You may drive along Route 59 every day for years and not see the scenes captured by the professional and serious amateur photographers taking part in the “59×59” exhibit now on view at the GAGA Arts Center in the Garnerville Arts and Industrial Complex.

The show opened last weekend as part of the two-day GAGA Arts Festival, but continues on Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 2 to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. through June 6.

But this Saturday there’s a special opportunity. The public is invited to join the 31 participating photographers and their friends and family for a reception at GAGA from  6 to 10 p.m.

The first weekend reaction was overwhelming, says Ken Karlewicz, the professional photographer who was the mastermind behind the project last May 9. Karlewicz has several of his own shots in the exhibit, but more important to him are the works by his teen photography students from around the county.

One of those, an environmental portrait of the late Ellen Ferretti of Nanuet — whose home was all but encircled by the Nanuet Mall — captures decades of history in a single fram taken by 18-year-old Wilfry Fana of Haverstraw.

You can see Wilfry’s work and all the rest — and meet the artists themselves — tomorrow evening at GAGA. 

There’s no charge for the exhibit or the reception, although donations are accepted and all the photos are available for sale from the photographers.