Programs
Fifty Years on the Hudson
Photographer Joseph Squillante
Talks about and shows his Hudson River photos of 50 years
Thursday, September 25
7 PM Refreshments 7:30 Program
Craig Thompson calming a recently banded Bald Eagle. Photo by Joseph Squillante
For the past fifty years, Joseph Squillante’s favorite place to take photograph has been the Hudson River. Squillante became a professional photographer after graduating from college. On a visit to a friend’s new house in Tivoli, NY, overlooking the Hudson, Squillante had an “a ha” moment. He realized, as his river photos emerged in the darkroom, that he had discovered a subject that would fascinate him for his entire life.
Squillante picked up a camera with serious intent when he was asked to photograph a friend’s wedding. He had been working at a bank; the pleasure of capturing the happiness of the couple made him realize his true calling.
Squillante’s Hudson River photographs are about more than the beauty and majesty of the Hudson. He’s worked with the sloop Clearwater, with eagle banders, with other groups working to preserve and clean up the river.
Squillante’s photographs have been widely exhibited. His current show, closing October 19, is at the Hudson River Museum. Squillante teaches photography at ArtsWestchester, has widely exhibited, and is in several major collections. He is a life member of the American Society of Media Photographers.