Wednesday, February 26, 2014

CANDIDA HÖFER

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  1. COLOGNE, GERMANY-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER AND A FORMER STUDENT OF BERND AND HILLA BECHER. HÖFER'S WORK IS KNOWN FOR BEEING TECHNICAL. SHE USE A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH. ALONG WITH THOMAS RUFF, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OF BECHER’S STUDENTS TO USE COLOR, HÖFER BEGAN TAKING COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF INTERIORS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SUCH AS OFFICES, BANKS, AND WAITING ROOMS, HÖFER SPECIALISES IN LARGE-FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF EMPTY INTERIORS AND SOCIAL SPACES THAT CAPTURE THE "PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE". FROM HER EARLIEST CREATIONS, SHE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN REPRESENTING PUBLIC SPACES SUCH AS MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, OR OPERA HOUSES DEVOID OF ALL HUMAN PRESENCE.

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