Monday's Playdate.

I wanted an exhibition fix. BC first required a coffee fix. 
We headed for the most obvious place right on route.

The patio doors were open meaning we got to enjoy VMFA coffee in style outside. 

Pretty blissful.

 

With a wander afterwards around the fountains of the sculpture garden:

before heading next door:

"Fifty years of Life in the White House"

The President's Photographer ~

 Barack Obama, Bo Obama; Bush, Clinton, Bush Snr.;

Nixon, Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson. 

There was a variety of moments captured on film, from historic to the everyday with a range of accompanying emotions, such as the captured moment in the Nixon family portrait ahead of his resignation. 

    Notable locations included the West Wing, Ground Zero, Air Force One. Souza's images particularly struck me through his depiction of Obama - Barack's personable self, shared moments with Michelle & White House staff as well as the solitude of Presidency; images of him striding down corridors alone.

On a more local level, photos exhibited from Jack Jeffers documenting a passing way of life
in rural South-Western Virginia, amongst the towns & villages I first visited.

The images depicted were taken in Virginia’s Blue Ridge region in the late 1960s, 1970s & early 1980s.
They showcase Virginia’s rugged mountain people, weather-beaten structures
& well-hidden Appalachian landscapes. ...
The text is taken from stories Jack Jeffers tells about what he experienced when photographing the people & places. Visitors .. learn about the subject of each image through the artist’s own words.

 Good fix.