{"id":15980,"date":"2019-12-06T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=15980"},"modified":"2019-12-18T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:44:51","slug":"a-rainy-museum-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=15980","title":{"rendered":"A Rainy Museum Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday December 6, 2019<\/p>\n

The French workers strike continued today and public transportation services were severely disrupted. All the Metro lines were closed except the two automated lines which are #1 and #14.<\/p>\n

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The #1 Metro cuts through the center of Paris along rue du Rivoli, so I took it to la Maison Europeenne de la Photographie – la MEP. \u00a0<\/em>My goal this week was to visit as many museums as I could despite la greve.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The MEP is a major center for contemporary photography which is housed in a lovely 18th century mansion. The museum is also a place for photographic restoration and conservation for the city of Paris and other museums.<\/p>\n

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There were several excellent exhibits currently on display. There were photographs about life in the Brazilian Amazon taken by Tommaso Protti who won this year’s prize for photo-journalism. There were also large photos of the Israeli\/Palestinian border taken by Harley Weir who is known for fashion photography. The main exhibit was a retrospective of the photographs by Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. Her thought-provoking black and white photos were taken during decades of travel across Asia and the Near East.<\/p>\n

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It was raining lightly when I left la MEP<\/em>\u00a0so I walked to the Centre Pompidou<\/em> several blocks away. There was a line of tourists at the entrance:<\/p>\n

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On this rainy chilly December day, it seemed that the Pompidou Center was a popular place for tourists to hang out and stay warm and dry in the huge central area of the building:<\/p>\n

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The Pompidou building is very photogenic and I missed my Nikon which I had left at home this time, but I took pictures with my cell phone:<\/p>\n

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This couple was NOT part of the exhibit:<\/p>\n

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It was still gloomy and raining outside:<\/p>\n

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There was a fabulous retrospective of the works by Christian Boltanski:<\/p>\n

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Here’s my Impressionist view of Paris from a window at the Centre Pompidou<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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It was a fun day and I was able to ride the #1 Metro back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

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