Posts Tagged ‘Washington DC’
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Over the days ahead I want to post a handful of photographs from 2017 I’m especially happy with.
This first one was taken on the afternoon of January 6, 2017, at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, during the exhibition, “People on the Move: Beauty and Struggle in Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series”
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The central painting on the wall, in front of which a trio of kids have stopped to look and discuss, is Panel no. 58 out of a total of 60 panels in the complete Migration Series. Lawrence’s caption to it is: “In the North the African American had more educational opportunities.”
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Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, Panel no. 58, 1940-41. Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
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Tags:Beauty and Struggle, In the North the African American had more educational opportunities, Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, Museum of Modern Art, Panel 58, Panel no. 58, People on the Move, Phillips Collection, Washington DC
Posted in Art, Culture, History, Photos, Politics, Whither America? | No Comments »
Friday, September 29th, 2017
Recently in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington, DC, two new faces appeared.
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Tags:bicycle, bike, chalk, face, faces, Glover Park, pavement, reflector, reflectors, sidewalk, Washington DC
Posted in Art, Let's Face It, Photos | No Comments »
Monday, August 21st, 2017
During the height of the solar eclipse this afternoon in Washington, DC, when the moon occluded 82% of the sun’s disc, a neighbor pointed out to me how strangely the sun’s remaining light was filtering through the foliage of the large Japanese maple tree in my front yard. Openings in the tree canopy were operating as pinhole projectors. The sidewalk became a canvas for dozens of elusive, feather-like crescent shapes. You sensed this was a strange visitation, one that would prove to be ephemeral.
(Click on photo to enlarge its details.)
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Washington, DC, April 21, 2017, 2:52:59 PM
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April 21, 2017, 2:57:00 PM
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April 21, 2017, 2:50:44 PM
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By way of comparison, this final photograph, taken nearly an hour after the eclipse had passed and after a brief rain shower, shows the normal appearance of full-disc sunshine when filtered through the tree over the same sidewalk.
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April 21, 2017, 3:45:49 PM
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A friend informed me that Billy Ray Cyrus posted on Twitter his photo of the same phenomenon.
Tags:Billy Ray Cyrus, crescent, eclipse, feather, feathers, Moon, shape, sidewalk, Solar, sun, Twitter, Washington DC
Posted in Nature, News, Photos | No Comments »
Sunday, November 13th, 2016
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Washington DC, Glover-Archbold Park, Friday, November 11, 2016 at 2:42 and 2:46 pm.
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New York City, Fifth Ave. at 30th St., Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 2:16 pm.
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Tags:autumn, Donald Trump, fall, Fifth Avenue, forest, Glover Park, Glover-Archbold Park, Manhattan, nature, Nature and Protest in America, New York City, path, Protest, Trump, Washington, Washington DC, woods
Posted in Nature, News, Photos, Politics, Whither America? | 2 Comments »
Saturday, January 30th, 2016
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Photos of Glover Park yesterday at dusk: a hand-printed sign guarding a shoveled-out parking space, and a sunset view from the edge of the park.
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More examples of parking-space “dibs” signs, made by city folks in DC and Philadelphia as they dug their way out of the blizzard of 2016, can be found here.
Tags:blizzard, blizzard of 2016, dibs signs, dug out parking spots, dusk, Glover Park, man, man vs nature, nature, Parking Space, shoveled, sign, snow, Snow Law: You Do Not Park Here, snowmageddan, snowpocalypse, snowzilla, sunset, warning sign, Washington DC
Posted in Humor, Nature, Photos | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
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The time: December 22, 2015, 10:48 am. The setting: Intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and 18th Street NW, Washington, DC.
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In the wake of a light rain shower, two spots of colorful efflorescence appear on the surface of the asphalt.
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Are these not astronomical images, the one suggesting a spiral galaxy and the other an eclipsed star?
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More about oil blooms on wet streets, here. The phenomenon–known in physics as oil film interference–is exhaustively explained here. Check out this brilliant Instagram shot of what looks like a furry jellyfish floating through space.
For a previous post of mine discussing another instance when mother nature displays her art on man’s concrete, click here.
Tags:oil blooms, oil film interference, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC
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Sunday, July 26th, 2015
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Washington, DC, July 2, 2015, 2:06:45pm.
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Tags:DC, Octagon, Octagon House, Octagon Museum, The Octagon House, Washington, Washington DC, Washington Monument
Posted in Architecture, Photos | No Comments »
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
Stencil graffiti spotted at 17th & R Sts., NW, Washington DC, April 30, 2015, 5:51 PM.
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Note: In a search of Google Images I could find only one other example of this particular stencil graffiti, here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexiares/2449433511/. The uploader of that photo didn’t indicate its location.
Tags:Feminist graffiti, graffiti, Spray paint, stencil, Stencil graffiti, Washington DC, We are in charge
Posted in Art, Culture, Photos, Politics | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
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Yesterday’s drifting snow in Glover Park turned a cautionary sign into really bad advice:
Cleaned up, the sign reveals its original intent (click on image to enlarge):
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For additional information about these safety signs, go to http://drivelikeyourkidslivehere.com/.
Several blocks to the south, in Georgetown, someone turned their mini-dumster into a four-sided plea:
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Tags:"Drive Like Your Kids Live Here", "Drive Like Your Kids", Georgetown, Glover Park, Please Do Take Your Poo With You, Washington DC
Posted in Humor, Nature, Photos | No Comments »
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Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, Panel no. 58, 1940-41. Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
