Pia Paulina Guilmoth and Gem Fletcher on At Night Gardens Grow and Fishworm

STANLEY/BARKER and VOID

In At Night Gardens Grow (STANLEY/BARKER, 2026), photographer Pia-Paulina Guilmoth explores the rural landscapes of Maine through a world where memory, myth, and personal experience intertwine. Revisiting the project five years after its original publication in 2021, and following her transition, she brings together images that evoke transformation, belonging, and the profound connection between people and their environment. Blending documentary photography with poetic, carefully constructed scenes, the book unfolds as a narrative at the threshold between reality and imagination, where individual memory merges with a broader story shaped by nature, family, and metamorphosis.

In Fishworm (Void, 2025), artists Pia-Paulina Guilmoth and Jesse Bull Saffire assemble a fragmented archive of rural life in Maine from found photographs, family snapshots, forgotten newspapers, and discarded objects gathered over years of scavenging and exploration. Drawing on the material traces of a place that feels both familiar and alienating, they transform these remnants into a densely layered visual narrative where collective memory, overlooked histories, and queer experience converge. Through an intuitive and unruly process of reassembly, Fishworm reflects on belonging, inheritance, and the enduring influence of place on personal identity.

The Book Talks are curated by Lesley A. Martin, Executive Director of Printed Matter, in collaboration with Paris Photo.

Pia Paulina Guilmorth, At Night Garden's Grow, 2026 – Courtesy of the artist and STANLEY/BARKER