When ever I find myself in Manhattan, I try to carve out a little time and hit the galleries to see what's happening. This summer and early fall, I hit the Gary Winogrand show at the Met, The Survey of Latin American Photography 1944-1913 at ICP and the Steven Shore show over in Chelsea.
After the initial delight of seeing prints of classic Winogrand street shots ( full frame and no cropping here) I found myself dragging a bit as one room unfolded into the next. Probably more to do with museum fatigue on my part, rather than Winogrand. As exiting and reading some of the wall texts it became apparent that almost full 25% of the images were posthumously selected from either undeveloped film or negatives. Other than the interest this might have for a
Winogrand scholar, One has to wonder if this is a good idea ?
I could see a case for either way.
The Latin American Survey with the exception of Alberto Korda, was chock full of photographers I had no idea existed. For obvious reasons having to do with the history of the region, the political subjects were particularly powerful. Most, but certainly not all of political subject matter you see shot from here is light weight by comparison. A number of shots had a factual reality that comes from the photographer literally taking his life in own hands without the distanced look of some photo journalism.
Steven Shore, color photo pioneer, despite his established reputation was a breath of fresh air as well. After having gone from one gallery to the next, featuring epic scaled photographic prints with seemingly interchangeable authorship, here was work that didn't rely on the "hey wow factor"of giant prints. The still life shots done in the Ukraine had the hallmark characteristics
that Shore has developed and has been emulated so much by other contemporary photographers. That is the look of the mundane and anonymous that on a quick, lazy or uninformed first glance has the sort of passive presence that seems to have the all the intention of a snap shot. Hardly the case - All the pictorial considerations one would expect are there - just understated and subtle.
Wondering if any one else has seen any of this work and what their impressions were ?

I have hiked several of the trails in and around Yosemite over the years, including to the top of Half Dome. For a two day trip, I would consider taking a tram up to the top of Glacier Point and hiking the 8 mile trail down by Nevada Falls and Vernal Falls into the valley floor and perhaps the 4 mile hike up to the top of Yosemite Falls. I understand that you have to have a permit to go to the top of Half Dome now and if you do that, it is a long day's hike up and back. Here are some pictures from my last trip, all of which were taken only from the valley floor. Unfortunately it was late in the year and the falls were not running full like they usually do in the Spring. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lannypartain/sets/72157627699703876/