NUTLEYJOURNAL MARCH 2025
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Nutley man stops and sees the world The photographic work of a Nutley resident who has documented the life and history of the township in both words and pictures will be on display as part of a library’s popular art and photography series. Anthony Buccino is a writer, editor, and photographer based in Nutley. He began his photography journey by shooting film for the stories he produced while working for local newspapers. “Photography challenges me to stop and see the world, and to try to capture what I see so you can see it, too. Sometimes I set out to shoot something specific. Other times I am called to a scene that says, ‘shoot ME!,’” Buccino said. “My journalism background -- shooting photos for news stories -- continues to influence my view of the world and the world I see through the camera lens.” Buccino edited business news for 12 years at Dow Jones & Co. and The Wall Street Journal. He worked for several years as an associate editor at TheStreet.com. He has written in online publications about life and growing up in northern New Jersey. For five years he wrote about commuting and transit in metro New York-New Jersey. Buccino has also written seven books about Nutley, ranging from the township’s role in the Civil War to books about notable residents. Buccino, 70, was born and raised in Belleville. He graduated from Belleville High School in 1972 and settled with his wife, Dawn, in Nutley, in 1978. The pair attended Montclair State College (before it was a university) where he majored in English and minored in journalism. Dawn taught middle school English for 38 years. Currently, his photographic work will be displayed during the whole of March at the West Caldwell Public Library’s popular art and photography series in its Richard R. Cass Art Gallery, 30 Clinton Road, West Caldwell. There are 42 photos in the exhibit and most were taken in Nutley.
Photos courtesy of Anthony Buccino
Above, one of Anthony Buccino’s photos taken along the abandoned tracks in Nutley. Below, Buccino in South Mountain Reservation.
“I do a lot of walking around Nutley taking pictures,” Buccino said. “It’s very relaxing to me to go out and find something that other people just walk right by.” He developed a particular interest in Nutley history after he was asked to man-
age the Nutley Historical Society’s website about 15 years ago. His research uncovered stories about local people like a soldier who held off an attack during the Korean War so his squad could escape and was never heard from again and a sailor whose ship was sunk but who survived in shark infested waters by covering himself in oil. He knows that 350 men from Nutley and Belleville have died in the service of their country but none during the War of 1812. “We’ve had suffragettes, people who founded the Red Cross,” Buccino said. “I just think all that stuff is neat.” While his wife was teaching middle school in Belleville, he was invited to address students who were studying World War II. He talked about local soldiers and sailors and read the names of the streets they had lived on. “Kids came up afterwards, saying ‘you See BUCCINO, Page 2