Exhibition: New Topographics.
"Photographs of a man-altered landscape"
(Originally shown in George Eastham House in Rochester, New York [1975])
Involved in the show:
Robert Adams - Lewis Baltz - Bernd & Hilla Becher - Joe Deal - Frank Gholke - Nicholas Nixon - John Schott - Stephen Shore - Henry Wessel Jr.
A turning point in the history of photography, the 1975 exhibition "New Topographics" signalled a radical shift away from traditional depictions of landscape. Pictures of transcendent natural vistas gave way to unromanticized views of stark industrial landscapes, suburban sprawl, and everyday scenes not usually given a second glance.
Here are some examples from the exhibition:
Robert Adams (American, b. 1937), Tract House, Westminster, Colorado, 1974
Bernd and Hilla Becher, Preparation Plant, Harry E. Colliery Coal Breaker, Wiles Barre, Pennsylvania, USA, 1974
Stephen Shore, 2nd Street East and South Main Street, Kalispell, Montana, August 22, 1974
John Schott, Untitled from the series Route 66 Motels, 1973
Nicholas Nixon, Buildings on Tremont Street, Boston, 1975
Frank Gohlke, Irrigation Canal, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1974- Joe Deal rejected the sweeping Romanticism of Ansel Adams' landscapes
- Robert Adams accepted the reality of America "unspoilt places sadden us because they are no longer true"
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