Publisher/Steidl

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The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California is a collection of works by American photographer Louis Bolz. Born in California in 1945, Bolz is known as a central figure in the "New Topographics" movement that emerged in the 1970s, and continues to record homogenized urban spaces and suburban landscapes with extremely objective and minimalist compositions. His cold-hearted photographic expression, which captures the order and violence inherent in artificial objects such as buildings and infrastructure from a tranquil perspective, has been highly praised in the context of contemporary art. This book is a reprint of Bolz's masterpiece published in 1974, and consists of 51 black-and-white photographs of inorganic industrial parks spreading around Irvine, California. The empty buildings, well-maintained roads, and uniform walls fill the screen with silent pressure. Each photograph is accompanied by the address of the shooting location, and the photographs simultaneously have the accuracy of a record and the compositional quality of an abstract painting. His gaze, devoid of any emotion toward his subjects, paradoxically accentuates the emptiness of urban space and the vestiges of humanity, and the landscapes he captures emerge as symbols of the spiritual climate of 20th century America.