The Mennonites Nature and Landscapes The resulting black and white

The resulting black and white photographs—accompanied by an extensive text drawn from diary notes and ‘the silt of the memory’—formed Towell’s landmark book

Though rooted in documentary

from his passport to a range of letters (from Janet Leigh

or to individually go in new directions

McCurry has said: “What matters most is that each picture stands on its own

The Mennonites Nature and Landscapes The resulting black and whiteIn 1989, I discovered them in my own back yard, landhungry and dirt poor. They came looking for work in the vegetable fields and fruit orchards of Lambton, Essex, Kent and Haldimand Norfolk Counties. I liked them a lot because they seemed otherworldly and therefore completely vulnerable in a society in which they did not belong and for which they were not prepared. Because I liked them, they liked me, and although photography was forbidden, they let