Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

And National Geographic photographers have spent decades upon decades presenting us with still scenes that can only best be described as “Simply Beautiful”.  The exhibit named just that comes to the Museum on September 3rd in the form of a 50+ photograph exhibition which takes us on a “visual journey through variations on the universal theme of beauty.”

The collection represents the best of the best in the theme of beauty taken from National Geographic’s Image Collection.  From landscapes to wildlife, people and places, the end result looks to speak to our inner love of all things beautiful, how we are naturally drawn to beauty, and how even the smallest detail or most unlikely person, can exhibit this trait.  We just have to look for it.

“Simply Beautiful” is free to the public and will be open through February 6, 2011. The exhibition is part of FotoWeek DC 2010, a celebration of photography in the nation’s capital November 6th-13th.

The National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed Dec. 25. For more information on the exhibition, the public should call (202) 857-7588 or visit www.ngmuseum.org.