Another Diner
April 25th, 2008
I love New York City diners. Good ones are all over the place, in every neighborhood. I’m sad that the Cheyenne Diner, which was probably the last “train car” diner in Manhattan, has closed. But I hear from Dave Rudin that it is going to be moved to Brooklyn, so it may live on in a new location.
I did a shoot with Theda, as I always try to do whenever I get to New York. After we finished we walked to a nearby diner, the Grand Canyon Diner, in Brooklyn. Here are Matt and Theda after we ate.
The dance concert shoot is going well. This afternoon is the final dress rehearsal. I shot last night and will get another go at it tonight. The dance is wonderful and the lighting is beautiful. Should have some good photos to post, but it’s going to be a while before I’ll be able to edit them.
Yesterday in the morning before rehearsals started I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I spent some time in the new Photo Gallery and also saw the Jasper Johns and the Poussin exhibits. Saturday I plan to go back and see the Coubert exhibit before going to the dance concert in the evening.
I’ve seen two shows in the Met’s photo area now and I’ve been pretty disappointed in both of them. The both seemed to miss the mark. I wonder about the motivation of whoever is curating these shows. The main message I seem to see in them is that photography is dead and has no future as art. I, of course, disagree very strongly with that viewpoint. At this point I can’t recommend the Met as a place to view photography. Try MOMA instead.
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