storytelling." – Robin Titchener, Review for Photobookstore Magazine
"Photographer Amani Willettis an adept storyteller, creating cinematic visual screenplays that carry us into terrain of the mind and the imagination . . . . . "The Disappearance of Joseph Plummer is the perfect combination of nightmare and daydreams, beautifully mysterious and intriguing, in the style of all good novels."- Aline Smithson, Lenscratch feature
Fotobibliothek (Winterhur, Switzerland)Rice-Aron Library / Marlboro College (Vermont, USA) Bethel University Library (St Paul, USA) University of Vermont Bailey-Howe Library (USA) Tate Library & Archive (London, UK)
