Museum Critique

The museum trip was quite enjoyable, with some evocative photos. The first gallery we entered featured photos by Leon Levinstein. The gallery was entitled "Hipsters, Hustlers and Handball Players." It showcased photos taken from 1950 and 1980 and showed people from across New York City, from Harlem to Coney Island. MAny of the pictures encompassed the time so well. From hipsters in American Flag leisure suits to an old woman seeking respite from the searing Coney Island sun to young guys fixing their 'fros in a mirror on the street. Now as for the second exhibit, " Between Here and There: Passage in Contemporary Photography" there were a few very interesting pictures. I found Weng Fen's "Birds Eye View: Haikou V" quie interesting, showing just a girl sitting on a ledge overlooking the city. She seemed to be at the end of the world looking into our preposterously large cities.I found Lothar Baumgarten's use of light and shadow very well done in "Darness of Doubling Shadow" and i particularly liked Rineke Dijkstra's photo series. I found it amazing how the girl progresses in age throughout, yet her outfits make her seem younger. From an old lady plaid skirt as as young girl to slacks and a t-shirt as an adult.