Masao Gozu's Five Decades of New York Window Photography at MoMA PS1

Masao Gozu's "Windows and Bars" exhibition at MoMA PS1 features over 40 works spanning from 1972 to the present, focusing on his unique perspective of looking up at apartment windows in New York's immigrant neighborhoods. Gozu, an immigrant himself, captured compelling images of residents gazing outwards, using darkroom techniques to achieve flat, formal compositions. The exhibition also includes his obsessive documentation of Harry's Bar storefront from 1976-1981, creating a time-lapse effect of its patrons. The show pairs older works with recent reshoots, highlighting the profound sense of time passing in the city.