The Saratoga Lake watershed has undergone many transitions over the past 150 years driven by agriculture, industry, recreation, tourism, and urban development. 

We aimed to capture the resulting landscape changes using historical photographs and rephotographed modern day views.  By collecting historical images, determining their locations, and returning to the same sites, we took close to exact contemporary views, creating a clear “then and now” perspective.  This work complements a series of aerial photographs taken of the watershed in the 1940s, 1960s, and 1980s.