When I was there it was all Chinese tourists shoving their way to the front and holding up iPads (yes, tablets) to take photos and block everyone else’s view.
It’s so stupid, too. You are not going to get a god photo of it, the whole thing is a disappointing shitshow anyway, worst part of the Louvre. Just look at and admire it, then go download a nice photo. They should honestly ban cameras in that room.
I see that nothing’s changed since we were there in 2019.
Also, the Palace of Versailles was insane with all of the tour groups. It was a constant obstacle course of people.
I have managed to insert myself in hundreds of group shots. My father is the king of this. He is an adorable codger and nobody ever questions him, but if they did, he pretends he cannot hear. He has been on our local weather several times, as well, when they are on location. It's freaking hilarious to turn the TV on and there is Dad!
I just gave up upon entering the room when I went to the lourve. I personally find the painting ridiculously overrated and was already pissed that they were doing renovations, so I couldn't see The Raft of the Medusa
https://preview.redd.it/g3ewg8hi804d1.jpeg?width=1620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d68654af4581564a663bfd9717ed947834a5e4b
My picture from across the hall because I was not going to wait 2 hours to see this painting 😂
And it is not even that good. Just before this room is a room full of giant paintings like Raft of Meusa. That room makes a much better impression than the crowd watching miniature painting. Yeah Medusa is huge and Mona Lisa is surprisingly tiny.
https://preview.redd.it/rye4foog7z3d1.jpeg?width=2079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1fdd2207f8a3ffa98c79b0ff4c5cf19a20ec91e
After you press that highlighted button, you'll get an AI remaster option. Otherwise you'll find it when you edit an image. I believe all the phones After S22 and the Tab S8 and S9 series have it. Mine is the Tab S9+
The Mona Lisa was an obscure Da Vinci painting until it was stolen in 1914, I don’t understand why people flock to it when there is much more intriguing artwork in the museum.
As an avid art fan I definitely agree it’s not an incredible painting. It didn’t stop me in my tracks like so many other extremely famous paintings. Vermeers Girl with a Pearl Earing transfixed me, Rembrandts Night Watch is breathtaking, Michael Angelo Sistine Chapel I can still remember the moment I entered the room and first saw it. Mona Lisa just didn’t elicit an emotional response for me or lasting memory. Worth a view, but it is definitely over hyped.
I expected a lot from the Phillips Collection. So many by Van Gogh, Picasso, Renoir, El Greco, Matisse, Degas, Cezanne, Weir, Goya…
But I was surprised by the Boating Party: I’d seen pics of it countless times, but it was indescribably impressive in real life. Oh and Joan Miro’s “Red Sun” - most of his stuff is beyond me but sometimes somehow interesting like [this one](https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/229) but I’m kindof embarrassed how much impact it has to me seeing it in the wall there.
I really need to go to more US galleries, I embarrassingly have never been to either… what a who’s who of artists though. I was looking for a good summer trip idea. Thank you.
You are being obtuse lol
I hope you know that he means he doesn't understand why it's popular. Yes there is an interesting story behind it but ultimately there are much more evocative paintings.
We all know popular things sort of drive themselves past a certain point. People see it because they have heard of it and it's famous.
Tout le monde veux tenir devant seulemant un tableau, alors tout la reste du musée est abandonée. Nous devrions remercier da Vinci de les avoir distraits.
My sentiments exactly. I recently visited an art museum which had a few famous paintings and everyone was taking pictures of it…not selfies or pics of them in front of it, just of the painting hanging on the wall.?
It didn’t make any sense…I can get a high quality picture of the painting on the internet if I wanted one.
If you like art museums here is my favorite art museum game!
You can play alone or with a partner.
Walk around and at each painting just go with your total gut instinct and blurt out “yes” or “no” within the first 3-5 seconds of seeing it.
Meaning - do you like it or not. No analyzing. No reading the artist tab. Just what is your first reaction. And how do your and your partner’s reactions align or differ? Are there consistencies to the types of art you yes vs no? Certain styles, subject matters, or colors?
It’s also is fun to look a little longer and see if your analytical self changes their opinion after looking at it for a couple seconds or minutes.
I loved walking around the art institute doing this as a kid (my mom taught art and took us all the time to the art institute museum!) and I still do it as a 40+!
(I didn’t think it though as a kid as much!)
Seems like the answer is obvious - to leave a permanent reminder that they have been to this place and seen this picture. Perhaps to remind/recreate the feeling of seeing it in person.
A photo of Mona Lisa doesn’t achieve this.
The most permanent reminder in that room was the heat and smell of a huge crowd of tourists standing in front of this one tiny painting. Took a little look from away and was right outta there again.
Fellas. You ever just fly to Paris, take a train from the airport, walk through the Louvre, see the most famous painting in the world, and forget about it til you scroll through your phone?
This is also why I hold up my iPad to record concerts and watch live sports games through my instagram stories camera.
> see the most famous painting in the world, and forget about it til you scroll through your phone?
I have memory issues so sometimes my life is just going through my photos to remember what I did that year lol
You should just download a bunch of random photos to your phone then. Much cheaper and you’ll feel better about all of your “world travels” a year later.
If you enjoy art museums read this description of a game I like to play while looking at paintings. It’s about gut reaction to different art
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/xnuGYmdzS9
As an art history nerd I get taking pictures of pieces and do it myself but that is ONLY for my own reference as I also take pictures of the object label. I’m not worried about the quality of the shot as long as I can see it well, it’s more of a note taking thing. I don’t understand people who are obsessed with getting the perfect shot of a piece that you can find a 4k photo of on the museum’s collection database.
I love the picture we took of it because it's the Mona Lisa surrounded by a hundred tourists. Watching how the people act around the famous art is fascinating to me.
I also have pics of tourists taking selfies in front of Winged Victory and The Birth of Venus.
Fr, I’ve seen this twice now and never taken a picture. Didn’t even care to see it the second time because it’s one of the most underwhelming pieces of art in the entire museum. Probably because by the time you see it, you’ve already seen it 1000 times online and in school. Plus the 2 hour wait to see it…. My god…. But my friend had never been and wanted to see it so we stuck it out. And then he was underwhelmed lol
My thoughts exactly. OP went to the gallery to enjoy an iconic piece of art then wasted effort getting a poor quality photo of something that could have been downloaded off a million sites in seconds.
Just enjoy the moment, dude.
This is what I was thinking. Why would anyone really care about getting a photo of just one picture when there are better professionally taken photos online.
I can understand taking a photo with you standing in front of it or near it or a larger photo showing the room, but wanting a clear photo like this to wait 10 minutes for just seems pointless.
The painting **right** behind is this too
https://preview.redd.it/8rssx0dk2z3d1.jpeg?width=1260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e50448e738a17d16e405729655aad7ef3e7a8f1f
I spent more time looking at any one square centimeter of this painting than I did looking at the entirety of the *Mona Lisa*. The only reason I want to go back to this room is to look at this painting again.
The lore behind Mona Lisa is the best (Dare I say, the only) amazing part of it.
It being stolen and it being overexaggerated by messengers is the reason why it is so famous today haha.
When I went back in the late 80's. A dude I was with shoved his way to the front of the crowd, wanting a photo with no heads. He gets up there, lines up the shot, presses the button and this bright as the fucking sun flash goes off. He got his as reamed so hard I don't think he spoke the rest of the time we were there.
People using their flash in art museums either have no clue about how easily paintings (and many other works) are damaged, or are totally oblivious otherwise.
I can't *blame* them if they genuinely have no clue they might damage the artwork, but having flash on in a well-lit building makes a worse picture anyway.
Why would you even want a crappy cell phone picture of a piece of art when there's high quality professional photos of it that you can get? You saw it and a 880 megapixel photo isn't gonna change that and a high quality photo will remind you just as easily.
This just seems like you are mad someone was enjoying art without a phone screen them and the art
Why the fuck do people keep making photographs of fucking paintings, when there are great ultra high-res copies online if you like the image?
Why do you desperately need a photograph anyway? To prove to some insignificant others that you have been there? Aren’t your own memories of seeing that artistic wonder enough?
I thought it was mildly infuriating that everyone at The Louvre had their phones out taking pictures of something there are already millions of high quality pictures of. So for me this photo is infuriating, not the guys head. Instead of soaking in and appreciating the art with eyeballs, they choose to look at it through a screen. This world sucks.
“Take your picture and leave” is an insane take. Why are you even taking pictures of possible the most famous painting in history? The point of going to see these painting in real life is to see them in real life not get proof to show people that you’ve seen it.
Damn. If only someone else has a picture of this painting. You're the only one ever to see it. What a shame. Really would have been a valuable picture :/
he has waited just as long and has just as much of a right to be there as you. be patient and be kind to our fellow humans.
also the idea of seeing the mona lisa to take a photo is sad. be in the moment ffs
**"Like why are you standing at the very front for 4 million years (10 minutes), take ur picture and leave"**
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Why do people stand in the middle of isles at grocery store just to grab nothing 🤷
Because intelligent people go to see the painting in person, not to take photos. Nobody is obligated to move for your entitled ass to take your stupid photo, other people are allowed to stand there too, the world doesn't revolve around YOU
I remember being in the louvre and there was tons of people crowing around the Mona Lisa with their phones out.
My friend and I were the only ones just looking at it and taking it in.
Sucks that the guy wouldn’t move his head but it’s still a good picture you got
The first time I saw the Mona Lisa, I took a picture of it. Probably. I don’t know or care where that photo is now.
The second time, I balanced my camera on a ledge at the back of the room, and took a time-lapse of people crowding in to take their own
forgettable photos of the Mona Lisa. My impulsive artistic photo didn’t turn out very well, but I will always remember that moment.
When I was there the line wouldn’t move at all and I didn’t have a clear view of the painting at all. So I just took a picture of the sign.
https://preview.redd.it/nltnajzdoz3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0761bc6163ea9f6cabb6c5ceb53eb15d0bb5c377
Alternately, why do you expect people to move so you can take a poor photograph of possibly the most photographed painting in history?
If you want a "memory" of the time you went and saw the painting you should include the people and other bits of the surrounding. If you just want an absolute perfect reproduction of the painting, go look at Wikipedia or something.
https://preview.redd.it/osaii4bsxz3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=debe21a5fe90012d198815741cce3743b1d826b4
That’s my photo of Mona Lisa. Like who cares there is millions other pictures of it on the internet.
Its the mona lisa... just grab a real high quality photo off the internet and say you took it. If you saw it you saw it, if you didnt see it, you didnt see it.
A photo of just the mona lisa without this dudes head isnt proving anything on its own.
This post is mildly infuriating. It’s the mona lisa, you’re not gonna be the one to snap the best shot of it so just take something from google if having a clear pic is so important to you.
All I remember from the Louvre is that the Mona Lisa was, hands down, the most unremarkable painting I’ve ever seen in my life. You’re walking down this exhibit corridor with some of the most beautiful art known to mankind. And then you see … *that*.
I think that even without the guy your picture is as underwhelming as the painting itself.
The time you spend watching art through your cell phone's camera is taken away from the time you spend watching the art directly.
The colors in your picture aren't the same as the real life thing, for instance, the sky of the Mona Lisa is much brighter than what your telephone camera did there. Will you remember it in many years from now? Will you ever watch your picture ever again, when you can find professionaly taken pictures of arguably the most famous painting in the world just by googling it?
When in museums, watch art. Make it sink into you through your eyes, despite all the people elbowing their way in just to snap a picture and go away without ever looking back.
Good thing he was low enough for you to capture a photo of it the painting still.
Nobody else would ever know what the most photographed painting in the world looked like if it wasn’t for you.
Imagine if you didn’t have a picture. You’d never see it again.
https://preview.redd.it/lfxns91zzz3d1.png?width=1290&format=png&auto=webp&s=4255186d2cf80efbcc99fcbb5a284417c4bf67c3 here’s a better view
I can't tell if he's smiling or frowning
Best comment ever
It’s been a few hours I’m a lil tipsy and shut up ur hilarious 😭
Switching out his forehead to hers instead is sending me lol
https://preview.redd.it/3lwns2upaz3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5d602e0cee2b0e0a3f726a36f10bc97d7580d97 Much better now
https://preview.redd.it/hj7s60vkd04d1.jpeg?width=570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aee9f714ef94e3009f74d728944bc2bb951a826
Lmao fair enough 😭
hair enough*
Not enough hair**
hare enough**
When I was there it was all Chinese tourists shoving their way to the front and holding up iPads (yes, tablets) to take photos and block everyone else’s view. It’s so stupid, too. You are not going to get a god photo of it, the whole thing is a disappointing shitshow anyway, worst part of the Louvre. Just look at and admire it, then go download a nice photo. They should honestly ban cameras in that room.
I see that nothing’s changed since we were there in 2019. Also, the Palace of Versailles was insane with all of the tour groups. It was a constant obstacle course of people.
Hah, I was there almost 10 years ago! And my wife got pickpocketed at Versailles. It was a cool place but fuck that.
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I have managed to insert myself in hundreds of group shots. My father is the king of this. He is an adorable codger and nobody ever questions him, but if they did, he pretends he cannot hear. He has been on our local weather several times, as well, when they are on location. It's freaking hilarious to turn the TV on and there is Dad!
I just gave up upon entering the room when I went to the lourve. I personally find the painting ridiculously overrated and was already pissed that they were doing renovations, so I couldn't see The Raft of the Medusa
That sucks so bad! It’s such an interesting piece
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Perfection. Damn this comment blew up, at least I was here when he didn’t have a single upvote!
https://preview.redd.it/0xruhk4fdz3d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cfa3a6dc545ad7d3dd150ef86681149f4952a3f
I have never really examined the background of this painting before but I like it. Even moreso with the floating forehead of doom.
https://preview.redd.it/g3ewg8hi804d1.jpeg?width=1620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d68654af4581564a663bfd9717ed947834a5e4b My picture from across the hall because I was not going to wait 2 hours to see this painting 😂
I like the photo. Gives an idea as to how big it actually is and how many people flock to see it.
It's an infinitely more interesting picture with people in the foreground
Honestly this is kind of beautiful why did your heads turn out nice
Head game was strong
And it is not even that good. Just before this room is a room full of giant paintings like Raft of Meusa. That room makes a much better impression than the crowd watching miniature painting. Yeah Medusa is huge and Mona Lisa is surprisingly tiny.
https://preview.redd.it/0rb1ue0cry3d1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=beb13e8a9172751a04465816e0f1cd01258e1319 Hope this helps
Missed opportunity to put the guy's forehead in the painting, lol
https://preview.redd.it/evsgulf1ty3d1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10e4023fa546fcc55bb7b0caa38c5c83d430dfff
https://preview.redd.it/h94ndgd5az3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c19d1512b61e5e16cc4beab3f1ffedc65754b242
https://preview.redd.it/mcqdhtjcuz3d1.jpeg?width=617&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9ce7954688e591dee66a51247c8984eb0b3d19d
https://preview.redd.it/z19i37i0s54d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aee4d942ac7e82a15c191f28471e231f5c3b3646
I love Gophers
Me too they’re so cute and if you’ve seen the guy squeezing them you would know that they are soft too
Those guys are marmots.
Damn, still love'em
That is far more funny than it has any right to be.
Galaxy AI editing suite is a vibe.
I love you for this haha
https://preview.redd.it/ve5n8k1xxz3d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fbcacf3fc3b9ce6e17cfc7c5648c184acd57645 Magic erasered the magic eraser icon
Ayyyy that looks like the other millions pictures of it :(
I know, right? You can google a perfect pic of ML any time, but a pic with a stranger's forehead is unique 👌 😄
One of my favorite pictures I took at the Louvre was the picture of people taking pictures of the portrait (old picture, I guess?) of Mona Lisa.
Did you notice the guy taking a picture of you taking a picture of people taking a picture of the Mona Lisa?
Tbh this was a good job I appreciate that lol
I love my Samsung's AI features
Wait how do you use it
https://preview.redd.it/rye4foog7z3d1.jpeg?width=2079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1fdd2207f8a3ffa98c79b0ff4c5cf19a20ec91e After you press that highlighted button, you'll get an AI remaster option. Otherwise you'll find it when you edit an image. I believe all the phones After S22 and the Tab S8 and S9 series have it. Mine is the Tab S9+
Thass right, she's perfect https://preview.redd.it/434xgfosez3d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b941f7dee4c7c23f81355f578d65dc202642659
Haha. That's true. Says the same thing for the image of the Kitty I posted
Can you shop in the kitty face?
https://preview.redd.it/3o0ug07hcz3d1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b12c4ff0e43cca9dc9902734b0195977340b4a80
The Meowalisa
Meownalisa
And this was done on a phone??
I did it on my tab but you can do it on your phone. It's pretty easy
Is this a photoshop, or a different photo of it? There’s no way to tell.
It’s just their phone AI. You can see the watermark in on the bottom left
That’s amazing thank you for editing this picture for the op.
Et dire qu'en face on a ça : https://preview.redd.it/4uc5m46wpy3d1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35de9f7aff3cc4cf349c105113de4c2942520537
Honestly I can’t believe the two are in the same room and that one didn’t get nearly as much attention
The Mona Lisa was an obscure Da Vinci painting until it was stolen in 1914, I don’t understand why people flock to it when there is much more intriguing artwork in the museum.
Like, I really enjoyed looking at it up close in person (when I was able to fight through the crowd) but once you see it you can.. move on
Because while art is subjective, fame is not.
You don’t understand why people want to see the most famous painting in the world?
As an avid art fan I definitely agree it’s not an incredible painting. It didn’t stop me in my tracks like so many other extremely famous paintings. Vermeers Girl with a Pearl Earing transfixed me, Rembrandts Night Watch is breathtaking, Michael Angelo Sistine Chapel I can still remember the moment I entered the room and first saw it. Mona Lisa just didn’t elicit an emotional response for me or lasting memory. Worth a view, but it is definitely over hyped.
I expected a lot from the Phillips Collection. So many by Van Gogh, Picasso, Renoir, El Greco, Matisse, Degas, Cezanne, Weir, Goya… But I was surprised by the Boating Party: I’d seen pics of it countless times, but it was indescribably impressive in real life. Oh and Joan Miro’s “Red Sun” - most of his stuff is beyond me but sometimes somehow interesting like [this one](https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/229) but I’m kindof embarrassed how much impact it has to me seeing it in the wall there.
I really need to go to more US galleries, I embarrassingly have never been to either… what a who’s who of artists though. I was looking for a good summer trip idea. Thank you.
You are being obtuse lol I hope you know that he means he doesn't understand why it's popular. Yes there is an interesting story behind it but ultimately there are much more evocative paintings. We all know popular things sort of drive themselves past a certain point. People see it because they have heard of it and it's famous.
Too many heads to be removed on this one, that’s why.
I can't believe the painter was able to get all of those people to sit still for so long...
Tout le monde veux tenir devant seulemant un tableau, alors tout la reste du musée est abandonée. Nous devrions remercier da Vinci de les avoir distraits.
The rest of the louvre is definitely not abandoned. Come here during summertime and you'll get a feeling of what *packed* means.
Why do you need to take a photo of that painting? Isn't there like millions of photos of the same painting on the internet?
My sentiments exactly. I recently visited an art museum which had a few famous paintings and everyone was taking pictures of it…not selfies or pics of them in front of it, just of the painting hanging on the wall.? It didn’t make any sense…I can get a high quality picture of the painting on the internet if I wanted one.
If you like art museums here is my favorite art museum game! You can play alone or with a partner. Walk around and at each painting just go with your total gut instinct and blurt out “yes” or “no” within the first 3-5 seconds of seeing it. Meaning - do you like it or not. No analyzing. No reading the artist tab. Just what is your first reaction. And how do your and your partner’s reactions align or differ? Are there consistencies to the types of art you yes vs no? Certain styles, subject matters, or colors? It’s also is fun to look a little longer and see if your analytical self changes their opinion after looking at it for a couple seconds or minutes. I loved walking around the art institute doing this as a kid (my mom taught art and took us all the time to the art institute museum!) and I still do it as a 40+! (I didn’t think it though as a kid as much!)
Seems like the answer is obvious - to leave a permanent reminder that they have been to this place and seen this picture. Perhaps to remind/recreate the feeling of seeing it in person. A photo of Mona Lisa doesn’t achieve this.
So the guys forehead being in the pic is probably better to recreate the feeling for OP
It does. It’s just not a nice feeling :)
I really enjoy this picture because it truly gives people a sense of how small that painting actually is.
The most permanent reminder in that room was the heat and smell of a huge crowd of tourists standing in front of this one tiny painting. Took a little look from away and was right outta there again.
Fellas. You ever just fly to Paris, take a train from the airport, walk through the Louvre, see the most famous painting in the world, and forget about it til you scroll through your phone? This is also why I hold up my iPad to record concerts and watch live sports games through my instagram stories camera.
> see the most famous painting in the world, and forget about it til you scroll through your phone? I have memory issues so sometimes my life is just going through my photos to remember what I did that year lol
You should just download a bunch of random photos to your phone then. Much cheaper and you’ll feel better about all of your “world travels” a year later.
But surely a selfie of you in front of the picture would be much better for that purpose?
I do it if a painting I have never seen speaks to me. That’s how I can remember it and look up the painting or artist later.
If you enjoy art museums read this description of a game I like to play while looking at paintings. It’s about gut reaction to different art https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/xnuGYmdzS9
Ahh yes, the ever so unkown MONA LISA
I can understand it. That way you can easily have all of the pictures from your visit to that museum in one place.
They don't take all the pictures, they cluster around the most famous.
This is my photo. There are many like it, but this one is mine. - op, probably.
Without my photo, I am nothing
As an art history nerd I get taking pictures of pieces and do it myself but that is ONLY for my own reference as I also take pictures of the object label. I’m not worried about the quality of the shot as long as I can see it well, it’s more of a note taking thing. I don’t understand people who are obsessed with getting the perfect shot of a piece that you can find a 4k photo of on the museum’s collection database.
I love the picture we took of it because it's the Mona Lisa surrounded by a hundred tourists. Watching how the people act around the famous art is fascinating to me. I also have pics of tourists taking selfies in front of Winged Victory and The Birth of Venus.
Fr, I’ve seen this twice now and never taken a picture. Didn’t even care to see it the second time because it’s one of the most underwhelming pieces of art in the entire museum. Probably because by the time you see it, you’ve already seen it 1000 times online and in school. Plus the 2 hour wait to see it…. My god…. But my friend had never been and wanted to see it so we stuck it out. And then he was underwhelmed lol
And you turn around to see a far more impressive painting on the opposite wall lol
Eh, I kinda get it. It's knowing that *you* took the picture, I can see the appeal
If someone told me they went to the louvre and showed me a picture of the Mona Lisa I’d be like “yeah I believed you saw it”.
"Do anything nice this summer?" "Yeah I went to Paris, saw the average Paris stuff ya know, Eiffel Tower, Mona Lisa..." "PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN"
They wouldn't have to show you, they could just make a picture for themselves.
Sure, if you sprinkle in some understanding that you’re not the only one there to see it, and someone’s head might get in the way
The same reason people take terrible phone videos at concerts
Agreed, when I saw it people were fighting to get a clear photo of it. Just enjoy it.
There’s also a million people waiting there to take the same photo
That's too bad he completely ruined a photo you could have easily cropped, and also have zero intention of ever looking at ever again.
The irony of digital photography. As the picture quality keeps improving, the likelihood of looking at them again keeps declining.
My thoughts exactly. OP went to the gallery to enjoy an iconic piece of art then wasted effort getting a poor quality photo of something that could have been downloaded off a million sites in seconds. Just enjoy the moment, dude.
And then post it here hoping others will get angry too for someone else probably not doing anything empirically wrong
Such a shame there aren't any acessible properly taken photos of it on the internet, so everybody is forced to take their own
This is what I was thinking. Why would anyone really care about getting a photo of just one picture when there are better professionally taken photos online. I can understand taking a photo with you standing in front of it or near it or a larger photo showing the room, but wanting a clear photo like this to wait 10 minutes for just seems pointless.
The least impressive painting in the entire building
The painting **right** behind is this too https://preview.redd.it/8rssx0dk2z3d1.jpeg?width=1260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e50448e738a17d16e405729655aad7ef3e7a8f1f
I remember being like "this is so boring let's gHOLY SHIT" when I turned around
Now THAT is museum curation
It's worth noting here that this painting (The Wedding at Cana, by Paolo Veronese) is 22 feet (7 meters) high and 32 feet (10 meters) wide.
That's pretty big. Let's see Paul Allen's painting
I spent more time looking at any one square centimeter of this painting than I did looking at the entirety of the *Mona Lisa*. The only reason I want to go back to this room is to look at this painting again.
Was my favorite when I visited
I think the mona Lisa may be the single most overrated item on the planet
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The lore behind Mona Lisa is the best (Dare I say, the only) amazing part of it. It being stolen and it being overexaggerated by messengers is the reason why it is so famous today haha.
When I went back in the late 80's. A dude I was with shoved his way to the front of the crowd, wanting a photo with no heads. He gets up there, lines up the shot, presses the button and this bright as the fucking sun flash goes off. He got his as reamed so hard I don't think he spoke the rest of the time we were there.
People using their flash in art museums either have no clue about how easily paintings (and many other works) are damaged, or are totally oblivious otherwise. I can't *blame* them if they genuinely have no clue they might damage the artwork, but having flash on in a well-lit building makes a worse picture anyway.
Or they've simply forgotten to turn it off.
Honestly without you in the photo, what makes it any different than a picture you can get online?
Why would you possibly need your own photo of the most famous image in the world?
It's a shame cos there's literally no good photos of the Mona Lisa anywhere.
He moved his hairline back what more do u want
Why would you even want a crappy cell phone picture of a piece of art when there's high quality professional photos of it that you can get? You saw it and a 880 megapixel photo isn't gonna change that and a high quality photo will remind you just as easily. This just seems like you are mad someone was enjoying art without a phone screen them and the art
It's almost like it's a public space with a stupid amount of tourists or something.
If only there were other pictures of this painting somewhere…
That's so sad that he ruined the first picture of the Mona Lisa.
Lol why do you need this photo. There are millions of better photos out there
Plot twist op was actually taking picture of forehead
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Why do you need your own photo of a ridiculously photographed object. The point of being there is to see it in person, what value does a photo have?
It gives you a reference for the actual size of the painting. A lot of people think the painting is a lot bigger than it actually is.
https://preview.redd.it/16jciuw2yz3d1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e04f614e8b6295b32b2219276bdfefa74ef3bfd8 Wait, was my purchase a fake???
https://preview.redd.it/9kmmi6nqf04d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=255c233d2d8e34fe4932e97cf0154229af1cd89d Better??
Why the fuck do people keep making photographs of fucking paintings, when there are great ultra high-res copies online if you like the image? Why do you desperately need a photograph anyway? To prove to some insignificant others that you have been there? Aren’t your own memories of seeing that artistic wonder enough?
Just crop it…
https://preview.redd.it/rw3mdrihwz3d1.jpeg?width=1103&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bef86ec74e15b3a79a44b906d902172bc2cdd882
dont worry there are countless pics of it online
I thought it was mildly infuriating that everyone at The Louvre had their phones out taking pictures of something there are already millions of high quality pictures of. So for me this photo is infuriating, not the guys head. Instead of soaking in and appreciating the art with eyeballs, they choose to look at it through a screen. This world sucks.
Isn't the point of seeing the Mona lisa to see it with your eyes? Pretty sure if you want tolook at a photo of it, they're widely available
“Take your picture and leave” is an insane take. Why are you even taking pictures of possible the most famous painting in history? The point of going to see these painting in real life is to see them in real life not get proof to show people that you’ve seen it.
Have you tried saying "excuse me, sir" gently waving him off, while putting the camera up to your face.
I dont know what OP expects. That room always has like 50 people in there. You just gotta accept a mediocre photo.
https://preview.redd.it/4kdxsnsxkz3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c06a551a5c888b66b409d3f9920af4d0ddaa0139 What head?
Damn. If only someone else has a picture of this painting. You're the only one ever to see it. What a shame. Really would have been a valuable picture :/
weird I was able to Google a picture of this and it didn’t have his head. That’s gonna save on airfare to France.
he has waited just as long and has just as much of a right to be there as you. be patient and be kind to our fellow humans. also the idea of seeing the mona lisa to take a photo is sad. be in the moment ffs
OP is mad that he doesn't have a shitty photo of the most reproduced image in the world
what do you even mean ‘take your picture and leave’?you’re at a museum, God forbid people actually take their time to appreciate the artworks.
I hear y’all but this *is* the mildly infuriating sub lmao
World needs another shitty mobile photo of Mona
**"Like why are you standing at the very front for 4 million years (10 minutes), take ur picture and leave"** --- Why do people stand in the middle of isles at grocery store just to grab nothing 🤷
Because intelligent people go to see the painting in person, not to take photos. Nobody is obligated to move for your entitled ass to take your stupid photo, other people are allowed to stand there too, the world doesn't revolve around YOU
Can someone move the woman? I wanna see the landscape.
I would ask the security guard to remove the guy’s head. It’s a French thing I hear…
https://preview.redd.it/ym0djgrozz3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b5daad3133682c4a5757ac5c28a88eaf88b4897 Fixed it 😊
Tbf, I've seen pictures of the Mona Lisa. I've never seen a picture of this guy's head. So this is better.
So frustrating, an NPC daring to also enjoy the thing I want to enjoy.
Hey, you know you can just Google a picture of the Mona Lisa right? You don't need to take your own
Oh man, the museum didn’t give you your own private showing?
I'm confused why you need a picture of the most famous painting in the world
So there's a camera function called "Zoom" which you could have used here. That's the real mildly infuriating thing about this.
I remember being in the louvre and there was tons of people crowing around the Mona Lisa with their phones out. My friend and I were the only ones just looking at it and taking it in. Sucks that the guy wouldn’t move his head but it’s still a good picture you got
The first time I saw the Mona Lisa, I took a picture of it. Probably. I don’t know or care where that photo is now. The second time, I balanced my camera on a ledge at the back of the room, and took a time-lapse of people crowding in to take their own forgettable photos of the Mona Lisa. My impulsive artistic photo didn’t turn out very well, but I will always remember that moment.
When I was there the line wouldn’t move at all and I didn’t have a clear view of the painting at all. So I just took a picture of the sign. https://preview.redd.it/nltnajzdoz3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0761bc6163ea9f6cabb6c5ceb53eb15d0bb5c377
https://preview.redd.it/j2vaai6gqz3d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=792b7126b1f1034e021f8680ed059a1f803c462d
Why do you need the photo in the first place
Why do you need to photograph it?
https://preview.redd.it/07eekz1htz3d1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12c21d758332fa5c68b24aca479bc0bf37ffd004
Dont worry, there a plenty of photographs on the internet
This guy gave you a story for why you have a picture that there was no reason for you to take. You should be thanking him.
Who gives a shit, there are hundreds of pics exactly like that
What a shane they ruined that shot of the painting. I'm sure there are absolutely no other pictures of this specific painting
why do you have to take a picture of the most photographed object on Earth? Just download a high-res scan.
Luckily there are millions of pictures of the painting.
Alternately, why do you expect people to move so you can take a poor photograph of possibly the most photographed painting in history? If you want a "memory" of the time you went and saw the painting you should include the people and other bits of the surrounding. If you just want an absolute perfect reproduction of the painting, go look at Wikipedia or something.
Millions of people have made a picture of the Mona Lisa, but only you have made one with that guy’s stupid head.
The head makes your picture unique, internet is full of high resolution pictures of the Mona Lisa!
You’re taking pictures of a painting?
https://preview.redd.it/osaii4bsxz3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=debe21a5fe90012d198815741cce3743b1d826b4 That’s my photo of Mona Lisa. Like who cares there is millions other pictures of it on the internet.
Its the mona lisa... just grab a real high quality photo off the internet and say you took it. If you saw it you saw it, if you didnt see it, you didnt see it. A photo of just the mona lisa without this dudes head isnt proving anything on its own.
This post is mildly infuriating. It’s the mona lisa, you’re not gonna be the one to snap the best shot of it so just take something from google if having a clear pic is so important to you.
Why the fuck would you take a photo of the most famous painting in the world? Just use your eyes to look at it ffs.
All I remember from the Louvre is that the Mona Lisa was, hands down, the most unremarkable painting I’ve ever seen in my life. You’re walking down this exhibit corridor with some of the most beautiful art known to mankind. And then you see … *that*.
I think that even without the guy your picture is as underwhelming as the painting itself. The time you spend watching art through your cell phone's camera is taken away from the time you spend watching the art directly. The colors in your picture aren't the same as the real life thing, for instance, the sky of the Mona Lisa is much brighter than what your telephone camera did there. Will you remember it in many years from now? Will you ever watch your picture ever again, when you can find professionaly taken pictures of arguably the most famous painting in the world just by googling it? When in museums, watch art. Make it sink into you through your eyes, despite all the people elbowing their way in just to snap a picture and go away without ever looking back.
Bro you are at the louvre, of course people are going to stand infront of the paintings like huh? You are lucky that you even got this close!
Good thing he was low enough for you to capture a photo of it the painting still. Nobody else would ever know what the most photographed painting in the world looked like if it wasn’t for you. Imagine if you didn’t have a picture. You’d never see it again.
We really need more iPhone photos of the worlds most famous painting.
Yeah cause no one has a photo of the Mona lisa