There are two aspects to Marc Hom’s photography exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York: inside the museum you’ll see framed portraits and fashion photographs in color and in black and white, and outside, megolithic structures, black and white photographic Stonehenge-type installations overlooking the lake.

Breathtaking, magnificent and so worthy of a beautiful summer day, although, if you visit during a rainstorm, you know, windy type stuff, the structures will spin and that is simply magical!

You’ll be familiar with these beautiful faces – celebrities with intense gazes, perfectly symmetrical eyes. The beautiful people albeit flawed in their own ways, made to be superior, larger than life. Mythical creatures that can leave you breathless in a whirlwind and move you to tears.

The work is on view until September 2, 2024.

Originally from Copenhagen, Hom now resides in New York City and has a residence in Cooperstown. If you sign up at least twenty-four hours in advance, you can “meet” him via a Zoom interface on Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM. Although attendance is free, a donation is preferred.

I wonder if he’ll unleash trade secrets – like how many shots does it take to get “the one” that makes it to the cover of Vogue or whatever. I know that when I have friends help me out with my #ootd pics, there are numerous shots where I think I have some sort of wonky eye situation. If I don’t feel thoroughly relaxed and happy, as well as specifically mindful, I look like crappy-dappy-doo. I can’t say enough about the clarity of these images and the eyes, OMG, so good.

I hope this blog post persuades you to take a day trip to Cooperstown, New York. It is a beautiful place.

Fenimore Art Museum is open from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM every day. There is a fee unless you are a member of the museum (or have a reciprocal membership as I do to the Everson – make sure you bring that membership card).

5798 STATE HIGHWAY 80 (P.O.BOX 800)
COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326
607-547-1400
INFO@FENIMOREART.ORG