Dropped by yesterday at SFMOMA with the intent of seeing the post-war
Japanese photography exhibit being that I am a fan of Daido Morayama,
Araki, Eikoh Hosoe amongst many others. Here:

http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/398

It was a real pleasure to see many of the original prints I had for so long
admired. I was also surprised at the intensity of the light and the choices
made when enlarging the silver prints. Really interesting stuff.

PS. Note for Bob and AuntiPode -> you should see the wire fest on these
images from post-war Japan. It puts mine to shame.
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I had seen the Avedon exhibit which is still there. I think that the idea of
shooting mainly portraits against a white/neutral background is such a
phenomenal idea. Beautiful and controlled. Here:

http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/384
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The unexpected treat was the Chinese and Korean photographers exhibit
and in particular the Chinese. WOW!!! I was blown away by the performance
and photographic work of Zhang Huang.

http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/399

I highly recommend viewing these exhibits if you are in San Francisco.

Excellent works. Wish I could hop a plane to SFO.

Zhang Huang

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20070903_Zhang_FEATURE/index.html

A couple Daido Morayama images. Spot the cables and wires.

I especially like the second Morayama image you posted.