Photography and art

HIromi asked me yesterday to take her picture for her resume. I told her she should come over and we could try taking some on the roof. I didn't have a white sheet and so I took her against the wall. Then, on Spring Street, I took a few more portraits. Later I tried to take some candids. She posed every time.

For dinner we ate at XO Kitchen. Afterwards, we had tea at Ten Ren and started a long conversation about museums and their role in arts education. Hiromi lamented the fact that at MoMA there were few descriptive texts that contextualized the art. She felt it was a large responsibilty of a museum to educate. She felt that a museum shouldn't be regarded as entertainment, but as school. I agreed to a point, but felt also that arts education should be emphasized in the schools, to give a basis for arts appreciation and an interest in the arts. We batted the idea back and forth until the tea shop was about to close. We left and they lowered the grate behind us. Posted by eku at April 6, 2005 11:15 PM