MOMA Trip

Charles Harry Jones
British, 1866-1959

TOP TO BOTTOM:
Peapods c. 1900
Onions c. 1900
Gelatin silver printing-out-paper prints

The photographs of peapods and onions are also tranquil photographs that portray everyday vegetables in an elegant manner. The careful arrangement of the vegetables allow one to see the different views of the same vegetable in one photograph. It gives these everyday foods acknowledgment in a different light and with the attention to detail.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Japanese, born 1948

Adriatic Sea, Gargano 1 1990

Gelatin silver prints

Hiroshi Sugimoto's Adriatic Sea piece is one of my favorite from the exhibit. The three photographs capture the same environment and shot but do that in a way that continues one photograph to the next to the next. In a way I find it to symbolize the calmness and stillness as well as the extensiveness of the sea. The closer you look at the photographs, the more detail it reveals including waves that are not as visible from afar. The choice of printing in black and white also gives the photographs a sense of emotion that could be very calm and halcyon.

JoAnn Verburg

American, born 1950

Still Life with Serial Killers 1991

Chromogenic color print

This portrait is beautifully depicts our world today, as we consume endless amounts of crime in media. I see this still life as realistically portraying the adverse parts of our everyday lives through the newspaper seen in the portrait with the mug shots of criminals. It is interesting that this newspaper is crumbled into this vase where perhaps flowers would instead rest. The women in the post cards pictured to the left look dismal and adds to the overall feeling one gets from this portrait. This portrait is certainly thought provoking from the title and choice of arrangement of the objects.