Noted Photographer is Featured Speaker at HSM Annual Meeting Nov 2

MARGARETVILLE — Margaretville photographer William Abranowicz has used his camera to document beautiful spaces, mysterious places and the silent witnesses to our darkest history. He will talk about his eclectic body of work and share some of his favorite images at the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown’s Annual Meeting of Members Sunday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. at the Middletown History Center, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville. 

The presentation will follow a business meeting which will include financial and activity reports, and the election of Trustees. Admission is free but donations are always welcome! The public is warmly invited to attend. 

 Abranowicz was a contributing photographer to Condé Nast Traveler for 25 years. He is the author of eight monographs on domestic life, the environment and travel. In This Far and No Further, he explores the living legacy of the civil and voting rights movement through photographs of locations, landscapes, and individuals associated with the struggle.

His most recent book is very different. Country Life / Homes of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley, co-produced with his son, Zander, offers an armchair tour of 20 historic and contemporary dwellings in the region. 

Abranowicz is currently at work on two more books, including a monograph of travel images made over the last 50 years. 

Abranowicz’s prints are in public and private collections, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Smithsonian, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Corcoran Gallery, and the DeMenil Collection. 

His work has appeared in nearly every major publication in the United States, Europe and Asia, including The New York Times Magazine, WSJ Magazine, Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest, Vogue, Bon Appétit and Travel + Leisure. 

Abranowicz taught at Parsons School of Design and leads photography workshops in the United States and Europe. He is a licensed falconer, engaged in environmental and social justice issues nationally and locally and lives with his wife Andrea Raisfeld, a location agent.