"Lens Landscapes" show at MFA Boston

[chris_jordan]

Just a heads up to anyone who has the occasion to visit Boston;

there's an exhibit of landscape photography at the Museum of

Fine Arts. Its sort of a broad "survey" spanning the 1800s through

the present, covering the varied processes, approaches and

aesthetics from Albert Renger-Patsch to Weston to Shibata to

Sally Mann(!) There were many that I didn't care for (which I think

were included for name recognition and "variety") although there

were some stunners, like the Shibata, Weston, Adams,

Caponigro... but that just tells you about what I like!

 

Worth the visit? Yeah, I think so...

 

Chris Jordan (Boston)

 

www.jordanphoto.com

[dave_schaller]

Hi Chris,

I went to the show yesterday. It certainly was an odd experience. I didn't see any printed matter with information on who curated the show, or on the individual prints. I find the MFA really annoying. That said, there were individual prints that it was great to see, as you said. Overall I was struck by how most of the pictures were based on the lower and middle Zones.... I'd agree that it's worth the visit, but I wouldn't have high expectations.

Dave