Hurray! Museums.

We knew you were wondering when we would visit a museum. We have not been museum slackers.  We just have been busy with Bennett, oh, and his parents, too.  We made up for the lack of museum entries by visiting three today.  Each had fabulous photographic exhibits.

Starting at the National Geographic, “Women of Valor” is an exhibit featuring the work of women  staff photographers who have had feature stories in their magazine.  These were poignant and somewhat painful photo stories of child brides, slavery, and poverty.  Though we could take photos, we chose to share two of lesser pain though excellent.

At least we thought this photo was lovely.  The caption said editor Susan Welchman rejected  it because it failed to tell a story.

The  by photography by Amy Toensing did tell a story of two brothers, fishermen from Maine, who impacted their community over many years.  The pictures on the walls over their beds showed the men in earlier and happier years.

The wall of magazine covers implies that the photo covers began in 1960.  Do any of you remember the magazine without a photo cover?

This drone is the latest in photojournalism equipment even though it uses a Canon camera.  The camera pack in the foreground was put on a penguin to follow him in his underwater trips to catch fish.

 The Natural History Museum had their annual Nature’s Best Photography.  This shot seemed more like a painting than a photo.

This picture is by a Hawaiian photographer our daughter Cheryl helped discover.  He gave her a small version of the photo as a thank you gift for her support in showing his art.  It was honored as Nature Photograph of the year.

Anna Lee became enamored of the work of Yossef Karsh over fifty years ago.  A brief retrospective of his work is on display at American Art.

This photo of Hemingway is in Anna Lee’s book of Karsh’s portraits as are photos of Salk, Churchill and other luminaries.  

This may not be a museum but it does provide a unique experience for another sense, taste.  Hill Country Restaurant was a great place for Texas BBQ near the National Mall.

But the best thing we did all day and for the past eight days is enjoy Bennett.  Reading one of Uncle Jeff’s favorite childhood books was an emotional treat.

Though we are returning home tomorrow, we look forward to a return visit real soon.