I asked Linda to report on her travels in SF:
On Wednesday and Thursday I went into San Francisco on my own to do some wandering — and of course photographing. First stop was the Leica store to see a photo exhibition by Rachel Cobb, Le Mistral (the amazing winds in Southern France) —one of my favorites is below.
I also went to SFMOMA ...
which recently did a major expansion — absolutely stunning space. Among many delights there was discovering a new artist (to me). Ethel Adnan - very simple, beautiful abstract paintings that really spoke to me. She is also a poet — and in doing a little more research after I got home I discovered she recently got a Lamda Literary award — so it seems she’s family. Here is one of her paintings (wish it was larger- not sure how to do that)
[Here’s a link to more of her work https://goo.gl/images/rMTEzJ]
I also visited Pier 24, a small, beautiful art museum right under the Bay Bridge that only does photography exhibits — changing the exhibit once a year. You have to have an appointment to go — a 2 hour slot shared with only 30 others in an 18 room museum. While the type of photography they tend to feature isn’t my favorite, it was still an amazing experience to be in that space with so few people.
All in all a very fun 2 days of wandering.