William Karl Valentine's review, and images, of Pier 24 Gallery's exhibition "The Grain of the Present"
Read MoreBoth Sides of Sunset & The Open Road
New additions to my library: "The Open Road" by David Campany (2014 Aperture) and "Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles" by Metropolis Books 2015.
Read MoreLewis Baltz passes away
Becky Senf , from the Center for Creative Photography, posted news this week that Lewis Baltz had passed away. I always enjoyed his images and was lucky to have studied under Bill Jenkins, who curated the New Topographics exhibition which brought to prominence Baltz's work. Bill was one of my professors at Arizona State University. Below are links to the Washington Post article about Baltz's passing as well as another 2010 feature on New Topographics.
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/08/new-topographics-photographs-american-landscapes