After going to bed early and getting up early we returned to the city via train…There were a few things I still wanted to see. First we went to the Metropolitan Museum to see the summer roof installation The Big Bambu.
We even stood in line for awhile to sign up for the tour which takes you climbing up into it…
…but Mr O and I aren’t good at waiting in lines and you weren’t allowed to take a camera with you…
…so we just enjoyed the bamboo patterns above… .
and the shadow patterns below…
as well as the view…right from the rooftop.
We went directly from bamboo garden to a replica of a Chinese garden court…
..to an exhibit of Leon Levinstein photography. Although I liked his quote, his photos were not my favorites…
…especially when compared to those of Henri Cartier Bresson which we later viewed at MOMA.
“To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson
This exhibit was exquisite, crowded, and HUGE…room after room after room…and was really more than should be seen in one day…but when you rarely get to NYC and it is the last few days of the exhibit…you carry on… We also took in the exhibit Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography which deserved an entire day to itself. Thankfully MOMA also has a wonderful cafe that serves wine…
Museum hopping is one of my favorite things to do and I am fortunate to have family and friends who are patient and kind enough to go with me.
13 comments:
Wonderful!
As you know, I just saw both of these glories - the bamboo rooftop, and Cartier-Bresson, so it's like reliving it in your luscious images.
You are so right about how huge the C-B exhibit was. I was completely overwhelmed and spent around 2 hours there. At one point I just had to walk and not look at anything, and I went to the end, where the portraits were. Then I worked my way back. I was especially touched by his images in the room during WWI and the Gandhi funeral.
again I get to see such wonders here...LOVE the largeness of the bamboo ...then looking thru to the skyline..wow!!
cafe and a glass of wine essential to a good art experience ;))))
i adore breeson and so want to go to that exhibit. hopefully it will come someplace like atlanta. *fingers crossed*
Oh fantastic! What fun. This makes me pine for a trip to the city...
That bamboo installation is something else! And that it will hold human weight is amazing. Was the no-camera rule for safety reasons?
Oh, I haven't been to NYC in so long...now I'm longing to go, thanks to your photos (and Ruth's too).
I do love that Levinson quote...it's what all photography should be about.
Next time you go, take me! I LOVE that stuff, and no one here enjoys it. :0( I am very jealous of your wonderful trip!
Beautiful! (I liked the bamboo shadows)
I love NYC and MOMA!
Lovely pictures, I found your blog on picture spring!
THANK YOU so much for another taste of NYC! :o) Wishing you & yours a Happy July 4th weekend ((HUGS))
Wow, what a great day of museums! I love museum hopping, too, although I was get "museum back"--sore, achy, lower back. Then I get grouchy. SO, I have learned that I do better with a maximum of two museums per day. I'm such a wimp! I love your shots of the bamboo! xoxo Gigi
I was just dropping in to wish you and yours the happiest Independence Day. May your day be full! May you enjoy laughter shared with family, great food shared with friends, fireworks to make you gasp, a lump in your throat at the anthem, and a full and grateful heart at all we have been given. Happy Fourth of July, my friend!
I came by the other day and couldn't find the comment link on this post, Gail. I loved your photos .. I haven;t seent he bamboo exhibit on the Met's roof as yet.
Hope you had a happy 4th of July!
i do love his quote....but i'm not familiar with his photography.
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