James, I see (indeed saw them when I saw the show in person) those things you mention. I just don't see how or why that image landed on a museum wall. A gallery wall I could understand but not a museum wall. As one who has photographed weddings I can assure you that peeved looks between wedding party participants isn't all that abnormal, nor is a pregnancy, even one revealed last minute. One assumes that since this is in a museum it was photographed by an artist, not a wedding photographer. That makes me wonder two things: was this staged (doubtful based on expression), was the artist running around making images in the middle of wedding preparations of a friend, grabbed this image, threw it in her portfolio and voila now the joke's on us. Agreed, there's much to question in this picture. But there's much to question in a lot of pictures that don't end up on museum walls. Maybe sometimes the question simply is: how the heck did that end up here? Lea the most wonderful things in life aren't things On Jan 24, 2011, at 10:38 PM, David Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > An interesting series of comments about museums and art and how it got > there. > Nobody seems to be talking about what they see in looking at the photo - > some technical stuff but not what they SEE. > > I see a set of four people, three of which are interacting in a really > strange manner. > These folks are identified as 'bridesmaids' so we assume (???) that they are > friends or at least friendly. > Not in this picture. The lady to the far right is really angry / disgusted > at the lady on the left. > Miss center can't yet make up her mind about what just happened and it must > really have been recent to get that difference in expressions. Perhaps they > have just noticed that Miss left is three months pregnant and that might be > inappropriate for this wedding gathering. Perhaps it is the identity of the > father that's the problem. > > We have a mystery here waiting for a story to be told. > > And then there's that really mysterious lady in the background. Not in the > same kind of dress - so not a bridesmaid. > Perhaps she's the matron / maid of honor and has been left out of the > 'festivities'. > > This whole drama is being played out in the woods - not the usual venue for > wedding. > > Anyway, that's what I see looking at the image. I'm sure more would come > out looking at the real image in the large so that more detail would be > apparent. > > Cheers, > James > > Original Message ----- From: "Lea Murphy" <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:22 AM >> Subject: Re: museum collections? >> >> >> This is a link to one of the images I was really wondering about. How this > ended up on a museum wall I'd love to know. >> >> http://collections.kemperart.org/Obj651$6 >> >> > > > your kids . my camera . we'll click > www.leamurphy.com > > > >
