Deciding
what the best photo I’ve ever taken for this week's Red Room's Creative Challenge was a medium-stature order because, for
one, my lists of favorites are always fluid and, two, I’m a fairly competent
amateur with a camera. So picking the best—or more fairly, my favorite—took
some cogitation. The one above is currently first with me (but check back
tomorrow).
The
magnificent metal creature above—maybe 20 feet tall, maybe defending us from
Godzilla—was captured in pixels in October 2008, during my wife’s and my fifth
anniversary vacation. It was marching across the autumn hills of the
magnificent Storm King Art Center in Mountainville,
New York, west of the Hudson River, near West Point. Storm King is a stunning open-air
museum featuring landscape sculptures from around the world. The camera was
35mm Canon digital, which I should really learn to use someday.
The
sculptor’s name, unfortunately escapes (though I suspect it may be one Mark di
Suvero; corrections encouraged).
Another
highlight—and initial draw--of Storm King was Andy
Goldsworthy’s “Wall.” Goldsworthy is perhaps my favorite living artist.
A
couple more follow, strictly for your entertainment:
Strictly
from Artiness: taken on the same trip, Museum of
Modern Art, New York.
I love
cemeteries. James Whale
would smile. Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California. June 2009.
(Copyright
2001, photos by author)
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2 comments:
Thomas,
The Mark di Suvero is really cool. I'm thrilled that 3 of these photos came from when I was with you (or
right after I was with you). Dali at MoMA is classic, great. I was
taking a photography class at the same time and doing B & W at MoMa.
The Oakland Cemetary photo is really amazing, also, Yes you are a great amateur photographer! Julie
Thanks, Julie! Again, I'm not at all certain it's di Suvero. It's only a guess because he has several large scale metal sculptures that that site. I e-mailed Storm King and asked them, but haven't heard back yet.
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