Nicholas Nixon: New Topographics

These images of the vast cityscapes of New York and Boston, at once both ordered and chaotic, were part of one of the most influential exhibitions of the seventies, New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape at the George Eastman House.

Black-and-white photograph of a city intersection in winter with a rooftop garage and smokestacks
Black-and-white photograph of a city skyline with high rise buildings scattered throughout the landscape
Black-and-white photograph of a highway and surrounding neighborhoods at midday under a clear sky
Black-and-white photograph of a Greco-Roman style building with a domed roof amid modern city high rise buildings
Black-and-white photograph of a curved building amid taller rectangular high-rise buildings
Black-and-white photograph of a large church set behind an open plaza amid modern city high-rise buildings
Black-and-white photograph of a low rise industrial neighborhood and a wharf on a river
Black-and-white photograph of a highway bridge crossing a river next to a Coca-Cola plant
Black-and-white photograph at the corner of a low square building with rounded arch windows
Black-and-white photograph of a rectangular glass high-rise building rising above surrounding city buildings
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