Adams O’Keeffe and Frank @ SFMOMA
Posted July 1st, 2009 byCategories: Photographers, Photos, Rants and Raves
This last weekend while spending a belated anniversary getaway with my wife, we had a chance to visit the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) to see several of their exhibits. The first, and listed as the premier exhibit (that cost $5.00 more than the General Admission ticket) was Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities. The idea was to bring together these two artists, each working with a different medium, and to show a similar convergence in how each artist rendered their personal response to the natural world around them.
Overall it was a great exhibit, although I admit I’m not a huge O’Keeffe fan, but I do enjoy her work. There were several renditions of trees that I really liked, in addition to her famous floral paintings. There were also a relatively large number of lesser known Adams prints, along with several of his icons. All of the prints were smaller in size, but still, staring at an original Moonrise over Hernandez, or Monolith (Half Dome from the Diving Board) is a treat in itself, and easily worth the price of admission.
My biggest problem with this exhibit was Read the rest of this post »

Picture: Sunrise behind Thor’s Hammer, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.









