My grandfather Richard Batten, after whom I was named, and from whom I seem to have inherited my photographic talents, poses with some early-spring flowers at one of his homes is Flat River, Missouri in about 1957.

My grandfather Richard Batten, after whom I was named, and from whom I seem to have inherited my photographic talents, poses with some early-spring flowers at one of his homes is Flat River, Missouri in about 1957.

My grandfather Richard Batten, after whom I was named, and from whom I seem to have inherited my photographic talents, poses with some early-spring flowers at one of his homes is Flat River, Missouri in about 1957.