While walking from one of the first exhibits that we saw, to a different exhibit, we passed this gallery and happened to look into the window. We were stunned to see all the small photographs covering all the walls of the gallery! I have never seen so many photographs in one place! I couldn't imagine what the subjects of the photographs were. Doors. The photographer Roy Colmer did a series "Doors, NYC (1975-76)" He would walk down a street and photograph every door on the street, and then mount all the small photographs in a long frame. He did this on hundreds of streets that he passed through. The finished monumental project included 3,000 photographs. OK, one more really interesting thing. Do you see the steel beam on the right side of the photo. Believe it or not, it is one of the supports for the High Line! There are four of these beams that go through the gallery! They obviously built the gallery under the High Line. The beams are really old, fastened together with rivets which is the old way to do it. They are beautiful all by themselves.
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