New Topographics

Exhibition: New Topographics June, 25 till September 11.Opening: June, 25, 2011_ 5 p.m. International symposium: June 25, 2011_10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Date: June 25 – September 11, 2011Opening hours: Tue- Fri 10 a.m. -5 p.m., Sat & Sun 11a.m. - 5 p.m.New TopographicsPhotographs of a Man-Altered Landscape June, 25 – September, 11, 2011Opening: June, 25, 2011_5 p.m. International symposium Reframing the New Topographics: June 25, 2011_ 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.New Topographics is a re-make of an influential exhibition about new landscape photography that was taking place at the George Eastman House in Rochester (USA) in 1975. With over a 100 vintage photos of 10 photographers like Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and so on. The New Topographics brings 10 photographers together that developed a new photographic vision on landscapes in the seventies. They had (and have) their own interests, style and methods but they shared a common fascination for the modern American landscape in which nature isn’t in the centre of the attention, but the people and the way they associate with the environment is now crucial.Britt Salvesen, curator of the exhibition and currently working at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, will open New Topographics. Prior to the opening the international symposium Reframing the New Topographics will take place (tickets available via online museum shop). Curated by Britt Salvesen, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson | Alison Nordström, George Eastman House, Rochester Coproduction Center for Creative Photography | The University of Arizona | George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and FilmWith thanks to Terra Foundation for American Art