Wednesday, August 25, 2010

10.373 BERND AND HILLA BECHER

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  1. GERMAN ARTIST COUPLE, BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. THE BECHERS FIRST COLLABORATED ON PHOTOGRAPHING AND DOCUMENTING THE DISAPPEARING GERMAN INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE IN 1959, TOGETHER, THEY WENT OUT WITH A LARGE FORMAT CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHED THESE BUILDINGS FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ANGLES, BUT ALWAYS WITH A STRAIGHTFORWARD "OBJECTIVE" POINT OF VIEW. THESE STRUCTURES INCLUDED BARNS, WATER TOWERS, STORAGE SILOS, AND WAREHOUSES. WINNERS OF THE HASSELBLAD AWARD 2004.

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