Photography Friday: Fenway's Grandstand to Gallery

Let's wrap up the week with some Boston inspired photos.  People always tell me that Fenway Park is one of the major ballparks to see in the US.  To be honest, that information is probably a bit lost on me as I don't know all that much about baseball or their parks but I'm trying to learn more given the sport's deep historical roots here.  Our first outing to a baseball game was a major success earlier this year, and our second will be this weekend, although granted, it's not so much for baseball as it is for an Opera in the Outfield screening - but that seems like a perfect place for me to start.  More on that later...

I've actually never been inside Fenway but I've driven by it lots of times - it seems to always be on the way to or from a meeting somehow, so I've always seen it from the outside.  The Boston Museum of Fine Art is hosting an exhibit at the park itself, who's write up showed me a little bit more of the inside.  To celebrate the park's 100 years (and how cool is that, we might have newfangled stadiums now but aren't the historic ones kind of special themselves? makes me want to eat cracker jacks), they hosted a photography contest of park pictures submitted and voted upon by the fans.  Kind of a nice way to get into the spirit of the game, right?

Photo Credits: 1/ Candace Imming, 2/Barbara Ross, 3/Bart Blumberg, 4/Laura Brody, 5/ Rosemary Sampson - all photos via Boston Museum of Fine Art