Delta duck potato plants, Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge, LouisianaPhoto by James P. Blair


Buckets of iron ore head for a steel mill in Hunedoara, Romania.Photo by Winfield Parks

Selected from National Geographic’s archive, these photographs makes us ponder what creates beauty in a photograph. Often one of these elements, such as light or palette, will stand out, adding a distinctive note. How photographers compose an image can open our eyes to a multitude of beauties, things we could not have seen before the advent of a frozen moment in time. Photographs give us visual proof that the world is grander than we imagined, that there is beauty, often overlooked, in nearly everything.Based on the new National Geographic Book, Simply Beautiful Photographs, this exhibition is part of FotoWeek DC 2010, a celebration of photography taking over the Nation’s capital from November 6–13, 2010.The Madison, a Loews Hotel is the Official Hotel Partner of the National Geographic Museum.

Date: September 3, 2010 – February 6, 2011
Time: 9am-5pm daily
Location: Washington, D.C.
Price: Fee

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