The Gates

This slide show of photographs by Adam Bartos was originally published on Design Observer as a part of a post by Kenneth Krushel.

SLIDESHOW The photographs of Adam Bartos add a formalist vision to the anecdotal experience of being in Central Park during “The Gates.” Play slideshow>>

ESSAY “The Christo Gates would be better served behind plate glass, allowing sunlight to do the work of making something metaphysical…” — Kenneth Krushel Read essay>>

Adam Bartos is a New York-based photographer whose work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and others. He is the author of Kosmos and International Territory: The United Nations 1945-95. His new book Boulevard, with an introduction by Geoff Dyer, will be published by Stiedl/Dangin in fall 2005.