Park City 73
1979
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 20.2 x 25.4 cm (7 15/16 x 10 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Joshua P. Smith Collection
Accession Number
2001.128.14
Art Historical Context
**Park City 73** Lewis Baltz, created in 1979, the artist's pioneering role in the New Topographics movement—a 1970s photographic style that turned a detached, objective lens on the built environment. This gelatin silver print, measuring 20.2 x 25.4 cm, belongs to Baltz's acclaimed *Park City* series, which documents the rapid suburban expansion and industrial encroachment in Park City, Utah. The medium, a classic black-and-white process using silver halide crystals embedded in gelatin, yields sharp, high-contrast images prized for their archival stability and tonal depth, allowing Baltz to re...
About the Artist
Lewis Baltz
Lewis Baltz (1945–2014) was born on September 12 in Newport Beach, California, where he developed an early passion for photography, beginning seriously at age 12. His father passed away when he was 11, an event that marked his childhood. Baltz pursued formal training at Monterey Peninsula College in 1967, followed by a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1969 and an MFA from Claremont Grad...