Between nature and culture
Subtitle: photographs of the Getty Center
By: by Joe Deal.
Contributors: Deal, Joe, 1947-; J. Paul Getty Museum.
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Getty Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Pictorial works; Architectural photography -- California -- Los Angeles; Art centers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Design and construction -- Pictorial works; Museum buildings -- California -- Los Angeles -- Design and construction -- Pictorial works; Building sites -- California -- Los Angeles -- Pictorial works; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "In the years, between 1984 and 1997, photographer Joe Deal recorded the transformation of a chaparral-covered mountaintop into the travertine-covered complex of the Getty Center."--BOOK JACKET.

"He completed the assignment in two phases: The photographs made during the first phase (April 1984-March 1989) capture the natural ruggedness of the terrain and establish its relationship to the developed neighboring enclaves. Those made during the second phase (April 1992-August 1997) not only record the actual construction process but also reveal Deal's personal perspective on the qualities of light and the creation of form.

Represented in this book as a selection from the resulting portfolio, Topos, a Greek word meaning place, site, position, and occasion - Deal's artistic legacy to the Gerry Center."--BOOK JACKET.