Exploring Historic Batsto Village

Spend a day photographing the 18th and 19th century historic buildings of Batsto Village and the fall scenery of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Students will spend the morning photographing Batsto Village, a Pine Barrens iron village containing over 30 buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, including a working 1828 water powered grist mill, a working 1868 water powered saw mill, and a ironmaster's mansion.

The afternoon will be spent hiking along the Batsto River and Batsto Lake and photographing the beautiful fall foliage and scenery of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Participants will see the many fall wildflowers of the area including asters, goldenrods and the rare Pine Barrens gentian. Students will also learn about the unique ecology and history of the area.

On the second day, participants will return to our studio to share and critique the previous day's work.

One-weekend Workshop:

Saturday & Sunday, 9am - 4pm

Oct 9 & 10

• Analog Camera & Film OR Digital SLR with adequate memory cards
• Appropriate dress for hiking
• Packed lunch & water

• $325 + lab fee of $50

Michael Hogan studied photography at the University of the Arts, Continuing Studies Program, under Jack Carnell and John Carlano. He has been photographing the Pine Barrens with his view camera for 30 years. His landscape photographs are in the collections of Johnson and Johnson, The Pew Charitable Trust, The John Templeton Foundation, McGraw Hill and many other public and private collections. Plexus Books published The Natural Wonders of the Jersey Pines and Shore in 2005 which includes 200 of his photographs. He also works with many of New Jersey's conservation groups including the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, The Pinelands Preservation Alliance and The South Jersey Land and Water Trust and has lead many workshops and hikes throughout Southern New Jersey.

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