Photo Project
Raises Money
For Steeple

Photographer James M. Patterson of Meriden, N.H., caught children playing on bales of hay at the Lambert farm in Tunbridge, Vt., on Memorial Day, May 28, 2007. Patterson and 16 other photographers spent the day in town photographing its people, places and events for the photo show "A Day in the Life of Tunbridge."

After spending this past Memorial Day photographing Tunbridge's people, places and events, the photo show "A Day in the Life of Tunbridge" is opening at the Tunbridge Library on Wednesday, September 19.

Fifty photographs by seventeen photographers are to be shown at the Tunbridge Library from September 19 through October 14. Silent auction bids begin on September 19 as part of an effort to raise money for repairs to the Tunbridge Church steeple.

Winning bids from the silent auction will be opened during a closing reception — which is open to the public — on Sunday, October 14 from 3 to 6 p.m. A slide show of about 650 photographs from the project will also be shown. Music and food are planned.

The library is located on Route 110 in Tunbridge village, across from the Post Office, about five miles north of Route 14.

The library's hours are Sunday, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Monday, 3-8 p.m., Wednesday, 6-8 p.m., Friday, 2-6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Professional and amateur photographers volunteered their time to work on the Memorial Day project. Some photographers were town residents, others came from across Vermont and as far away as Boston. One photographer, who is ten years old, worked alongside her teacher from the Tunbridge After School Program.

Participating photographers are Tim Calabro, John Crossley, Laura DeCapua, Robert Eddy, Alice Garik, Ken Goss, Geoff Hansen, Jennifer Hauck, Channing Johnson, Kay Jorgensen, Pete Jorgensen, Molly Lamb, Amelia Lincoln, John O'Brien, James Patterson, Faith Pease, Michael Sacca and Jim Wick. Contact information and links to their Web sites can be found at www.geoffhansen.com/tunbridge

Tucked into one of Vermont's most scenic valleys, the village of Tunbridge has appeared in numerous photographs in well-known publications, ranging from local newspapers to Vermont Life and National Geographic magazines, as well as in photographs taken for the renowned WPA/Farm Security Administration's documentation of life in Depression-era America during the 1930s.

The Tunbridge church's steeple is an iconic part of the village landscape, but time and weather have taken their toll. Now, the steeple is in need of $50,000 in repairs. The work was done in April and May by George White and his crew.