We just completed our "amazing" IDC papers and thought I would reflect on the Mishkin Gallery visit in a less formal manner since I have not done so. Although the gallery was small, compared to the International Center of Photography, there were some photos that I really enjoyed. My favorite, which is the one I wrote about, simply captured my attention because of the beautiful landscape.

I think Snapshot NYC is a great event that Macaualy has us do. I was very unsure what I was going to photograph. On Sunday morning I woke up and I was so happy it was a beautiful day. Usually every weekend I go for a run. I thought it would be a good idea to take my camera along with me on my run and photograph everything I see. As i left my house I wasn't exactly sure what my ideal neighborhood was. I was running along and I ran into a park called the Conference House park. This park is one of my favorite places in the word!! There are so many amazing things to see in the park.

Last night, while I was taking the trash to the “trash room” in my apartment complex, I noticed two pictures that someone had thrown out. One is a landscape view of a forest with vivid green leaves and brown tree trunks. The other is an enlarged view of two wine glasses and a bottle of wine. It is classy and elegant, and perfect for our dining room. After careful examination I discovered that there was nothing physically wrong with these pictures. The frames were in tact; the pictures were not ripped… so why did someone throw these out?

 The Snapshot pictures got me to thinking, if nature in itself was a form of art to be appreciated. Personally, I think the way nature seeps into the city is a form of art. In Patricia's photograph of the Cathedral and of the statue that resided in such place, there existed a sense of nature's presence. Perhaps I sensed it in the water filling the fountain or in the trees that played a role in the background. The point is that without such a context of nature, I believed the photograph would not have been as beautiful, or for that matter the statue in itself.

 This past Sunday was the day of the Snapshot pictures and I took my pictures in riverside park. I actually took a whole bunch of photographs on mostly nature oriented subjects ranging from water to trees to rocks to sunlight. I noticed that in order to capture a beautiful shot, I did not necessarily need to prepare myself in any way. I did not give the photographs much thought in regards to angle, zoom, or even my body position itself. Nevertheless, each photograph was unique in its own way. Each image revealed its beauty by simply exposing nature itself.