New Topographics was a term coined by William Jenkins in 1975 to describe a group of photographers such as Robert Adans and Lewis Baltz whose pictures had a similar aesthetic, in that they were formal, mostly black and white prints of the urban landscape.
This brought a new perspective to landscape photography that focused on a preset documentation of locations. New Topographics emphasise the relationships between man and nature through this documentation, such examples include scenes of surburban sprawl, motels and parking lots. New Topographics are a strong influence on a lot of contemporary photography. |
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