D&R Greenway Land Trust is partnering with Princeton Photography Club to present a unique exhibit with photographs that celebrate the beauty and diversity of D&R Greenway preserves.
The exhibit features 35 photographs of 10 D&R Greenway preserves taken by Princeton Photography Club members. The exhibit, on display in the Marie L. Matthews Gallery on the second floor of the Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place, Princeton is open to the public Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the end of September.
The public is invited to meet the photographers at a special reception on Thursday, September 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Johnson Education Center. There is no charge to attend, however reservations are necessary in advance at www.drgreenway.org.
Princeton Photography Club has met monthly at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center for well over a dozen years, with a break during the pandemic. Currently led by Dave Burwell, and in earlier years by Sheila and Carl Geisler, their photographers have a keen eye for detail and beauty. Their classes, speakers, and special projects make them a standout for professionalism and talent. Together, we have embarked on several fascinating exhibits that engage the viewer’s thinking about the historic and natural values inherent in the land.”
“This exhibit features many attributes of the land — birds, history, trees, native plants — as it exudes the joy and peace that can be found in nature. Take time to read the Artists’ Statements about their experience of visiting and photographing our preserves. Special thanks to the 13 Princeton Photography Club photographers for taking us on a visual journey through D&R Greenway preserves,” says Linda J. Mead, president and CEO of the D&R Greenway Land Trust.
A sampling of those statements follows.
Exhibiting photographer Rebecca DePorte, remarking on St. Michaels Farm Preserve, said: “When I moved to Hopewell from NYC in 2021, I was delighted to discover a magical place filled with warblers and bluebirds flitting around a community garden, a family of flickers frolicking in a large oak tree, harriers flying low over the fields, and paths leading to streams and fields with purple martins. My happiest moment in this 400+-acre wonderland was when I saw the kestrels. These little falcons, birds I first saw in NYC, had instantly become my favorites. Seeing them at St. Michaels Farm Preserve felt like a sign that I had moved to the right place.”
Exhibiting photographer Charmaine Hofmann commented on the Iron Mike Trail: “Iron Mike Trail is an enchanted woodland path, all earthy and musty in the moist late spring when I visited in May. The trail begins and ends with rustic wooden arbors that greet you and assure you will enter a special place full of mushrooms, lichen, leaves, and woodland flowers and creatures. The trail is a warm, welcoming, woodsy excursion full of treasures for those who want to look and learn.”
Information on visiting these preserves and the trails within will be available at the reception.
Princeton Photography Club Exhibit, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place Princeton. Opening reception Thursday, September 18, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. On view through September. Free. www.drgreenway.org.
