
On Saturday, November 27, Hudson residents Lynn Davis, the renowned photographer, and A. T. (Tad) Mann, an architect, author and astrologer, signed copies of their recently published book, Sacred Landscapes: The Threshold Between Worlds, at a reception hosted by Timothy Dunleavy at his shop Rural Residence, on Warren Street in Hudson. The book is about the constructs of man and the accidents of nature that transcend the bounds of earth and reach toward the divine. For decades Davis has traveled the globe, capturing ethereal images of such places; Mann explains their history and the myths that naturally attach to them.

Author A. T. Mann and photographer Lynn Davis signing Sacred Landscapes


Sarah Mechling and Alan Hamilton; Monica Mechling, Robert Mechling and Rudy Wurlitzer (peeking).


Photo at right: Host Timothy Dunleavy and Edward Tivnan


Josef Asteinza and Randy Bourscheidt; Mitchell Motsinger and John Friedman


Robin Palmer, Mary Milane, and Nicole Vidor; David Petrovsky and James Corbett


Peter Jung and Bill Stone; Tony Thompson and Lauren Foster


Sarah Mechling and Alan Hamilton; Jules Anderson and her brother Mark Anderson
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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