Now at the Mint Museum Uptown: Women of Vision

EZ and I took this wonderful, windy Sunday to slow down a bit, and enjoy life in the Queen City.  After post-Mass croissants and coffee at Amelie’s uptown, we decided to stop at the Mint Museum and make use of our membership to see the National Geographic Women of Vision exhibit.

We first heard about the show when we saw the World’s Fair exhibit in January, and at the time, the opening date March 29th seemed so far away. We missed the museum’s members-only opening event, but I think it is for the best. The museum was pretty empty on Sunday afternoon, giving us plenty of time to browse and linger at the most captivating photos.

As I try to write about our favorites, I realize just how extensive and well-curated the exhibit is. All of these women of vision featured truly amazing photos, and I think it will take a few visits from now until July 20, when the exhibit closes, to determine a clear favorite.  The highlights from our first visit are Diane Cook’s incredible architectural photography, and Beverly Joubert’s Lessons From the Hunt photos from Botswana.

One of my favorite aspects of the exhibit are the two interactive kiosks above.  The clear bowl overhead directs the sound from the speaker it surrounds downward, and when you wave your arm over the screen, it plays audio commentary from the editors who selected the magazine photos.  It was interesting to see what made the selected photos stand out in a series from the editor’s perspective. As an aspiring photographer, I appreciated the composition lesson.

The photos in the exhibit range a variety of subject matter, style, and geographic location. We plan to visit a couple more times and take time to focus on the some of the photos we breezed by the first time through.  The Women of Vision exhibit is an incredible display of photography, and if you are looking for a reason to join the museum this year, it might be the one.