1975 was the turning point in the history of photography  the 1975 exhibition New Topographic signalled a radical shift away from traditional depictions of landscape. and turned towards the urbanisation of the new world photos of gas station or caravan parks normal urban things and they where mundane but oddly they looked fascinating because the photos looked like art work. The main point of the new topographic encourage taking photos of mans alterations on the world and not taking photos of the wilderness.

new topographic mind map

new topographic photographers such as Robert Adams, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Lewis Baltz, joe deal, frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John schott, stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel Jr

Robert Adams was born in January 21, 1928 and died on March 2, 1997 he was American and has published 40 books and he’s also won two Guggenheim Fellowships, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and the Hasselblad Award.

Joe Deal was born in August 12, 1947 and died on June 18, 2010 he was a American and he has published I believe 3 books and he’s also won a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1983 and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in 1977 and in 1980.