Batsto Village Barns Wood Print

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Batsto Village can be traced back to 1766. It is located in Wharton State Forest in Southern New Jersey. During the Revolutionary War years, Batsto manufactured supplies for the Continental Army. By the mid 1800's, iron production declined and Batsto became a glassmaking community known for its window glass.

New Jersey purchased the Wharton properties in the mid 1950's. The state began planning for the use and development of the property. The few people still living in the Village houses remained as long as they wanted. It was in 1989 that the last house was vacated. Today Batsto Village is a New Jersey Historic site and is listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places.

In spite of the fact that I love panoramic images, I usually forget that my Fuji camera does them. This day I remembered to do one. What you see here is a small part of the village.

I attended the University of Rhode Island where I studied photography under Bart Parker. I graduated with a BFA in fine art photography and a minor in communications. College was always b&w work, hand-processed in the dark room, using many different cameras. It was great fun. After college I worked in the photo-finishing business for many years as well as doing commercial photography. In the 80's I started to shoot only color for my artwork and never returned to the world of black & white - until 2014. I started converting my color digital images to black and white whenever I saw them as intended for bw. I believe the eye you started with does not go away. With my newest Fujifilm digital cameras, I am shooting for b&w and...