After a day of shooting in Silver Lake, I made a mad dash towards Milwaukee in hopes of catching the Milwaukee Art Museum while it was still open. I did indeed arrive before the closing hour, but was almost thwarted by the lengthy one-way streets that follow the lakefront. As if by magic, however, I found my way to the parking lot behind the museum and immediately started clicking the shutter to capture this often-mentioned building while the light was good and its atrium was exposed.

What is special about the museum is an unusual wing, or sail-like structure that unfurls while the museum is in operation. Attached to a backbone of sorts, a series of parallel metal tubes rotate outward to expose the windows of its reception area. This, along with the rest of its features, gives the building a rather organic feel, something of a cross between a butterfly and a sailing ship. In the evening, the wings slowly and gracefully retract like the petals of a flower. I arrived just in time to witness this happening, along with a small attentive crowd perched on the museum's catwalk.

Concluding this, I wandered back to my vehicle, heading upstream through a mass of individuals who were walking towards a music festival at the other end of the waterfront park.