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Boston MFA Trip 06/30/10


As a photograpic artist, Sue had mentioned that Boston's Museum of Fine Arts was showing the works of the iconic American photographer Harry Callahan and wondered if I would be interested in a road trip to the museum. We drove down, parked in the Prudential garage, and hopped the Green Line E train out to MFA.

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It was a rare experience for me to have someone who understood photography and composition so that I could get a better feeling for what was artistically going on. Marvelous. After spending far longer than I would have ever imagined looking at a couple dozen photographs, we went on to roam the halls until about 5:00.

We had been there since 2:00, and were getting just a little hungry. So, we jumped back on the Green Line to the Prudential Center and browsed through the Barnes and Noble bookstore there before taking the elevators up to the 52nd floor to one of Boston's finest restaurants, The Top Of The Hub.

The view was just breathtaking. I hadn't been up there for... well, over 20 years anyway, I'd think. And the food was spectacular. It was tough to leave as it would have been very easy to just go park in the lounge, sip some more wine, and listen to the jazz ensemble. But Sue had to be up early for work, so we headed down the elevator at 8:00.


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Unhappily posed in the hot breeze. Please....

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Proof that I was actually here, and, I might add, bearing up well under the pressure of the wind. The following pictures Sue just took around the museum - to see Callahan's work you just have to search around the web.

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We were both so taken with Callahan's minimalist view of nature that I had Sue take the following series of pictures outside of the museum on our way back to the subway. What Callahan did in the early days was all black and white with some sort of special film treatment. In the following series I'll post the picture she took and then the black and white version of it that she made. Pretty cool stuff...

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Sue doing her art/composition thing with the Prudential Center tower. We were on our way to the 52nd floor where I was taking her to dinner at one of Boston's finest restaurants, The Top Of The Hub

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The view to the left from our table at The Top Of The Hub.

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The view to the right from our table at The Top Of The Hub. Man, it doesn't get much better than this! And the food was outstanding! A wonderful evening.

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