Arts Beyond the Classroom

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Portraits

from aoife and muireann | Feb 11, 2010 aoife and muireann

Mim and I missed going with the group to the National Portait and National Galleries: Mim was not well. We went together the next day instead. Not quite the same, but we did have a good time.  Mim loved this photo. She wouldn't say too  much about why she did, but she did say it was something about how the woman was looking past us (she was a bit taken aback by the way a few of the subjects seems to follow her!). I think she liked the clothes too - it looks a little like a fashion picture.  I found a few of the pictures in the Photo show really interesting.  One has really stuck with me on this visit. I think it was called "Together and Alone".  I saw the show before but never paid it much attention.  This time I was really quit moved by it.  I've been imagining all sorts of stories.  That the woman in the middle is the granny, and the children orphans, for example.

 

By the time we headed to the National Gallery we were a little overwhelmed and, to be honest, spent more time in the cafe than looking at portraits.  Maybe we need to go on a seperate day?



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