A TRIBUTE TO LEWIS BALTZ

Gerhard Richter once said "Now there are no priests or philosophers left, Artists are the most important people in the world."  Are artists our only interpreters of the world we now live in? Certainly trying to make sense out of it at times is difficult. Lewis Baltz who died late last year was a photographer who attempted to interpret life through his work. He tried to make sense out of the mass  suburbia which has become America. His photographs helped us understand how we can relate to this new world and what it means. One of the founders of Topographic Photography, his work will be missed. I present the photograph below as an ode and tribute to his work.

                            City Walker                                           young '14