Lewis Baltz: Texts

Lewis Baltz: Texts

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This long-awaited compendium of Lewis Baltz's writings from 1975 to 2007 is drawn from his critical writing for magazines such as <I>Art in America</I>, <I>The Times Literary Supplement</I>, <I>L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui</I> and <I>Purple</I>. The book includes Baltz's texts on Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Robert Adams, Michael Schmidt, Allan Sekuka, Chris Burden, Thomas Ruff, Barry Le Va, Jeff Wall, F©lix Gonz¡lez-Torres, John McLaughlin, Slavica Perkovic and Krzysztof Wodiczko, among others. This important publication gives Baltz's literary output the standing it deserves and offers a unique insight into some of history's leading photographers.<br>Born in 1945 in Newport Beach, California, <B>Lewis Baltz</B> is a defining photographer of the last half-century. After studying at the San Francisco Art Institute and Claremont Graduate School, Baltz came to prominence with the New Topographics movement of the 1970s. His awards include a Guggenheim fellowship and the Charles Pratt Memorial Award, and his work is held in most major museum collections. Baltz's books with Steidl include <I>89€“91</I>, <I>Sites of Technology</I> (2007), <I>Works</I> (2010), <I>The Prototype Works</I> (2011) and <I>Candlestick Point</I> (2011).