Bernd and Hilla Becher were German photographers who were famous for their detailed and methodical approach to documenting industrial architecture. Their work is key in typological photography, especially for capturing buildings that were vanishing or about to be replaced.
About them:
- Bernd Becher (1931–2007) and Hilla Becher (1934–2015) started working together in the late 1950s, driven by a desire to document industrial buildings in post-war Europe.
- Their photography is known for being very precise and systematic, mainly focusing on industrial structures that were either being demolished or replaced by newer designs.
- They are often credited with popularizing typological photography, where they photograph similar objects in a consistent way to highlight patterns and differences.
They are are best known for photographing: Water Towers, Blast Furnaces, Gas Tanks, Cooling Towers, and Wells. They would arrange these photos in grids, showing multiple images of the same types of buildings. This helped emphasize the common features and small variations between them.
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“The funny thing is,” says Engler, “that they never did anything else, apart from their typologies. When Bernd died, Hilla continued their work – not making photographs, anymore, but rearranging and making new typologies from material that they had shot together over the previous 40 years.”https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20170817-how-the-dsseldorf-school-revolutionised-photography
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