‘New topographics’ was a term invented by William Jenkins during 1975 which was used to describe a group of American Photographers, for example Robert Adams and Lewis Baltz, whose photos all had a similar theme, they were all formal, mainly black and white, and were based on urban landscapes.

What are New Topographics?

New Topographics is a technique in which a scene, usually a landscape, is photographed as if it were being surveyed from afar.