Princeton Photography Club Exhibit Celebrates D&R Greenway – Town Topics

“ROBBER FLY”: This {photograph} by Charmaine Hofmann is featured in “Celebrating the Beauty of D&R Greenway Preserves,” an exhibition by the Princeton Photography Club, on view the Marie L. Matthews Gallery on the second ground of the D&R Greenway Johnson Education Center by means of September 26. A reception is on Thursday, September 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

D&R Greenway Land Trust is partnering with Princeton Photography Club to current a singular  exhibit with images that remember the wonder and variety of D&R Greenway preserves. this exhibit options 35 images of 10 D&R Greenway preserves taken by Princeton Photography Club members. The exhibit, on show within the Marie L. Matthews Gallery on the second ground of the Johnson Education Center,  One Preservation Place, is open to the general public Monday by means of Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. by means of the top of September.

The public is invited to satisfy the photographers at a particular reception on Thursday, September 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Johnson Education Center.  There is not any cost to attend, nonetheless reservations are obligatory prematurely at drgreenway.org.

Princeton Photography Club has met month-to-month at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center for effectively over a dozen years, with a break in the course of the pandemic,” mentioned Linda J. Mead, president and CEO, D&R Greenway Land Trust. “Ably led by Dave Burwell, and in earlier years by Sheila and Carl Geisler, their photographers have a eager eye for element and sweetness. Their courses, audio system and particular tasks make them a standout for professionalism and expertise. Together, we’ve launched into a number of fascinating reveals that have interaction the viewer’s fascinated about the historic and pure values inherent within 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.”

Exhibiting photographer Rebecca DePorte mentioned of St. Michaels Farm Preserve, “When I moved to Hopewell from New York City 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 New York City, had instantly become my favorites.  Seeing them at St. Michaels Farm Preserve felt like a sign that I had moved to the right place.”

“Iron Mike Trail is an enchanted woodland path, all earthy and musty in the moist late spring when I visited in May,” mentioned exhibiting photographer Charmaine Hofmann. “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.”

For extra data, go to drgreenway.org.