2/23

I was watching Connecticut play West Virginia in college basketball last night and I couldn't help but be weirdly fascinated with West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. Huggins, who has the distinction of not graduating a single player during the entire time he coached at Cincinnati, no longer even tries looking like a professional college coach on the sidelines during a game. While most coaches still wear a suit or coat and tie (Pat Knight at Texas Tech goes with the golf shirt) during games, Huggins wears a turtle neck shirt and a black track suit top. His hair is slicked back so the only thing keeping him from looking like Paulie Walnuts of the 'Sopranos' is a white streak.

I finally got around to seeing Harry Callahan: American Photographer at the Boston MFA yesterday and although it is fairly small (only about 40 images) it was really good. There is an elegant simplicity to his work that is very powerful and each image is perfectly composed. And after seeing so much contemporary art photography where the size of prints are enormous, it was a relief to view these small wonderfully printed photographs. Looking at each one was like viewing a short story.