Windows and Bars pairs the photographer’s Windows and Harry’s Bar series.
An exhibition documenting New York street life through tavern glass across two decades is now on view in Queens. The MoMA PS1 presentation in Long Island City gathers Masao Gozu’s window photographs.
Gozu moved to New York City in 1971. Walking the streets, he began photographing residents through tenement windows in neighborhoods from Bay Ridge to Little Italy. His subjects rarely look at the camera, instead watching scenes beyond the frame.
He continued the Windows series until 2004, taking thousands of photographs. More recently, he has returned to those locations to photograph them again. MoMA PS1 describes the show as the first U.S. museum exhibition to focus on his practice.
