About the American photographer, Lewis BALTZ (1945-2014)

Born in Newport Beach, California, Lewis BALTZ studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Claremont Graduate School. He came to prominence with the 'New Topographics' movement of the 1970s. He was awarded with a Guggenheim fellowship and the Charles Pratt Memorial Award. Lewis BALTZ died on Nov. 22nd, 2014 at the age of 69.

Photo books by Lewis BALTZ

'The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California' (2001, 2010, 2021); '89–91. Sites of Technology' (2007); 'New Topograhics' (2009); 'Works' (2010); 'The Prototype Works' (2011); 'Candlestick Point' (2011); 'Rule Without Exception' (2012); 'Texts/Texte' (2012/2013); 'Lewis Baltz' (2017); 'An Interview with Lewis Baltz' (2020)


In 'Conversations', Rémi Coignet explores in interviews the question of what role the photo book plays in the work of photographers, designers & publishers and how their titles are conceived. Two more volumes with interviews have been published until now.
from 29,50 € Weight 0.3 kg
SC in plastic slipcase, 29 x 29 x 2 cm., 112 pp., color & b/w ills., English
40,00 € *
Two slipcased Pbs. (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 33 x 4 cm., 184 pp., color ills., English
58,00 € *
The subtitle of the volume 'Red desert Now!' is 'Antonioni's Legacy in Contemporary Italian Photography' and shows the filmmaker's influence on (mainly Italian) photographers such as Lewis BALTZ, Guido GUIDI, Francesco NERI and Franco VACCARI.
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Re-edit 2011, HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 32 x 24,5 x 2,5 cm., 128 pp., 12 color & 72 tritone ills., text language: English
from 58,00 € Weight 1.5 kg
'Anonymes. L'Amérique sans nom. Photographie et cinéma' documents the representation of anonymous citizens in US in photos by Walker EVANS, Jeff WALL, Chauncey HARE, Lewis BALTZ, Anthony HERNANDEZ, Bruce GILDEN, Arianna ARCARA & Luc SANTESE, Doug RICKARD.
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10 x HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 37,5 x 36 x 20 cm., 964 pp., b/w ills., English
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HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 26,5 x 24,5 x 3 cm., 330 pp., color & b/w ills., English
70,00 € * Weight 2 kg
Re-edit, HC (with dust jacket) in slipcase, 29 x 28 cm., 96 pp., 51 b/w ills., bilingual text: German / English
198,00 € Weight 1.3 kg
Der vergriffene Band 'New Topographics' dokumentiert die historische Bedeutung der gleichnamigen Ausstellung u.a. mit Arbeiten von BALTZ, BECHER & SHORE, aus der sich ein neuer Ansatz für die Landschaftsfotografie ergeben hat und die bis heute fortwirkt.
198,00 €