The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, California

by Lewis Baltz

In the late 1960s and early 1970s Lewis Baltz became fascinated by the stark, repellent, man-made landscape that was rolling over California's then still-agrarian terrain. Baltz made a number of projects on this subject, the best known, The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, California was published as a limited edition book by Leo Castelli in 1974. With this book Baltz took his place near the centre of the New Topographic movement, a newly coined term emblematic of a cool, distanced, yet critical view of the emerging man-altered landscape. The Topographic position, detached and glacial, has influenced photographic practice in the United States, Germany and Japan for the past 25 years.
Out of print since 1980, The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, California is once again available in a facsimile edition of the original publication.

Genres: Art, Photography, Architecture

108 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[heyyonicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incroyable livre de photographies. J'ai été pris d'une émotion très intense en découvrant les premières pages, et j'ai eu ensuite le plaisir de découvrir la cinquantaine de photos que compose ce livre en prenant le temps de toutes les savourer. C'est un projet dont je me sens proche dans les intentions et dans l'esthétique, il m'a donc beaucoup inspiré. J'ai eu le sentiment de parcourir un véritable chef d'oeuvre, et je me demande si les prochains livres que je lirai de l'artiste sauront ne pas me décevoir.

[arity · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weirdly enjoyable.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite photography book of all time.