There is an excellent photography exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC from Jun 20 – Sep 20. Admission is free on Saturday's throughout the summer. The exhibition is a retrospective of the work of William Eggleston, whose Museum of Modern Art exhibition in the early 70's helped make color photography an acceptable medium for what is considered 'art'. In addition, he specialized in photographing ordinary scenes of American life – something near and dear to my own heart.
You can get more info and see some of his work at:
http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/Eggleston/
I visited it recently and was blown away. Not that what the 'intelligencia' considers 'art' really matters, but his work is 'art', whether they think so or not. His subject choice, composition, artistry and technical photographic excellence are just phenomenal. The tricycle displayed on the link above, has to be seen in the approx 16"x14" matted/framed image hanging on the wall at the Corcoran to appreciate his composition and exposure brilliance. The exhibition covers his work from the 1960's to the present but I really like the stuff from the late 60's and 70's (which is the majority of what's displayed).
I highly recommend visiting this show, which runs through Sep 20. It does have some landscapes, but no wildlife (unless except for some of the humans shown from that tumultuous period of the early 70's). Also, I was expecting to have to pay to get in since I knew the Corcoran started charging an admission fee. To my pleasant surprise, I learned that admission is free on Saturday's throughout the summer.
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