Richard Duncan is a Cooperstown, N.Y., photographer whose artistic brilliance is displayed in Farmers' Museum-published books like Otsego County Its Towns and Treasures,  the updated and expanded version of Cooperstown, and Otsego Lake, Past and Present. Below are samples of his photography. Click here to read the complete article on Richard Duncan.

A farm, golf and Otsego Lake create a pleasing Cooperstown scene. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Back to Richard Duncan article

Main Street scene in Cooperstown. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Back to Richard Duncan article

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Hills in Cooperstown. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Click here to read Richard Duncan article

Thayer Farm. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Click here to read Richard Duncan article

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Otsego Lake. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Click here to read Richard Duncan article

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Cafe Nicoletta's. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Click here to read Richard Duncan article

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Pool scene, The Otesaga Resort Hotel. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Click here to read Richard Duncan article

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The Otesaga Resort Hotel at night. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Click here to read Richard Duncan article

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Fog, Otsego Lake. Richard S. Duncan Photography. All work is copyright protected. Click here to read Richard Duncan article

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Otsego County Its Towns and Treasures 

Otsego County, a one thousand square mile area in central New York populated by some 60,000 people still retains much of what James Fenimore Cooper called in 1823, the “romantic and picturesque character which it so eminently possesses.” Well preserved homes, from every style of the 19th century, still dot the landscape and line the streets of villages and hamlets. As in his previous books on the Village of Cooperstown and on Otsego Lake, Richard Duncan has combined his own beautiful photography of the present with the historical images from the village and town historians of Otsego County and the collections of the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, to capture the delicate balance between the past and present of the 24 towns in the county.

To place an order by phone, please call the Museum Shop at (607) 547-1493, or toll-free at (888) 547-1450. You can also visit the The Farmers' Museum Shop for more information. The book costs $39.95.

The newly revised 183-page edition offers a comprehensive view of the village's beloved history with updated and expanded text, 255 illustrations, including 167 photographs in full-color by Richard S. Duncan, black and white photography drawn from the Association's Smith and Telfer Collection, and a foreword by Jane Forbes Clark.

To place an order by phone, please call the Museum Shop at (607) 547-1493, or toll-free at (888) 547-1450. You can also visit the Farmers' Museum Shop for more information. The book costs $39.95.

Otsego Lake-- Past and Present

Otsego Lake ­ Past and Present is available in our museum gift shops and by mail through The Farmers' Museum gift shop 800 Lake Rd., Cooperstown, NY 13326. This volume is the first comprehensive photographic documentation of Otsego Lake. It features the extraordinary color photographs of Richard S. Duncan, Commissioned by The Farmers' Museum in 2003 and 2004, and draws upon the historical photographic collections of The New York State Historical Association

To place an order by phone, please call the Museum Shop at (607) 547-1493, or toll-free at (888) 547-1450. You can also visit the Farmers' Museum Shop for more information. The book costs $39.95.