Lewis Baltz in: The ’70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography

Lewis Baltz is part of the group exhibition The ’70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography in the National Gallery of Art in New York. On display are nine photographs from his series The Tract Houses. The 1970s was a decade of uncertainty in the United States. Americans witnessed soaring inflation, energy crises, and the Watergate scandal, as well as protests about pressing issues such as the Vietnam War, women’s rights, gay liberation, and the environment. The exhibition examines how photographers reinvented documentary practice during this radical shift in American life.