Garry Winogrand. 'Fort Worth, Texas' 1974-77

Shooting street life is a passion of mine and at every chance I get I look for inspiring photographers (past & present) who are doing it well or built the foundation for what we see today. I'm looking forward to the upcoming exhibit at The Met on Garry Winogrand who took his ground-breaking street photos of NYC and beyond in the 1960's. Exhibit opens June 27, 2014.

I recently headed up to The Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the Matisse: In Search of True Painting exhibit which focuses on his use of color in his paintings. I absolutely loved the show. I have always loved the color in Matisse's work, especially the oranges. And I rediscovered so much more about Matisse last year in Paris. But this show highlighted some unusual color palette's like the one in my favorite work in the show, Laurette in a Green Robe, Black Background.

Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)

Laurette in a Green Robe, Black Background, 1916
Oil on canvas; 28 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (73 x 54.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 (1999.363.43)
© 2012 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Image from metmuseum.org.