another image from the franklin co. series
© Tara Griesbach
In unrelated news, I recently had the opportunity to see the "New Topographics" exhibit at the Creative Center of Photography in Tucson. Below is some info from the exhibit's press release.
"Originally held at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, in January 1975, New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape was one of those rare exhibitions that effect a permanent change in the development of an art form. The show brought together ten contemporary photographers who collectively defined the emergence of a new approach to landscape: Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore and Henry Wessel, Jr. These artists engaged with their medium and its history in different ways, while simultaneously dealing with issues such as environmentalism, capitalism, and national identity. Signaling the emergence of a new approach to landscape, the show effectively gave a name to a movement or style."
Funny, I can't seem to get these images out of my head.
What a brilliant exhibit!
I am especially fond of the work of Robert Adams, Stephen Shore and Henry Wessel, Jr.
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