field trips galore.

it feels like it's been so long since i've posted anything! apologies....time seems to slip away so fast here. i've officially been here for one month and one day. it feels like way longer in some ways, and way shorter in others. i will do my best to recap the last week (ish) so bear with me. i'll probably put them on separate posts so it's not overload :)
oh and the time changed here last night, so now i'm only 7 hours ahead....at least for a week.

on monday, my images & society class went to the hayward gallery & the somerset house to see the time walker exhibit. we had to kill some time before the hayward gallery opened at noon. (did i mention how much i LOVE field trips?!!) i love getting outside of the classroom and experiencing what we're studying in real life -- in LONDON. anyways. a little explanation of these pictures. i had actually never heard of the photographer tim walker before this exhibit. but he is FABULOUS. i realize i'm probably one of the least qualified people to comment on photography, but this exhibit was so so so good. he has a whimsical, alice-in-wonderland type style. a ton of the props he used in his shoots were in the gallery too, which is what you'll see below. though i don't have a strong background in photography, i respect the craft so much more. photography is subjective. something ugly to someone can mean everything to another.

 the courtyard at the somerset house

 a background -- right as you walk in

 LOVE these quotes....

 tim walker himself.

 giant swan.

 a bee playing a bass....why not?

 humongous skeleton across the ceiling

 huge crumbled newspaper

 that's not my hand.

HUGE shirley temple. don't worry, it was even creepier in real life...

next, we walked over to the hayward gallery to see the art of change: new directions from china exhibit, where i snapped this picture, perfect of a foggy london morning:

i'm gonna spare you photos of the other gallery because it was kind of boring. and weird. it was all this chinese modern art that felt thrown together. maybe i just didn't understand it. the downside is that i had to write a review for the hayward gallery - not the other one - but that's alright. 

i would definitely go back to see the tim walker exhibit....it was that good.