Pfahl, John. Altered Landscapes by John Pfahl.

Friends of Photography, 1981. Issued as Untitled 26. [For this well known series in color, John Pfahl (1939-2020) added geometric elements to his unmanipulated  landscape views, photographed the scene, and then returned the land to its natural state. This project was conducted from 1974 to 1978.  He subsequently became an early adopter of digital photographic technology. He taught at R.I.T., the University of New Mexico, and SUNY-Buffalo.] Very good in illustrated wraps as issued with a few shallow indentations on cover, internally fine.

Note:  John Pfahl was born in Manhattan on February 17, 1939.  Raised in Wanaque, New Jersey, he grew up hiking local wilderness trails and developed a love of nature.  After graduating with a B.A. in fine arts from Syracuse University School of Art and two years in the army, he began a photography career.  Returning to Syracuse to obtain an M.A. in color photography in 1968, he then taught at R.I.T. until 1985. According to his obit in the New York Times, “In the 1970s, Mr. Pfahl traveled around the United States asking strangers to let him shoot landscapes from inside their homes. Many accommodated him, intrigued by his idiosyncratic vision. He would then take down their curtains, wash their windows and move their furniture for a series that he called “Picture Windows.”  He also is renowned for his “Altered Landscapes” series in which he added geometric elements to nature, then removed them after making the photograph. Pfahl died on April 15, 2020, in Buffalo, from the Covid-19 coronavirus with contributing other health issues.