New Topographics
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New Topographics is a 1970s photographic movement known for its detached, documentary-style depictions of banal, human-altered landscapes that challenged traditional notions of beauty in landscape photography.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Topographics canonical | 8 |
| New Topographics photographers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4820958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Topographics Context triple: [Bernd and Hilla Becher, movement, New Topographics]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Topographics Target entity description: New Topographics is a 1970s photographic movement known for its detached, documentary-style depictions of banal, human-altered landscapes that challenged traditional notions of beauty in landscape photography.
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A.
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Tales from Topographic Oceans is a 1973 double concept album by the English progressive rock band Yes, noted for its four side-long, spiritually themed epics and ambitious, experimental structure.
-
B.
The Naked Earth
The Naked Earth is a 1958 British drama film set in colonial Africa, starring Sydney Chaplin and directed by Vincent Sherman.
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C.
Higher Ground
"Higher Ground" is a 1973 funk-soul song by Stevie Wonder, renowned for its clavinet-driven groove and spiritually themed lyrics about personal transformation and second chances.
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D.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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E.
The Ridges
The Ridges is a historic former mental health hospital complex in Athens, Ohio, now repurposed for university and community use and known for its distinctive Victorian architecture and cultural significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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photographic movement ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
early postmodernism
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late modernism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Becher school ⓘ |
| challenges | traditional notions of beauty in landscape photography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception |
initially controversial
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later highly influential ⓘ |
| curator | William Jenkins ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
George Eastman House
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linked to:
George Eastman Museum
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| exhibitionLocation | Rochester, New York ⓘ |
| exhibitionYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
industrial sites
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man-made interventions in nature ⓘ suburban development ⓘ urban sprawl ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
banal subject matter
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deadpan visual style ⓘ detached aesthetic ⓘ documentary style ⓘ emphasis on objectivity ⓘ focus on human-altered landscapes ⓘ rejection of romantic landscape traditions ⓘ use of black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
conceptual photography
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contemporary landscape photography ⓘ documentary photography ⓘ |
| inception | 1975 ⓘ |
| includesPhotographer |
Bernd Becher
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linked to:
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Frank Gohlke ⓘ Henry Wessel Jr. ⓘ Hilla Becher ⓘ
linked to:
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Joe Deal ⓘ John Schott ⓘ Lewis Baltz ⓘ Nicholas Nixon ⓘ Robert Adams ⓘ Stephen Shore ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movementNameCoinedBy | William Jenkins ⓘ |
| movementType | landscape photography movement ⓘ |
| notableExhibition | New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape ⓘ |
| numberOfOriginalPhotographers | 10 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
industrial structures
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ordinary built environment ⓘ parking lots ⓘ roads and highways ⓘ tract housing ⓘ |
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Subject: New Topographics Description of subject: New Topographics is a 1970s photographic movement known for its detached, documentary-style depictions of banal, human-altered landscapes that challenged traditional notions of beauty in landscape photography.
Referenced by (9)
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linked to: New Topographics