THE DOORMEN OF NEW YORK
-an exhibition by Alina Gozin'a
“Like sentries, doormen have patrolled New York’s apartment buildings for some 150 years. They are arguably the most iconic and the most underrated powerful personalities in New York City real estate, often playing a role that's midway between building security and therapist.”
-Peter Bearman
Alina Gozin’a is an award-winning, Cannes Lions nominated interdisciplinary artist, known for her photography, film, and art.
She unveils her large-scale photographic exhibition AT YOUR DOOR: THE DOORMEN OF NEW YORK. This body of work captures a quintessential aspect of New York and its world-famous doorman culture.
Three years in the making, AT YOUR DOOR presents El-Greco-inspired portraits of New York doormen and tells stories of these very private men who see, hear, and inevitably are implicit in everything inside a building!
“The gatekeepers of secrets, the doormen have access to intensely personal information about their residents’ lives and yet tenants tend to know little about their doormen.”
-Peter Bearman, author of Doormen”.
-Peter Bearman, author of Doormen.
“GUARDING THE ENTRANCE TO BUILDINGS
AND SERVING AS THE UNOFFICIAL SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS OF NEW YORK’S MOST PRIVILEGED, THE DOORMEN ARE FILLED WITH ANECDOTES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR: THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR TENANTS EAT, WHETHER THEY DRINK TOO MUCH AND IF THEY HAVE KINKY SEX.”
-Peter Bearman, author of Doormen.
Rather than once again profiling the city’s rich and famous, Alina Gozin'a wanted to shine a light on these fascinating invisible characters who keep Manhattan turning.