BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Building and Public Space

DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- East Wing -- Building and Public Space:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NGAEWB_970805_01.JPG: Natl Gallery of Art; East Wing The East Wing of the National Gallery of Art was designed by IM Pei and completed in 1978. All of the walls are sharply angular and there are no 90 degree angles in the place. Naturally enough, the wing houses more of the modern art pieces than the more traditional West Wing does. This photo is of the sharpest edge of the building (to the right of the main entrance). If you look toward the base, you'll notice a smudge or what might appear to be a bend in the edge. That's where tourists have discolored the wall by rubbing it so many times.
2. NGAEWB_970805_02.JPG: Natl Gallery of Art; East Wing Another view of the National Gallery of Art's East Wing. The fountains on the right are part of the design. Behind them are glass pyramids which are over the underground concourse between the two wings. The water falls below the surface and you have a nice waterfall while you're eating in the food court there.
3. NGAEWB_970901_01.JPG: Natl Gallery of Art; East Wing A close-up photo of that discolored corner that everyone loves to rub.
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1997 photos: Since 1984, I've lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. From 1981 to 2002, photos were taken using a Pentax ME Super camera. From 1989 to 2002, I was doing all pictures as prints (instead of slides which I had grown up on). In 1997, at the age of 40, my photo obsession began and I started taking thousands of photos per year. In September, 2002, I switched to digital cameras and the number of photos exploded. Trips this year: North Carolina (Dad), Florida (Mom), using a time share in Arkansas to visit Civil War sites in Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. The Civil War became my excuse to see places I'd never been to in my life and it was a great motivator for 20 years or so. Image quality for my pictures is variable because these are scans of slides and/or prints at varying quality/resolutions. The Great Pandemic Digitizing Project: When I was first setting up my website in August, 2000, I had decided to digitize some of my favorite pre-digital slides and prints. The scans were fairly low resolution but they were good enough. With COVID forcing me to stay indoors, I decided to rescan ALL of my pre-digital images from multiple sources (slides, prints, and negatives) at a much higher resolution and quality setting. (I digitized Dad's slides at the same time). Instead of replacing my original scans, I added the new scans to existing pages, figuring I'd select the best ones later. As a result, multiple versions of images appear on most of these early pages. At some point, I'll take the time to do a final review and get rid of the duplicates.
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