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At the MOMA in New York City, my attention was divided.

There was art, sure. It stares right back at you. But more than what hangs on the walls, it was the building — and watching people and light move through it — that was masterpiece.

“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.” ~ Alfred North Whitehead (1861 – 1947), Dialogues (1954)

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Today, share with us some unexpected art. Lines found in nature, pleasing shape, abstracts, spaces, or the literal — a capture of something created. Tell us about your own experience in absorbing the world as art — intended, or not.

Comments

  8. Oh, you've tapped into one of my faves here… I'm always drawn to lines & patterns & intentional spaces!

    The National Gallery in Ottawa is an architectural treasure:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2769632754/in/set-72157606772577757/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2769633732/in/set-72157606772577757/

    Just this past July, I fell in LOVE with the Central Library in San Antonio (exterior only – it was closed the day we were there). I was so excited, Hubby thought I was having a wee orgasm! (Maybe I was… :-))
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/4791561769/in/set-72157606772577757/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/4792258820/in/set-72157606772577757/

    Oh heck, here's my "geometry" set!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/sets/72157606772577757/with/4791726713/

    xox

  12. Didn't have time to make it to MOMA this time around. But I can't tell you how many photos I took of the rooflines at the Met last week, and buildings buildings buildings everywhere. But I love the simplicity of this one – lines of reflection on the floor at Ellis Island. How many thousands of people walked across it on their way to a new life.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/a-la-mosey/4883845734/

  14. First i want to say i LOVE that pic!!! Next, i want to thank shutter sisters for giving me a place to learn. I am just a mom, that bought a camera and i take it along with me when i walk the dogs… but you have taught me that pic i would think were "throw away" have beauty!

    I liked the way the cables towards the back are dark
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettina2/4884688462/

    This was a pleasant surprise
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettina2/4883980081/

    simple
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettina2/4713528280/

  16. I had a similar experience on a recent trip to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The light was pouring in the glass roof and creating fascinating shapes in the atrium. It was hard to focus on the art in the building and I found myself shooting shadows and trying to capture the blocks of color lining the marble walls.

    Here is one I'd like to share from that series of shots.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/52055227@N07/4897649121/

  23. Great shot, and I'm jealous of your trip to NYC. Everytime we travel to see my inlaws, we travel over this industrial steel bridge and I say – "Wow. Sometime, I'd like to take pictures of this." So last month, I did – even though we were going 65 mph, I still managed to get a shot or two that I liked. (And for the record, I was in the passenger seat.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/40070449@N08/4836015521/ I find that the more time I take observing, the more I see in the world that is art-worthy, bridges included.

  25. Really enjoying this post topic and the pictures! Would really like to go to the MoMA as well.

    I love finding little unexpected surprises when I'm out and about. This picture is an underpass I was walking under on my way home from work. What struck me was the intersection of lines of the bridge with the line of cars waiting at the stoplight.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/oeimah/4880447437/

  27. moma is definitely a spot i hope to make it to some day. it took me a second to figure out what this photo was of. then i finally noticed the people, and it all began to make sense.

    every once in a while, i will notice these types of lines, too. in fact, though not a great picture, there is something i just love about this photo:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/28567264@N05/4279129421/in/set-72157623163953728/

    i think it is the lines in the ceiling. i had intended on taking a shot of the hubby, but then he bent down just as i went to take the picture, and i got the ceiling instead. i almost discarded the photo, but then i realized how much i like it.

  30. I too love photographing in spaces where there is art (or artefacts) but capturing the wider space including the art and the people. As a museum professional I find the interaction of people with gallery space as fascinating as the pieces that they house. As a photographer I've tried to explore that fascination. At the Pompidou & Musee d'Orsay the Christmas before last I spent a lot of time looking at the art … but more time looking at the people looking at the art.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrippinamaior/3191493278/in/set-72157607898979475/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrippinamaior/3187728123/in/set-72157612256858734/