at the gates

I've gotta go shoot something. It's been awhile.

Leftover from Stanford: Rodin's Gates of Hell. This time by daylight.

[Update] Found the little bit of text that I copied down from the placard that lives alongside this baby and thought it was worth noting here:

No other single work of sculpture known to me can so attach itself to a person for life, making constant claims on intelligence, intuition, and feeling and yet remain so fresh, changing as one changes, rewarding age and experience. You don't outgrow The Gates, you grow into them.

~ Scholar Albert E. Elsen commenting on Rodin's Gates of Hell in 1985

remembering rodin

10. Hand by Rodin
Originally uploaded by janeymoffat.

Had a chance to see this fellow and his compadres by moonlight when I passed through Palo Alto a few days ago. I expect to make it back in the daylight with a camera before the month is out, but I'm doubtful that it'll be possible to capture the impact that this place had on me.

Some moments -- and everything they contain -- just don't shoot well.