loooking at a box of Emmet Gowin photographs in the Fogg’s Study Room

On Friday, I made a quick stop into Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum to visit a friend working in the Study Room and take a peek at some work from the collection. This is a great resource to know about if you live in Boston. What better way to learn about art history than to see some amazing work up close and personal?

I was thrilled to flip through a portfolio of photographs by Emmet Gowin and hold one of my favorites. I noticed, in the distance, a girl sketching from a Diane Arbus print. This is my kind of place. I’m hoping that I can find time to visit regularly; once I was there, I wished I could stay forever.

Their hours are rather strict, though. It’s open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 2 to 4:45pm or by appointment. Browse the collection (of approximately 60,000 prints, 13,000 drawings, and 70,500 photographs and negatives) online here.

Note: gum-chewing is not allowed in the Study Room.

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