Let's face it. If I could fly anywhere and explore a photographic collection for a day it would be the Getty Museum. It houses the photographic collection of Sam Wagstaff. If you do not know who Sam Wagstaff was, you need to read up about him. I'll give you the wikipedia on him, but it would behoove you to do your own research on him.
"was an American art curator and collector as well as the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (who was also his lifetime companion) and poet-punk rocker Patti Smith. Wagstaff is known in part for his support of Minimalism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art and Earthworks, but his aesthetic acceptance and support of photography presaged the acceptance of the medium as a fine art."
After spending hours appreciating the Wagstaff collection I would like to check out two of the exhibitions currently on view at the museum:
In Focus: Play
Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful
If you are lucky enough to find yourself in Los Angeles take advantage of this great opportunity.
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