If you are a lifelong student of photography, you will enjoy the exhibit Don’t Photography and the Art of Mistakes, currently on exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibit features the “rules” of photography and how techniques such as double exposure, lens flare, motion blur are considered as mistakes by some photographers but deemed artistic aesthetics by others.

The walls of the exhibit were painted with the brightest red paint and deepest blue paint. On it were examples of photography mistakes (or aesthetics) and quotes from photographers relating to the subject. I personally enjoyed the exhibit. I found the chosen quotes funny, the description of the techniques interesting and the examples amazing. Perhaps having limited formal training in photography, it is easier for me to relate to not following the all rules of photography. There is no exhibit catalog and information about it at SFMOMA’s website is scant so the only way to learn about the exhibit is by visiting the museum in person.