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September 27th, 2011 High Line Visit
I for one, am incredibly happy I was able to be in this MHC class, if only so that I could go on this field trip. I am absolutely certain that I never would have learned what the High Line was if it was not for this class and Professor Meyers-Kingsley.
There are numerous gorgeous views on the High Line, it is immensely modern artistically and it is simply a great place to visit and stroll along on. I especially loved all the prime street art that was placed at vantage points. It was a great deal of fun to simply go about trying to find as much as i possible could. There is this sense of adventure when discovering a bit of street art/graffiti, especially so if it is obscure and hard to find.
Assignment for September 20, 2011
The main purpose of museums are to archive, display, conserve and preserve historical or art collections in all their different forms. Along with this they are a source of information and inspiration to those who visit them. The mission statement of ICP’s misssion statement is to show photography important and essential role in today’s culture.
I collect?!
These are a couple photos that I’ve taken in the last month of graffiti. If i collect anything I collect pictures, like these, of graffiti. I will almost always go out of my way to take a picture of any graffiti, that I spot, as long as it catches my fancy. I do not claim to have any sort of consiuership when it come to the quality of graffiti, I simply claim to have an opinion of what it is I see around me. As a side note there is a sort of thrill that I get from taking these pictures. Sometimes to get these photos I must trespass on a closed parking lot, find a peephole in a fence, or walk down some dark alley. I must echo Walter Benjamin’s feeling about the ‘acquiring’ something for your collection, this feeling of ownership, that I can now always look back at this photo and admire it. It is now mine.
