New Topographics
This style of landscape photography, named ‘New Topographics’ by William Jenkins in 1975, is the display of urban landscapes in a formal, black and white format. Said to be founded by photographers such as Lewis Baltz, Nicholas Nixon and Bernd and Hiller Becher, new topographic images usually consisted of man made structures, surrounded by the remaining nature in the area. It can be said that the intent of these photographers, was to raise awareness and concern over the destruction of the natural landscape, and the constant urbanisation of 70s America. This could be seen as a defiance of the traditional style of photography built by artists such as Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, aiming to show the reality of what most of the landscapes in America looked like, instead of a romanticised fraction of it.
Robert Adams 
Henry Wessel Jr. 
Joe Deal 
Robert Adams 
Frank Gohlke 
John Schott 
Lewis Baltz 
Frank Gohlke 
Henry Wessel Jr.
This movement went on to influence later photographers, some of which studied under distinguished New Topographic photographers, Bernd and Hiller Becher at the Düsseldorf School of Photography. This resulted in the images resembling similar properties of a New Topographic, and a commitment to the New Objectivity movement. These showcased photographs with a more contemporary and personal essence, whilst still retaining the formality and representation of the industrial issue.