Reflections of Light
In the last post I showed five frames from outside The High Museum of Art. This time I’m inside and showing two bonus frames as well, because, well, I can. This is a shot of the edge of an untitled work from 2010 by Anish Kapoor. It is a multi-faceted concave dish in stainless steel. I’ve mentioned Anish Kapoor before in this blog. See the next frame for more.
Reflection Self Portrait
Here is a front view of Untitled by Anish Kapoor. The difference here is that the view is from directly in front and the photographer, me, is reflected in the center of the disk, making this a self portrait. I’m a handsome devil, this proves it!
This sculpture shown here was featured in my earlier post, Five More Frames from the High. The frame Photographing the Photographers, contains the edge of this same work.
Cloud Column, also by Anish Kapoor, was featured in my post, Five Frames of Shiney. Cloud Column is installed The Glassell School of Art and Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Cloud Gate, also know as The Bean, is another sculpture by Anish Kapoor. It is also stainless steel and larger, 33 ft x 42 ft x 66 ft. You can find it in AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in Chicago. If I’m ever in Chicago, I want to photograph it!
Parallel Buildings
From top to bottom, vertical lines dominate. A surprise awaits in the bottom right corner where two men are washing a window. A tiny splash of red comes from what might be a dumpster. The red is echoed in the cap of the window washing assistant standing by the wall.
Window and Bins
I turned a corner in the High Museum of Art and saw this scene. I was struck by the contrast of the wintry day showing through the window and the bright red bins resting warmly inside.
Coffee Break
I love hidden scenes that look as if they are installations of art. If you aren’t convinced, you should see my earlier post, Five Frames from the High.
In “Coffee Break” the artist shows us a yellow bucket accompanied with mop. The wielder of the mop is conspicuous in his or her absence. The combination of the work implements, a bucket and mop, with the absence of the worker, implies the cessation of actual work, and hence a coffee break. Bidding starts at $140,000.
Bonus Frames
Black and White Photographer
The Atrium of the Richard Meier building at the High Museum of Art is a beautiful space. I have plenty of photos of its sweeping walkways and curving forms. See, for instance, the frame “The Photographer” from my post from last year, Five More Frames from The High.
In “Black and White Photographer” you can see the sweeping walkways that curve up the wall of the atrium. I was try to capture the grace of the curving walkways when this young photographer paused at the railing. I caught him looking up at something. Maybe it was a squirrel. Maybe he was looking up for divine guidance with the f stop. Whatever it was, he didn’t photograph it. He was shooting his friends down below.
Up and Down, Back and Forth
I love repetitive forms. Here is a window with a grid. Inside there are stairways with parallel bars for handrails. The whole is reflected in a piece of glass between.
These photos were taken with a Canon 6DII wearing a Canon 24-70mm f2.8 lens. The images were processed from RAW files using Darktable, a free program available for Windoze, Mac, and Linux.
The stairs, the photographer and the mop bucket are great!
I really like the stairs!!