SF MOMA – The Nest – Louise Bourgeois

I have seen similar (spider sculpture) works of Louise Bourgeois in Denmark and Japan, but today’s comes from San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art.

Posted on April 10th, 2013 under Other. Tags: museums, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600, san francisco. Comments Off on Louise Bourgeois – The Nest

I usually take a photo of the exhibit marker right after photographing the piece itself so that I can remember who the artist was and the name of the work. That didn’t happen with this one, in large part because it wasn’t the sculpture that intrigued me so much as it was how she fit in so well with the two paintings on the wall behind her and the lighting that so perfectly illuminated her.

Posted on November 27th, 2012 under Other. Tags: de Young Museum, museums, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600, san francisco. Comments Off on M. H. de Young Memorial Museum

On the roof of the art museum in Aarhus, Denmark is a circular walkway enclosed in glass of changing color. I thought it was pretty cool when I visited there last year. The piece was only a few months old. Unfortunately, I didn’t know how to use my then new DSLR at the time, and so my settings were pretty messed up when I took today’s photo. I guess I have an excuse to go back now.

Posted on September 9th, 2012 under Denmark. Tags: aarhus, museums. Comments Off on ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum’s “Your rainbow panorama”

There is nothing quite so tiring as walking through a museum–the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in this case. This guy looked like he had the right idea so I sat down next to him. Within a minute or so he began snoring rather loudly. People walking by could hear his snores so they were pulling out their cell phones to take photos.

Posted on August 13th, 2012 under Other. Tags: MOMA, museums, new york, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Sleeping in the MoMA

The Persistence of Memory

One of the floors of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City contains so many famous paintings it boggles the mind. In addition to the Dali, I photographed above, there are works by Van Gogh (including “The Starry Night”), Cezanne, Rousseau, Picasso, Monet, and Matisse. Unlike the museums in Europe (or at least those found in Italy and France), the crowds are not bad and photography is allowed.

Posted on August 1st, 2012 under Other. Tags: MOMA, museums, new york, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on “The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali