A Photography and Digital Art Project by The Students of Perth Amboy High School, In Cooperation with The Perth Amboy Public Library

Press Release

PERTH AMBOY – The students in Ms. Bautista’s photography classes traveled all over the city to recreate pictures of Perth Amboy’s historical landmarks, using images from the Perth Amboy Public Library archives as our only guide. This exhibition juxtaposes the historical photographs next to the modern ones.

The digital art students and Communications Academy students in Mrs. Wintemberg’s classes took a different approach. First, we learned how to use Photoshop to professionally colorize the public library’s historical black and white photographs. 

Next, we imagined going back in time and added ourselves to vintage images, a project we called “Time Machine.” Take a close look at the “Time Machine” photographs and see if you can tell who doesn’t belong.

Finally, we envisioned what the city might look like in the future and created composite images for a project called “Perth Amboy, Past Present and Future.” 

Many thanks, from the students and staff of Perth Amboy High School, for the generosity of the Perth Amboy Public Library and SGO Museum, for your assistance and support as we examine our past and envision our future. 

Looking through the camera lens of photographers and historians long gone, gave us rare insight into our roots and inspired a new appreciation of the importance of preserving and protecting our beautiful city by the bay.

Showing now at the Library, 196 Jefferson St., through May 16 and opening at the Ferry Slip Museum on May 18 in time for the first Live at the Ferry Slip concert.