In The Darkroom at National Gallery of Art, group outing 11/14/2009

[TheFlyingCamera]

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/darkroominfo.shtm

There's an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art on historical photographic processes. I'm organizing a group outing to go see the show. We're going to meet up in the morning to see the show and then grab lunch nearby. Please RSVP here and/or in the Washington DC social group forum here to get included in the loop for directions/times/locations.

[TheFlyingCamera]

Ok- update on schedule:

Meet at the exhibit entrance in the lower level of the West building at 10:30 AM. Then progress to lunch in the Gallery Place/Chinatown area Noon-ish. Please RSVP so I can keep an eye out for you.

[Barry S]

Scott--I'm still planning on coming and will see you at 10:30 on Sat. at the exhibit entrance.

[c6h6o3]

Let's also plan to see the Robert Bergman exhibit, also in the West Building, which looks to be awesome.

http://artknowledgenews.com/2009-10-...otographs.html

http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/61728/

to quote NY Mag: "This is the National Gallery’s first artist’s debut show ever."

that's certainly worth a look

[c6h6o3]

Ok- update on schedule:

Meet at the exhibit entrance in the lower level of the West building at 10:30 AM. Then progress to lunch in the Gallery Place/Chinatown area Noon-ish. Please RSVP so I can keep an eye out for you.

do you have a particular place in mind for lunch?

[TheFlyingCamera]

I'm thinking maybe District Chophouse, but I'm open to just about anything in the neighborhood from Qdoba to Chinese to Clydes to Rosa Mexicano.

[Barry S]

District Chophouse? That's kind of hardcore! My favorite nearby lunch spot is Teaism. It's close, the atmosphere is great, good selection of healthy food , local art/photography on the walls--and killer tea + salty oat cookies. If the weather is crummy, the NGA cafeteria isn't bad, although it's expensive.

[c6h6o3]

Both In the Darkroom and Robert Bergman were quite disappointing, although ITD had some magnificent prints by Roger Fenton and Negre.

However, we ate lunch in Chinatown, and since it was but a stone's throw from the National Portrait Gallery, we stopped there on the way back. WOW! They had two marvelous shows up: one called Faces of the Frontier and the other the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Awards. Although the Portrait Competition was only about 10% photography, the 1st place winner was a photograph.

There's so much photography on the walls around here that it seems to me that these two venerable institutions are trying to outdo each other with photo shows. If that's the case, the NPG certainly wins as far as I'm concerned. Don't miss these shows if you're anywhere near here. Gallery Place Metro.

BTW, one of the entries in the Portrait Competition was a large C-print by Michael A. Smith from his Maricopa Co. jail inmate project. Quite impressive. Click on the 2nd link above to see it.

[Christopher Walrath]

Glad you guys had a great time. Steve (Sirius Glass) and I had a small gathering in Harford County for a quick meet up and shoot. Keep us updated when more stuff pops up.

[Barry S]

I thought In the Darkroom was a gem of a show that included a nice sampling of diverse photographic processes by masters of photography. It would have been nice if the show had been five times the size and more comprehensive, but it was drawn exclusively from the NGA's collection. Definitely worth seeing if you have any interest at all in historical photographic processes.