Wessel 's first solo exhibition was curated by John Szarkowski at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1972 .
Wessel was Wessel of ten photographers included in the influential New Topographics : Photographs of a Man - Altered Landscape exhibition at George Eastman House in 1975 .
Wessel 's first solo exhibition was curated by John Szarkowski at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1972 and he was one of ten photographers included in the influential New Topographics : Photographs of a Man - Altered Landscape exhibition at George Eastman House in 1975 .