Lynn Lennon, Beach Party, Dallas City Hall, 1984, gelatin silver print, Dallas Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Homer B. Jester Fund
Splish Splash – Escaping the Texas Heat » Lynn Lennon, Beach Party, Dallas City Hall, 1984, gelatin silver print, Dallas Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Homer B. Jester Fund
What a terrific picture. At first you feel like you’re on the deck of an ocean liner, with the pitch of horizon, then you realize it’s some concrete and glass building that is cantilevered over the scene with lots of small people below the over hang. The picture feels European, French perhaps, so it comes as a shock to learn it is in downtown Dallas, Texas. This is a wonderful photograph at many levels.