For my first event I decided to choose The Getty Museum. I was excited when I saw that one of the events was The Getty. It had been a mystery to me what was inside the luxurious building on top of the hill and is truly one of the best views overlooking Los Angeles. The property and landscape of The Getty is rich, full of sculptors and water fountains. The people that worked there were very nice, even despite them yelling at me to put my phone away and to not touch the walls.
The first stop I made was "At the Window: The Photographer's view". This part of the museum contained different type of pictures that had different things done to create artwork. The specific part of this museum was the perspective of the window. Each photograph used the window in different ways. The one that stuck out to me was a picture by Gregory Crewdson, in which a woman in a night gown was looking out of a window. The lighting was dim giving the picture a mysterious presence, keeping the observer wondering what was beyond the window.
The second part of the museum I went to was "The Universe Next Door" which was done by the Cuban-born American Abelardo Morell. The kind of photography that Morell did was very imaginative and beyond what a normal picture could do. He used technology to create what his artistic mind was envisioned in his head. One picture that stuck out to me was one that had many chairs that were stacked up, some were upside down and other were right side up. It was very appealing to me.
Overall, my experience was great. I didn't know what was awaiting me but it made me want to go check out The Villa in Malibu. I saw the connection that technology and art is connected because without the technology Abelardo Morell would not be able to do what he does.
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