Photographer Richard Moore will help launch NH Audubon’s centennial year with an exhibit, entitled “Twice Seen.”
The exhibit will open at Audubon’s McLane Center on Silk Farm Road on Thursday with an artist’s reception at 6 p.m. followed by a program by Moore at 7 p.m.
This display will feature photographs from around New Hampshire and Maine that represent the passage of time. Moore’s photographs blend 19th and early 20th century glass plate images with current views of the same location layered over each other.
The lecture will offer examples and explanations of this unusual technique and the inspiration behind it.
Moore was the former development director and president of NH Audubon from 1991 to 2003. Moore began taking photographs in the 1950s and worked several seasons as an archaeological photographer in Israel and Cyprus. He became fascinated with photographing the passage of time, shooting daily from the same tripod locations as layers of the past were revealed.
After leaving NH Audubon Moore’s interest in photography resurfaced. The discovery of a 1900 image of Pawtuckaway Mountain taken from near his home in Deerfield inspired him to photograph the same image from the same place. “Twice-seen images” were born, and in 2007 and he began to pursue “forensic photography” full-time.
To learn more about this and other activities call 224-9909 or visit the website nhaudubon.org.
