<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>By creating a snapshot of the Ghent community during its bicentennial year, this collection of portraits provides a record for the future.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In 2018 Ghent, New York celebrated its bicentennial anniversary. To mark the occasion photographer Richard Beaven set out to create individual portraits which collectively would represent a "snapshot" and form an archive of the current community. Ultimately 276 portraits were made comprising a clear-eyed and earnest depiction of this unique Hudson Valley town.