My Visit to SF MOMA

After over two years of living in the Bay Area, on Saturday I finally visited San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts, and the afternoon was well spent. If you have the chance, I highly recommend a visit, and I’ll tell you why.

I initially went wanting to see the new exhibit that opened couple of weeks ago (thanks to Mike Olivella for the tip), featuring the work of Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe, titled Natural Affinities. I’ve seen several exhibits by Adams, but have never seen the work of O’Keeffe in person, and both did not disappoint. It’s always good to see some of the well known works by Adams (Moonrise Hernandez and Monolith are on display, among others), to see Pepper 30 by Weston (also part of the exhibit), but along with those, there was a number of photos which I have not seen neither in person, nor in books. Some of them were from New Mexico, others were from Yosemite. All of O’Keeffe’s work was new to me, and I enjoyed her style and her vision.

While there, however, I came across an exhibit that I liked even more and it is the work by Robert Frank, The Americans. While I do not do a whole lot of documentary photography myself, I appreciate it as much as any other kind. Seeing this famous work by Frank in person took me back in time, and this is the kind of history trip that is both educational, and emotional. I am planning on going back to see that exhibit soon and give it the time it deserves.

Towards the end of my visit in the museum, however, I was pleasantly surprised to run into two of my Flickr contacts, Martin Taylor and his wife PJ, whose work I have followed ever since I first opened Flickr account almost three years ago. We never met in real life, but it was fun to recognize them and visit with them for a bit. It’s for sure a small world.

Finally, SFMOMA is a beautiful architectural structure, and I’ll be posting a few of my favorite photos I took inside the building.

http://www.matthewdlyons.com matthew lyons

Nice piece. I’ve been a fan of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work for a long time. I got to see a rather large exhibit of her work in Chicago many years ago. I’ve never seen an Adams collection/installation. It’s nice that you got to see both.

How cool is that to run into two people you recognized from Flickr? I’ve been meeting a lot of photographers, and interesting peeps, through Twitter and Flickr. It’s nice when you are able to connect the dots in real life.

Cheers!
Matthew
http://curiousillusion.com Ari

Sounds like a great place to visit, hopefully I’ll get to go when I visit San Francisco, one day. Can’t wait to see your pics!
http://www.ivanmakarov.com Ivan Makarov

@Matthew
Yes, I’ve read a lot about her since I read a lot about Ansel Adams, but never actually seen her work in person, so I suppose I’m an opposite of you! Check out to see if an exhibit is coming anywhere near you, I know it’s going some place else after SF.

@Ari
Definitely a must see in SF.
PJ Taylor

Nice to see this! We do hope that you, Becky and Maks will come over for dinner sometime soon.

http://www.ivanmakarov.com Ivan Makarov

For sure, PJ. Let’s plan something in the next few weeks, now that they’re finally coming home.

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