n Sunday, Lynn Shupp will unveil her photography exhibit titled "NJZ-Skeletal Remains" in the gallery at the Palmerton Public Library.

The opening will run from 2 to 5 p.m., but the exhibit will run for a week."If the wall could talk, they would have something to say," Shupp said about empty buildings left behind when the New Jersey Zinc Co. closed in 1983.After several years of seeking permission to go on the site, Shupp was finally granted a yes. She took more than a 1,000 photographs from 2008 to 2010. One of those photos won a worldwide competition and was presented in The Louvre in Paris, France, on July 13, 2015, where it was displayed in an exhibit. It was included in a book of photography of images from that competition.Shupp said some of the rooms were trashed, while others looked like people were still working there. One room had papers with diagrams lying on the desk. A cup half full of coffee sat nearby."It was as if those people went to work that day and never came back," she said. "I didn't get a creepy feeling. It was a surreal feeling. I felt like people should be coming back even though I knew they wouldn't be."When she showed some pictures to a couple older fellows who used to work there, the buildings full of rubbish was sad for them, Shupp said."It was heartbreaking for them to see it trashed that way," Shupp said. "These were people who put time in there. I wonder what it was like to walk through those hallways when it was in its prime."Just as it was a part of their life, the zinc plant was a part of life for many residents of Palmerton. In the decades since it has been shut down, generations have been born that don't remember its roll. This is why Shupp wanted to preserve it in photographs."I didn't want such a big piece of our history to be forgotten," she said.About 50 photographs will be on display at the library. They run from small 4x6 inch prints to large 20x24 inch photos stretched on canvas, matted form and on metal."Different mediums give a different feel to pictures," Shupp said. Similarly, too, is the use of color, black-and-white or a mix of both."Every photo speaks differently," she said. "Sometimes color makes more of an impact and other times you want more of the texture. You want more of an emotional feel."The photos are for sale, and 20 percent of the proceeds will go to the library."The library is becoming the cultural center for this small town, so this is one more way to bring art and music to the community while showcasing all that the library has to offer," said Diane Danielson, director of the Palmerton Public Library.During the opening of the exhibit, there will be live piano music and refreshments. Cindy Gasper will be donating to the library the worldwide published book that includes the photo that was shown at The Louvre. The photo is titled, "Workday Done Forever."The exhibit is free and open to all ages.