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Gardens, City, Darkness
Gardens, City, Darkness
May 13, 2026
John Gossage: Gardens, 1978. Courtesy of the Artist and Large Glass, London © John Gossage
John Gossage (born 1946) is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding American photobook authors of the past forty years. His first monograph, The Pond (1985), has recently been re-published to great acclaim, and is considered a classic by photographers and educators alike. Gossage left school at the age of sixteen to study under Lisette Model. Discovered at a young age by gallerist Leo Castelli, he went on to hold one of his first exhibitions alongside Jasper Johns. Since 1990, Gossage has concentrated almost exclusively on photobooks. In 2015, the Art Institute of Chicago dedicated a major retrospective to the artist’s oeuvre.
From the Garden to the Darkness is centred on two key bodies of work: Gardens is a collection of 24 photographs, captured in Washington, D.C. between 1973 and 1977. The portfolio was originally bound as a book with text excerpts compiled by Walter Hopps, and published by The Hollow Press and Castelli Graphics in 1978.
The second focus point is a series of brooding, atmospheric photographs taken in Berlin between 1982 and 1986. They were the subject of the volume Stadt des Schwarz (City of Black), and later formed the core of the publication Berlin in the Time of the Wall.
Katrin UllmannFrom the Garden to the Darkness is centred on two key bodies of work: Gardens is a collection of 24 photographs, captured in Washington, D.C. between 1973 and 1977. The portfolio was originally bound as a book with text excerpts compiled by Walter Hopps, and published by The Hollow Press and Castelli Graphics in 1978.
The second focus point is a series of brooding, atmospheric photographs taken in Berlin between 1982 and 1986. They were the subject of the volume Stadt des Schwarz (City of Black), and later formed the core of the publication Berlin in the Time of the Wall.
John Gossage: Gardens, 1978. Courtesy of the Artist and Large Glass, London © John Gossage
John Gossage: Gardens, 1978. Courtesy of the Artist and Large Glass, London © John Gossage
John Gossage: Haus der Ministerien, Otto Grotewohlstr., Berlin, 1986. Courtesy of the Artist and Large Glass, London © John Gossage
John Gossage: Beobachtungsstand, Cuvrystr., Berlin, 1984. Courtesy of the Artist and Large Glass, London © John Gossage