Perhaps, with bit of inspiration from the current Harry Ransom Center exhibit, I created this essay, “Photos at an Exhibition”. Shot today, the day before the current photography exhibit closes. “Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions” is a mixture of different works that, according to the museum, has or will have significance, photographically. I, not being a student of Photographic History, found some of the justifications hard to swallow. I’ll take the word of the curators but some of these images struck me with a vague feeling of the artist trying too hard at creative justifications. The some kind of feeling I got, when looking at abstract modern art.

Unlike “Arnold Newman: Masterclass” that I saw a few years ago. Few of the works spoke to me with the exception of the Carpooler’s series by Alejandro Cartagena. It maybe the way I think. I tend to like variations on a theme and a consistent structure.

I attend exhibits to broaden my perspective and, just maybe, encouraging me to do something different. With any luck, images in this post might qualify.