The newly reopened SFMoMA with its exciting new addition designed by the Norwegian firm, Snøhetta, includes 17,800 photographs in the Pritzker Center for Photography.
Face to Face
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
~Thomas Merton
Absorbed
What’s Your Angle? Ellsworth Kelly.
Connected
“Art is not a thing, it is a way.”
~Elbert Hubbard
Eavesdropper
Water Towers
So, What Do You Think?
The Brown Sisters
The Bridge
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
~ Edgar Degas
Chuck Close is Watching
Richard Serra
The New SFMOMA
All images shot with a Panasonic Lumix LX-100.
Jane Lurie Photography 
So so cool set.
I saw The Brown Sisters series @ the NYC MoMA. Interesting what time does to our outsides yet our brain is still ‘way back when we were younger’.
Ps I like your new layout & so far my posts haven’t had a sourpuss face ha.
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Hi Diane, I was so pleased to come upon the Brown Sisters again at the opening- we saw them, too, in NY and it’s a fascinating series. Glad you like my new look– thank you! 😀
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Gorgeous, Jane. You have a marvelous photographic eye. Glad you’re enjoying the Lumix!
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Hi Patti– Sorry I missed your nice comment. Thank you so much. Loving the Lumix more every day as I am getting more familiar with the features.
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Great that you’re happy with it. What features do you like?
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All the controls that my DSLR has, but it also recognizes scenes very well in auto. It switches to the eyepiece when you don’t want to look at the screen. The 24-70 Leica lens is sweet, too. 🙂 and it fits in my purse and gives my back a break, though I still carry my D800 most of the time with it. Image quality is excellent.
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I like the fact that it’s so portable. That’s very attractive. 🙂
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Great shots, Jane! And I really liked this new layout. 🙂
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Thanks, Uday. The museum is fabulous. Happy you like my new theme– I finally got the nerve to switch and it went smoothly. 😊
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I love art galleries Jane and this is a treasure I would love to wander round it with you, but seeing these photos is a bonus.
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What fun that would be, Pauline. Thanks for enjoying!
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Fabulous post. Love the quotes and identified with all the pix of people pondering the artwork.
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Thanks so much. Jane. As an artist, you may wonder about those who pomp dear your work, too. Happy you enjoyed this one. We need to go together when you come to SF.
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**ponder** spellcheck….
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What an awesome contribution to the challenge Jane! What an inspiring place. Your photos makes me wanna learn more about the different aspects of portraits. I’ve always liked candid, or artistic shots more than the classical portraits. These faces are very appealing.
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Thanks, Maria. I’m happy you found these intriguing. These portraits fall into the category of clandestine. 😉 Fun to try.
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Wow, fantastic Jane, so many great photos and love your Connected shot. The new MOMA looks such a pleasure to explore.
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Hi Patti- Thank you! Can’t wait to go back once the opening fervor dies down a little. It is a beautiful renovation with a fabulous photography center.
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Excellent post.
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Thank you, Cardinal. Much appreciated.
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This is a great take on the challenge, you have some really great images here.
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Thanks so much, Amy. I love having this museum close by. Glad you like the images.
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Thanks for the tour, Jane, what an incredible space. And the water towers! Yes!
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Hi Patricia, You would love the photography center! The water towers… amazing. These artists shot photos of abandoned mines, water towers – a gallery full of places you would love. Now I just need to come up with their names… Thanks for enjoying this series.
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Amazing perspectives!
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Thanks, Dor. I love watching the crowds in museums. So many gems happening all around me. Glad you liked them.
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OMG I LOVE these…..really fabulous shots…especially LOVE ‘connected’…..a great eye!!😜
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Thanks so much April, my friend. Happy you enjoyed! 😊
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Great photos of the art and the audience!
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Glad you like this series, Awa. Thank you!
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Love these shots, Jane! One of my favorite things to do is to observe people in museums!
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It’s great fun. I have to keep reminding myself to also focus on the art. 😉
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PS. Thank you, Susan!
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These are all fantastic!
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Thank you, Lex! I had lots of fun that afternoon at MoMA. Glad you enjoyed.
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You have managed to make the art secondary! Fabulous perspective 👀
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Thanks so much, Wendy. I hoped to show the interactions of people and art– glad you like the idea. 📷😀
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As a retired docent I just loved this post and the new museum. Wonderful shots!!
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I’m happy it brought back some good memories of your time working in museums, Kathy. Thanks very much!
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you are a great unobtrusive people watcher! Watching people watch people….
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Thanks, Linda. It’s quite fun to observe all the different people in the galleries and how they respond to the art. Glad you like this one.
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I love the Thomas Merton quote. So true. Art can jog our memory or inspire a new thought; it can set us free and who knows where it will take us. Love this set of gallery shots. My favourite has to be the bridge. That symmetry is down pat 🙂
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Thanks so much, Mabel. Happy you liked that quote which set the theme. The bridge is part of the old museum and always gave me the jitters since you can look straight down top to bottom. I was so pleased when the woman walked to the end for me. 🙂 Happy you liked this post.
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What fabulous photos of the art and visitors in this superb new MOMA. I wanna visit!! Well done , Jane
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Thank you, Paula. You would love it. With the addition, this is now the largest contemporary museum in the country. And the photography collection is incredible. Glad you enjoyed this one.
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love the way you have captured people looking at art – I am always trying to avoid having people in my shots, but it is an interesting angle.
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Thanks so much, Ann. I love shooting in museums and I find the people in the gallery spaces captivating. Glad you like them.
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Fantastic photo’s for the challenge! Makes me want to go and see some great art again too, soon…
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Thanks, Noortje. It was exciting to be at the opening and great to watch everything going on. The gallery spaces are really well done. I am looking forward to going back to the photography collection among others. 🙂
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Wonderful collection of images.
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Hi Helen, It was a fun day at the opening. Exciting to see the art and great to observe the people. Thank you.
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I would so love to see that Richard Serra piece – and everything else of course. Thanks for posting these, a treat 😄
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Hi Alastair, The Serra is amazing– it’s funny– I just saw a similar piece last year at Bilbao in Spain. I walked through it and it was very disorienting. I’m glad you enjoyed this peek into the new MoMA. Thanks so much.
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Great series of photographs so well captured.
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Thank you, Lim. Much appreciated.
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These are terrific Jane, and nicely suited to the challenge. And a new toy too! Life is good😊😊
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What a treat the new museum is. Thanks, Tina. And, yes, loving my Lumix.
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