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#FotoVorschlag
“Objekte die mit ‘M’ beginnen” / Starting with “M”

M is for the Morgan Library in Manhattan, which my wife and I just visited for the first time in years. (@NYSloth also has a fantastic recent shot.)

M is also for mask: the second photo features a ceremonial mask of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw people of British Columbia, on display in the library’s exhibition on storytelling across cultures and eras.

#photography #libraries #library #exhibition #masks #nyc

A view of the interior of the J. Pierpont Morgan Library in NYC. Three tiers of walnut bookshelves rise to a high groin-vaulted ceiling covered in an ornate mural with Renaissance-inspired imagery. The antique volumes sit behind a protective metal grid and guardrails, a portion of which extends toward the viewer in a gentle curve.
A carved wooden mask painted in red and green, in the elongated shape of a bird-like head and open beak, on display in a glass case. Filling the wall in the background is a sepia-toned photograph of many people wearing ceremonial masks of a similar kind.
#photography #nyc #libraries #library #exhibition #FotoVorschlag #masks @NYSloth
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