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TOPOGRAPHICS

The 1975 exhibition New Topographics, a turning point in the history of photography, signalled a radical shift away from traditional depictions of landscape. Curated by William Jenkins, it featured pictures of transcendent natural vistas that gave way to unromanticized views of stark industrial landscapes, suburban sprawl, and everyday scenes not usually given a second glance. The exhibition had a ripple effect on the whole medium and genre, where generations of landscape photographers emulated and are still emulating the spirit and aesthetics of the exhibition.

I am one of those photographers.

My “newer” topographic images are an homage to those original ten photographers whose images were, as Jenkins said, “stripped of any artistic frills and reduced to an essentially topographic state, conveying substantial amounts of visual information but eschewing entirely the aspects of beauty, emotion and opinion.” 

 I beg to differ with Jenkins on the “eschewing the aspects of beauty, emotion and opinion” part. 

To inquire about prints and any other uses of my work, please email me: david@davidbrandy.com