Gus Blaisdell

author · photographer

American[1] b. 1935[1] d. 2003[1] active 1964–2003

Gus Blaisdell (1935–2003) was an American writer, philosopher, critic, educator, and photographer. He was a prominent figure in the literary and art scenes of New Mexico, specifically Albuquerque, where he arrived in 1964. Blaisdell was a prolific critic whose essays on literature, art, and film influenced readers across the Atlantic. He was also known as the proprietor of the Living Batch bookstore. His photographic work, often associated with Lewis Baltz, captures elements of the American landscape and industrial aesthetics. He is remembered as a charismatic and thought-provoking intellectual whose work spanned multiple disciplines.[1,2,3,4,5]

  • Literary Criticism
  • Philosophy
  • Industrial Aesthetics
  • Photography
  • Education

Books

Works by Gus Blaisdell

  • 1980 Park City Artspace Press and Castelli Graphics · book · English · ISBN 9780960414000 Co-authored with Lewis Baltz.

References

  1. Gus Blaisdell Collected. Project MUSE. 2012 link
  2. William Peterson. Gus Blaisdell Collected. UNM Press. University of New Mexico Press. 2012 link
  3. Gus Blaisdell Collected. blaisdell Ivey collected link
  4. William Peterson. Gus Blaisdell Collected. Barnes & Noble link
  5. Gus Blaisdell. Park City. Jeff Hirsch Books. 1980 link