self-portrait – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Relook at Dancing at Bougival Sculpture

A reblog from June 12, 2014

Here is the delight of the day- (Stef!)

A monumental sculpture by J Seward Johnson has been at PPG Place for “about four days”, the guard said.

But don’t worry. The giant dancers will be in place until October.

Dancing at Bougival (painted in 1883 by Pierre A. Renoir ) is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Note: August 2020. This post inspired after seeing Pittsburgh Artist Jack Puglisi ‘s Pointillist work “The Dance” from his MASTERWORKS series – remembered I had photographed this sculpture in 2014.

August 7, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Art, Photography, sculptureTags: art, city, Dancing at Bougival, downtown, fountains, monumental sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, photography, Pierre A Renoir, Pittsburgh PA, PPG Place, public art, reflection, sculpture, Sculpture Foundation, self-portrait, Seward Johnson 7 Comments

Mirrors and Lines in Anchorage

Mirrors

and lines

The Anchorage Museum Fifth Avenue. Anchorage Alaska selfie

September 7, 2016September 7, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: Alaska, Anchorage Museum, available light, lines, mirrir, photography, postaday, reflection, self-portrait, travel, weather, weekly photo challenge 14 Comments

Golden Snow Ball Selfie

Unexpected find outside Zeke’s Coffee, Friday morning.

Feeling one with the shiny Christmas ornament tacked to a tree in East Liberty.

Steve waits as I capture myself in this golden orb. The weekly photo challenge – harmony

I felt happy the leftover ornament was waiting there with snow on top as we exited Zeke’s.

Definitely through my eyes-struck a chord within me, made me laugh.

“Of course, harmony also has a meaning outside of the world of music: “the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole.” I look forward to seeing Harmony — a photo that is, or makes you feel harmonious — through your eyes.” Michelle W. of WordPress

March 5, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: city scene, East Liberty, Harmony, ornament, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, self-portrait, snow, weekly photo challenge, Zeke's Coffee 27 Comments

Unattended iPhone Pic

One of my Photography Two students left me a little surprise on my iPhone (which I’d left unattended on my desk)

Uh-oh. Let that be a reminder to keep my phone away in the future. It’s usually in my top drawer.

Sharing it on the blog because I laughed out loud when I found this photograph in my photostream. It gave me pause.

I’ve a set of Victorian Masks – this one is Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson. It was on my desk, too.

My guess is

1.she saw the mask,

2. she saw my phone,

3. she felt inspired

4. and created this in a few short seconds.

5. Left it for me to find.

6. Never mentioned it.

(Way to go AZ!)

7. I blogged it!

October 21, 2014 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: costume, fashion, high school, high school students, Horatio Nelson, iPhone photography, mask, photography, portrait, postaday, postaday2011, self-portrait, selfie, Victorian mask 12 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Reflections. There are so many reflections in my archives, I could do a postaday for a year with that theme. Here are some new ones and a few familiar ones.

I know I am drawn to them. Trying a tiled mosaic today for a change.

Stink bug on car window

Uncle Frank and Matthew in Headlight

Restaurant Window

At Lazer Kraze for Jack’s Bday

Maura at the Convention Center

Tenth St Bridge

car window reflectionTenth Set

the tree in the glass door

Chair rungs in iPad sceen

Carson St Construction with Steve

Grace grad party

Eating lunch at Sunseri’s self portrait

Patriotic accessories

Bleecker Street

Rear View Mirror view in the park

Gazing ball self portrait

Homestead Grays Bridge

La Cucina Flegrea floor

The sister bridges in Pittsburgh

Kennywood Amusement Park

March 22, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: amusement park, miror, photography, postaday, reflections, self-portrait, travel, weekly photo challenge: reflections 22 Comments

Ohio Sky on the Passenger Side

Spring weather and sixty one degrees.

Winter weather and 30 degrees. The wind kicked up

A significant drop.

We were headed out to see the Nutcracker Sunday afternoon. The car window offered this view.

December 23, 2013 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: auto, car, Columbus OH, family, iPhone photography, photography, postaday, reflection, self-portrait, travel, vacation 3 Comments

Self-Portrait in Someone’s Trash

On my classroom keyboard was a nice note,written on composition paper, from the computer man who stopped in yesterday –

back up computer- hard drive must be replaced.

Now one thing I know is that discussing any sort of computer issue is instant snooze z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z

BUT look what I found today as I copied photos to a borrowed external hard drive!

A photo I took last Spring of my on the way to school.

I’m in the oval mirror. Really. And I loved the carport and the seemingly crooked pole.

Thanks for looking and thanks for all the good birthday wishes for Michael’s 8th yesterday.

I got to partake in the festivities via FaceTime along with the other grandparents in Virginia and it was fun.

Ninth graders come to school tomorrow for orientation.

August 22, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Photography, What I Saw on the Way to SchoolTags: city, garbage, high school, neighborhood, photo of the day, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, self-portrait, travel 10 Comments

Mirror Mirror On The Wall

Convex traffic mirror. At the zoo. Not a monkey. Self- portrait.

Maybe I got the title after viewing the scary preview of the movie which is coming out June first. No dwarfs to be seen. Definitely not for children.

And then I researched convex mirror and find the Pulitzer Prize winning book Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror and the lengthy title poem of the same name by John Ashberry.

Wikipedia says “Round convex mirrors called Oeil de Sorcière (French for “sorcerer’s eye”) were a popular luxury item from the 15th century onwards, shown in many depictions of interiors from that time.^[1] With 15th century technology, it was easier to make a regular curved mirror (from blown glass) than a perfectly flat one.”

And of course they mention the Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck which everyone is familiar with but may not know the painting’s title. See the convex mirror in the details if you click on the Arnolfini Portrait link and scroll to the section Mirror.

Okay, just trying to make a photograph of me a bit interesting to others. Convex mirrors seem interesting to me.

May 25, 2012November 19, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Arnolfini Portrait, convex mirror, Jan van Eyck, John Ashberry, photography, Pittsburgh Zoo, Poem, Poem Hunter, poetry, postaday, reflections, self-portrait, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman, travel 6 Comments

Entertaining Myself During a Lull in the Party

August 29, 2010August 28, 2010 by Ruth Categories: photo of the dayTags: available light, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, self-portrait 7 Comments

Shooting the Cathedral

of Learning. The multiple reflection in the windows of the Katz School of Business at Pitt. A self-portrait. Just dropped off disc for the WesternPAWritingProject Poe*Art event from last Saturday.

Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh — Walking back to my car, I saw the multiples in the Katz School of Business Bldg.

May 16, 2010May 14, 2010 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, photo of the day, Pittsburgh Photos, PlacesTags: architecture, available light, Cathedral of Learning, city scene, Katz School of Business, photo of the day, photography, Pittsburgh, self-portrait, sidewalk, University of Pittsburgh, urban scene 10 Comments

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