# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewis-baltz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:31:09.671Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lewis-baltz"
name: "Lewis Baltz"
slug: "lewis-baltz"
description: "Lewis \"Duke\" Baltz was an American visual artist, photographer, and educator. He was an important figure in the New topographics movement of the late 1970s and was one of the photographers featured in the seminal New Topographics exhibition at the Eastman House. His best known work was monochrome photography of suburban landscapes and industrial parks which highlighted his commentary of void within the \"American Dream\"."
tagline: "American photographer (1945–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lewis_baltz_N%C2%B03-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1945-09-12"
deathDate: "2014-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.552845333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.wirtzgallery.com/bios/bio_baltz.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2939671"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ليويس بالتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Baltz"
    title: "Lewis Baltz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Baltz"
    title: "Lewis Baltz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Baltz"
    title: "Lewis Baltz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Baltz"
    title: "Lewis Baltz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "لویس بالتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Baltz"
    title: "Lewis Baltz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Baltz"
    title: "Lewis Baltz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Baltz"
    title: "Lewis Baltz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353266"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump