[PHOTO] Three photos of Adolf de Meyer from the Met (#metmuseum, #quicksilverbrilliance)

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From the 4th of December, 2017, to the 8th of April, 2018, Gallery 852 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be hosting Quicksilver Brilliance, an exhibition of the photos of early 20th century Adolf de Meyer. (Some sources use "Adolph" instead, but Adolf seems to be most commonly used.). The delicate black-and-white photos de Meyer took of some of the celebrities of the New York City of this time--Josephine Baker, Count Étienne de Beaumont, Rita de Acosta Lydig--speak of a skill in composition and eye for colour on de Meyer's part that I envy.