Sometimes I forget to take advantage of the benefits of living in New York and all of the world class art exhibits that the city has to offer. Fortunately I was able to catch the Henry Cartier-Bresson show at the MOMA on the last day of the show, because if I would have missed it, I don’t think I could have forgiven myself. Normally I hate fighting the crowds but I have to say that it was thrilling to see so many people there enjoying the show and really validating photography as an artform. Bresson is a master and a hero of mine and influenced me greatly during my formative years. That said, I was actually kind of disappointed with the curation of the show. I understand that they were trying to express the broad depth of his work, but I feel like there was a lack of rigorous editing and organization of the images. Too much redundancy within the compositions and too all over the place regarding chronology. Anyway, who am I to complain? I felt honored to see the show. As we were leaving we happened upon the exhibit Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography and after the overwhelmingly dense Bresson show this was breath of fresh air. What an amazing group of photographs made by women, many of them I had never even heard of. Don’t miss it!
