The Human-Altered Landscape

International, juried exhibition 3.3 % acceptance rate New work, not previously exhibited Juror: Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs at the New Orleans Museum of Art THE HUMAN-ALTERED LANDSCAPE. In 1975, the landmark exhibition "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" debuted at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House in Rochester, NY. Included were such important photographers as Robert Adams, Frank Gohlke, and Stephen Shore, with work that challenged the primacy of wilderness landscape popularized by Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club. Typical of the photographs were images of human presence in the landscape, ranging from houses in subdivisions in Denver by Robert Adams to a water tower under construction by Gohlke. The PhotoPlace exhibition THE HUMAN-ALTERED LANDSCAPE updates the spirit of "New Topographics" with photographs that envision the interactions between humans and the natural world.