Category: Photography

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Peter Hujar

One of the amazing things about the last 30 years is how underground artists are now old masters (I guess it was ever so).

Case in point Peter Hujar, now a prize of that most august of cultural institutions, the Morgan Library : http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/peter-hujar


One additional sign of his acclaim, the recent (and not very appetizing) novel that used one of his photos as a signature image.

And there was a sympathetic and wonderfully written review in the NYTimes that brought back what it was like to encounter him a generation ago.

“It’s hard to say which is more surprising: that Peter Hujar’s photographs of 1970s and ’80s underground life in New York life have found their way to the Morgan Library & Museum, or that this Classically-minded institution has become unbuttoned enough to exhibit them in a heartbreaker of a show called “Peter Hujar: Speed of Life.”

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Picture Wednesday

Still sort of doing the the WP University “Developing Your Eye Course.”  Today’s prompt, Day Nine: “A Pop of Color” — Incorporate Color.

 

Herewith my efforts:

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Snow Day in Boston

“There is more to life than making it go faster.”–Attributed to Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the Suzuki method.

 

 

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Photo Thursday: Developing Your Eye

I am taking one of WordPress.com’s courses, Developing Your Eye I, which gives you a photography prompt and some advice each day for ten days.  (And, of course, I am already behind.)

The first day’s prompt was “home,”  and here is my somewhat random response (didn’t have to leave home to get these shots, they were vistas or items nearby, a free  interpretation of the prompt, granted).

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Photo Thursday: Analogue Spring

Some photos from the way, way back…with a film camera decades ago. Badly scanned sorry, but adds a bit of authenticity perhaps?

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Picture Thursday: Spring Flowers

The East Coast had summer yesterday, back to normal today. But we’ll have blooms soon.

Today a few souvenirs of a trip a few years ago to Keukenhof, public spring gardens outside Amsterdam. Nice visit (perfect balm for jetlag) even though things weren’t yet in high bloom.

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Picture Thursday: Hawaii Snapshots

Souvenirs of a trip to Hawaii around this time last year. Was not on my bucket list–was just a convenient work add on, but turned out to be pretty amazing.

That interior is the Bishop Museum, strongly recommended if you find yourself in Honolulu. And of course my informal (and unattainable) quest to visit every public library in America continued.

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Image makers: Todd Hido

Discovered the photography of San Francisco-based Todd Hido recently, through one of his “homes at night” series. Striking images, and perfect for a Shirley Jackson or Stephen Milhauser book jacket.

“This is the night of revelation. This is the night the dolls wake. This is the night of the dreamer in the attic. This is the night of the piper in the woods.–Steven Millhauser, Enchanted Night

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Over NYC

NY Mag has a sweet end of year feature called “Reasons to Love New York,” fun to browse and among their bites. And my fave: striking drone photos from above the city.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/drone-photos-of-new-york-city.html