Sal Taylor Kydd

A Blue Day by Sal Taylor Kydd

British-born artist Sal Taylor Kydd is a fine art photographer, writer and educator who uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making.

Sal has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum, MOMA, Bowdoin College, The Peabody Essex Museum and the Maine Women Writer’s Collection at the University of New England. Sal’s latest book “Yesterday”, produced by Datz Press, is a limited edition book of poems and photographs that explores our sense of loss around the pandemic of 2020.

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Sal’s fine art photographs have been exhibited both domestically and internationally, including the UK, Spain, and Mexico, as well as Portland, Boston and Los Angeles. Sal has also been featured in numerous publications, including Shots Magazine, Don’t Take Pictures, Lenscratch, Diffusion Annual and The Hand.

Originally from the UK, Sal earned her BA in Modern Languages from Manchester University in England and has an MFA in Photography from Maine Media College in Rockport, ME.