Lewis Baltz (1945-2014) was a young photographer who soon became a central figure in the new topographic movement. Through his investigan on the crisis of technology as a means of human emancipation, the role of the artist and objectivity, Baltz contributed to the aesthetic shift that the exhibition, (New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape), began provoking among a young generation of (mostly) European photographers. His body of work focused on the search for beauty in bleakness and devastation, a reflection of human control and power through the depiction of common architecture of factories, parking lots,offices etc.

Image Analysis

This image looks to have been taken in natural lighting as the top of the image behind the building is very bright as though there is sunlight behind the building. The contrasting tones in this image imply that it has been edited so that the darker tones contrast the brighter tones even more. This image has also either been taken in black and white or edited after being taken. This image is very sharp, although the image is simple, the way it has been captured brings out all the details; such as the marks on the garage doors and the different tones and marks on the tiles. The floor in this image is the biggest contrast as it is fully black and fully white, where as the rest of the image is just extremely dark grey tones contrasting with lighter grays. I am going to take inspiration from this image as I know a place similar that I can capture images of.