Lewis Baltz. Texts

This is the long-awaited compendium of Lewis Baltz´s writings from 1975 until 2007, drawn from his critical writing for magazines such as Art in America, the Times Literary Supplement, L Architecture d Aujourd hui, and Purple. 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, Félix González-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. Born in 1945 in Newport Beach, California, Lewis Baltz 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 89 91, Sites of Technology (2007), WORKS (2010), The Prototype Works (2011) and Candlestick Point (2011).