As it is a picture that has circulated Tumblr for years, many girls, either teenagers or in their early twenties, were photographing this picture for their snap chats. I overheard one girl exclaim to her other female friend that she posted this picture on her blog previously and was excited to actually see it in real life. Other than that not much conversation was held in this room. For the most part, people simply took pictures and quickly left, without really giving the work they just photographed a second …show more content…
For the most part, everyone was just taking pictures and uploading them to social media, despite having some of the most famous works of art mere inches away from them. Those two previous conversations were the only two that were slightly related to the actual artwork. Understandably in a museum, not much audible conversation is held, but from what I overheard the vast majority of the MoMA’s attendees were discussing topics that had no relation to any of the art. One group of friends, all male and most likely in their teens were talking about John Cena and whilst doing so they just walked through the exhibit without taking the time to look at the art they probably paid an admission to see. During the time that I spent at the MoMA I was quite shocked to see the behavior everyone was exhibiting, however, looking back it’s understandable or more so expected to see a bunch of city-dwelling millennials being utterly captivated with what is going on on the internet and prioritizing keeping their Instagram and Snapchat accounts active, rather than truly taking in what is happening in their immediate