Masao Gozu

No signature or recto pictures
Print photos

Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn), 2pm September 30th, 1975

This image is from the Gozu's iconic People at Windows series.

His signature approach is carefully made, perspective-corrected photographs in which the window works as both a frame and a symbol. The result is the flat, frontal look we see in this window image. The grid of panes and the brick courses read as an exact geometric grid, with the person framed inside it.

As with all images in this series, the title of the image is a geographical and time stamp.

Note on perspective-corrected photographs: When a photographer points a camera upward at a tall building, the vertical lines appear to lean inward and converge toward the top (called "keystoning"). That happens because the camera's back isn't parallel to the wall. Correcting it makes the verticals truly vertical and the window frame a proper rectangle, as if you had shot the building dead-on. In the 1970s, when this print was made, this result could be achieved with a view camera or a perspective-control (shift) lens. These let you raise the lens without tilting the camera, so the building stays parallel to the film. The other option is to correct it afterward in the darkroom by tilting the easel when enlarging, or, today, with software.
Edition:
Unedtioned
Sold out from gallery or publisher
Signed
C Print
Condition:
Pristine
Sold Out
Image size:
Print size:
50.8 x 40.5 cm
Framed size:
Unframed
Dimensions in inches:
16
" x
20
"
Provenance:
Court Tree Gallery
Year of work:
1975
Printed in
$
1200
Inquire
Currently on hold
$
1200
(incl. shipping)
Currently on hold
Note: prints larger or higher than 17" are custom-shipped.
Please inquire about shipping methods & costs.

Masao Gozu

Icon for no cover picture available yetAtlantic Avenue (Brooklyn), 2pm September 30th, 1975
SOLD
Copyright ©
Masao Gozu
or applicable right holders.

Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn), 2pm September 30th, 1975

Edition:
Unedtioned
Sold out by gallery or publisher
Signed
Signed
Image size:
Print size:
50.8 x 40.5 cm
Frame size:
Unframed
Provenance:
Court Tree Gallery
Year of work:
1975
C Print
Printed in:
$
1200
Inquire
Currently on hold
Note: prints larger than 18" are custom-shipped. Inquire about shipping methods & costs.
Print Pictures
No items found.

This image is from the Gozu's iconic People at Windows series.

His signature approach is carefully made, perspective-corrected photographs in which the window works as both a frame and a symbol. The result is the flat, frontal look we see in this window image. The grid of panes and the brick courses read as an exact geometric grid, with the person framed inside it.

As with all images in this series, the title of the image is a geographical and time stamp.

Note on perspective-corrected photographs: When a photographer points a camera upward at a tall building, the vertical lines appear to lean inward and converge toward the top (called "keystoning"). That happens because the camera's back isn't parallel to the wall. Correcting it makes the verticals truly vertical and the window frame a proper rectangle, as if you had shot the building dead-on. In the 1970s, when this print was made, this result could be achieved with a view camera or a perspective-control (shift) lens. These let you raise the lens without tilting the camera, so the building stays parallel to the film. The other option is to correct it afterward in the darkroom by tilting the easel when enlarging, or, today, with software.
Literature: