Join us for author Anne Day in conversation with editor Jordan Weitzman and author and designer Matthew Patrick Smyth.

Presented by Oblong Books in partnership with The White Hart Inn and the Scoville Memorial Library

At the White Hart Inn, 15 Undermountain Road, in Salisbury, CT

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Salvaged from a devastating fire, Anne Day's photographs and stories provide glimpses into her close friendship with French photographer and author Hervé Guibert.

In the fall of 2013, the house of American photographer Anne Day burnt to the ground. Some of her prints and negatives survived in a metal file cabinet but had become completely charred: only remnants of images and traces of a younger self remained. A close friend of hers in the early 1980s was the French photographer and author Hervé Guibert (1955–91). Taking its title from an article Guibert wrote about Day, this volume mixes Day's burnt prints with her anecdotes about the people she knew and the places she frequented.

Anne Day is an experienced photojournalist, portrait photographer, architectural photographer, and writer, based in New York and Connecticut. Her work has been published in Le Monde, Paris Match, TIME, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune, Vogue, and other publications. As a photojournalist, she has covered events in Haiti, Cuba, South Africa, and Namibia, as well as U.S. presidential inaugurations and official events around the world. She also participated in seven A Day in the Life book projects, as both photo editor and photographer. Her photographs appear in three official inaugural books, some of which are part of a permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In 2016, she received the Arthur Ross Award, presented by the Institute for Classical Architecture and Art, for books where she served as lead photographer for five titles on classical architecture—highlighting, among others, the Library of Congress, the United States Capitol, and the New York Public Library. She has taught at Maine Media Workshop for many years and locally at Cornwall Consolidated School and Salisbury School as well as leading workshops in her own studio in Salisbury.  Photo Credit ©Matthew Smyth

Matthew Patrick Smyth is a renowned interior designer known for his timeless, sophisticated approach to traditional style, with work featured in leading publications. He designs private residences across the U.S. and Europe and has created product collections for Patterson Flynn and F. Schumacher. He is also the author of two books with Monacelli Press, which reflect his refined sense of clarity, harmony, and everyday visual inspiration.