“Reflex. Reflection. Click. Off the top of your head. The sum of what you see, think you see, remember, project… I came, I saw, I conquired. Veni vidi vici = to photograph.”
– William Klein
I’ve never been so absolutely, positively sure that being a photographer is what I want, until I went through the Street Seen exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The entire thing (save for one painting that I’m not sure why it was included here) consisted of photography. Photography almost all in black and white, going back to, if I remember right, World War II. It was fantastic. It was beautiful. Some were blurry, some were sharp, some were spontaneous, some were planned. But they were all completely and totally amazing.
I may never be able to live up to the photography of people like William Klein, Robert Frank, Saul Leiter, any of the others displayed, or even any wonderful photographers like them, but I will die trying. And I will die happy.
“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.”
– Robert Frank
We went to the art museum today as a field trip for AP Language. Prior to today, I had never actually been inside the Milwaukee Art Museum. But it’s a fantastically designed building. The main lobby area and the walkway leading into the collections is designed like a ship, with huge windows over-looking Lake Michigan and the walkway along the beach. I have two pictures that show the inside of the lobby, facing toward the windows. I also have one that shows the ‘ceiling’ of the lobby.
I think the only depressing part about the museum part of the field trip was having to watch tons and tons of kids my age with SLR cameras. ): You’re probably thinking “What a stupid thing to be bothered by.” Well, if any of you know Islie… all I can say is that I want this camera about as much as she wants to meet Johnny Depp, if not more.
Oh yes, I went there.
None of the people I saw had Canons though. They were all Nikons (of the SLRs) or the little tiny Fuji things that make my camera look like an SLR.
Which just means that if I ever get my hands on the 7D and I go back, I’ll kick some serious behind.
“Seeing is a neglected enterprise.”
– Saul Leiter
While I highly recommend visiting the Milwaukee Art Museum (even though, unless I know you from school, you probably do not live in the area), one thing I do not recommend is eating at the restaurant known as “5 Guys”. It was extremely disgusting. Unless you like grease filled hamburgers (and I mean really filled) and fries so greasy they’re slimy, you won’t like it.
If you like heart attacks, it’s probably for you.
Anyway, on a site-related note, you can clearly see bcf got a make-over. New layout, finally. And I’m going to try to avoid neglecting my updating here. I’ve just been busy with “should be doing homeworks” and running around and a whole bunch of other things.
I did, though, create a wallpaper based off of this picture that I took. Hopefully I’ll be able to get that up soon.
1. Do you like museums? What are your favorites?
2. If you could have one thing, what would it be? *
3. If I made a subdomain here for my photography, do you think I should make it a simple gallery, or make it a photoblog? Any name suggestions?
4. The sidebar looks really empty. Any content ideas?
* I asked this one before, if I remember correctly. But desires change.
Edit / I CAN’T BELIEVE I FORGOT THIS! I got an iguana! His name is Machiavelli, or Mac for short. He’s a baby. Out of all of his possible places to sit, he prefers my head. Dork.
