High Museum of Art Atlanta

I have had the pleasure of visiting the High Museum of Art in Atlanta numerous times. While the individual works of art and collections are magnificent, the architecture is equally breathtaking. On one particular day, I was fortunate to capture a lone person on the bottom floor as I shot from above. I believe that the lighting, shapes, color and absence of any other person make for an excellent black and white photograph. Although many of the museum's guests looked at me strangely as I photographed the High's ceiling, walls, stairs and floor (rather than the real art), I captured many exquisite black and white photos.

The original High Museum opened in 1905. In 1983, the museum opened its Richard Meier designed building. Meier's architecture received critical acclaim and was voted one of the ten best works of American architecture of the 1980s. Because of the museum's tremendous growth, the High expanded the museum and in 2005, it opened three new buildings designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. Fortunately, the Piano additions seem to add rather than detract from Meier's original work.

The High has a wonderful permanent exhibit and since 2006 it has had the distinct honor of displaying pieces from the Louvre. The Louvre exhibits will run through 2009. In 2006 and 2007 Louvre Atlanta displayed The Royal Collections. Currently, you can view the The Louvre and the Ancient World exhibit which runs through September 2008. Finally, The Louvre of Today and Tomorrow starts October 2008 and runs through September 2009.

You can find out more about The High at http://www.high.org/ and more about Louvre Atlanta at http://www.lourveatlanta.org/ Please let me know about your visit to the High.