To respond to The New Topographics, I went along Mojacar Playa a tourist resort located on the coast. I took several pictures of man altered landscapes so when I uploaded them onto the contact sheet I could select the best images to edit on VSCO. I wanted to show how the natural landscape was being eroded by urban development through my images.

Mojacar, in the province of Algeria is officially a desert region and is certainly an arid part of Spain. Mojacar was the perfect location to take pictures responding to The New Topographics since it has lots of white washed houses that have been constructed over the years. Lots of these houses have been constructed on or near natural features such as the beach and the mountains behind Mojacar town.

Contact Sheet

Final Outcomes

Evaluation

Overall I think my photoshoot for my first response to The New Topographics was successful since I managed to capture several images where nature and man made constructions are present in the same place. The pictures I have captured have a similar banal aesthetic to the photographers who were part of The New Topographics such as Robert Adams and Lewis Baltz. When editing the images on VSCO, I altered the saturation, exposure and contrast. I also added filters and increased the grain to make my images appear like film. Most of the photographs labeled “The New Topographics” were in black and white, so I decided to add b&w filters to a few of my final outcomes.