Hilla and bernd bechers cool, objective photographs of industrial structures have earned them a special position in international photography. Bernd and hilla becher spent their career documenting industrial structures across the western world, creating a form of photography arranged by type that, through repetition, encourages viewers to engage deeply with the formal qualities of the subject matter. Her career spanned more than 50 years and included photographs from the united states, france, germany, the netherlands, great britain, belgium. Their work can be linked to the neue sachlichkeit movement of the 1920s and to such masters of german photography as karl blossfeldt, august sander, and albert rengerpatzsch. Download pdf version biography bernd becher was born in the siegen district in germany, in 1931. Husband and wife bernd and hilla becher began photographing buildings and relics of the industrial revolution, such as coal mines and cooling towers. In this, their latest work, the bechers present four principally different forms of.
Authors bernd becher bernd becher 19312007 and hilla becher 19342015 worked together as photographers beginning in 1959. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Before looking into their work, one must understand the motive behind the curatorial task, that. August 20, 1931 june 22, 2007, and hilla becher, nee wobeser september 2, 1934 october 10, 2015, were german conceptual artists and photographers working as a collaborative duo. An encyclopedic collection of all known becher industrial studies, arranged by building type. Click download or read online button to get bernd hilla becher book now. Hilla becher on making art and a life with bernd british. He began photographing industrial buildings in 1956. Early works, andre simoens gallery, knokkezoute, belgium. Bernd and hilla becher teach at the dusseldorf art.
Bernd becher august 20, 1931 june 22, 2007, and hilla becher september 2, 1934 october 10, 2015, were german conceptual artists and photographers working as a collaborative duo. Bernd and hilla becher s lifetime project of documenting the indust. The photographic comportment of bernd and hilla becher. Her career spanned more than 50 years and included photographs from the united states, france, germany, the netherlands, great britain, belgium, switzerland.
Barnett article pdf available in political communication 293 september 2014 with 50 reads. Bernd and hilla becher cooling tower, steelworks, haspe. Bernd becher and hilla becher german photographers. The work of bernd becher, a native of siegen, and his wife hilla becher, form a major starting point. It will be indispensable both as a reference for students of postwar german photography and as a guide for readers who. If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in momas collection, or an image of a moma publication or archival material including installation views, checklists, and press releases, please contact art resource publication in north america or scala archives publication in all other geographic locations. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Their work provides us with a rare opportunity to see how we see. An interview with artist hilla becher dusseldorf, germany.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. At first glance, the analogue photographs of bernd and hilla becher, on the one hand, and digital works of andreas gursky, on the other. Bernd 19312007 and hilla 19342015 becher documented architectural forms referred to as anonymous sculpture for over thirty years. To create these works, the artists traveled to large mines and steel mills, and systematically photographed the major. For the last thirty years, the artists have examined the dilapidated industrial architecture of europe and north america, from water towers and blast furnaces to the surrounding workers houses. Industrial landscapes by bernd and hilla becher is published this month by mit press and schirmermosel verlag at 40. Bernd and hilla becher s photography can be considered conceptual art, typological study, and topological documentation. Bernd and hilla becher typologies of industrial architecture the husband and wife team of bernd and hilla becher began photographing together in 1959. Life and work, with 53 duotone plates and more than 200 additional illustrations, is the first book to delve deeply into the sources and vision behind the evocative and melancholy beauty of the bechers work. Kultur has become a focal point for managing, researching and disseminating the work of bernd and hilla becher. Their methodical approach brings forth an interesting dialogue. The husband and wife team of bernd and hilla becher began photographing together in 1959.
It will be indispensable both as a reference for students of postwar german photography and as a guide for. Bernd becher, known with his wife, hilla, for photographing relics of industry in the changing urban landscapes of late20thcentury europe and. Landscapetypology, the museum of modern art, new york. Ve mas ideas sobre fotografia, blog fotografia y arquitectura fotografia. Perhaps two of the most famous deadpan photographers in history, bernd and hilla becher became famous through their typological deadpan photographs of water towers, coal mines, industrial landscapes, grain elevators and gas tanks. They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. Bernd was always fascinated with the industrial structures of germanys siegen region, where he grew up. The question if this is a work of art or not is not very interesting for us. Bernd and hilla becher, acquired an international reputation for their unprecedented visual documentation of industrial architecture, executed in a coherent and highlyaesthetic manner. Bernhard bernd becher and hilla becher, nee wobeser september 2, 1934 october 10. The career of bernd bernhard and hilla becher is a case in point.
For nearly fifty years, bernd and hilla becher photographed the industrial architecture of western europe, creating an archive of basic forms of the industrial era. Like objective scientists removing a specimen from the field, the bechers framed their subject in a manner that isolated it from its environment. Reflections on the life and work of august sander, en manfred heiting ed. Though bernd and hilla becher worked with photography from the. In 1991, the pair won a golden lion at the venice biennale. Its basically about preserving his childhood, in a way. Beyond, at least, their minimalist typological schemata of water towers, mineheads etc. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. At first glance, the analogue photographs of bernd and hilla becher, on the one hand, and digital works of andreas gursky, on the other, would seem to confirm this distinction.
Although their work is widely collected by american dealers and institutions and shown in new york galleries, this is the first time that it has been published in book form in the united states. The photographic comportment of bernd and hilla becher tate. And hilla bechers photographs of industrial sites shown in moma exhibition pdf. We came to know and esteem bernd and hilla becher as outstanding personalities and artists, and both will always serve as very special role models for our endeavors. Noemie goudal observatoires these are really great. That same year, he met hilla wobeser, a trained photographer who had defected. Bernd and hilla becher wall street international magazine.
Bernd hilla becher download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Bernd becher and hilla becher, german photographers known for their straightforward blackandwhite images of types of industrial buildings. Download pdf bernd hilla becher free online new books. View bernd and hilla becher s 1,246 artworks on artnet. Nov 28, 2006 their work provides us with a rare opportunity to see how we see. Oct 23, 2017 the increased size of the photographs allows a unique connection to the works through this rare way of viewing the bechers work. Bernd and hilla becher first began their project of systematically photographing industrial structures in the late 1950s.
Bernd and hilla becher were two german photographers whose systematic documentation of their countrys industrial landscape has served as the basis for an entire school of contemporary photography. Bernd and hilla becher grain elevators, 1986 phillips. Becher was well known for her industrial photographs, or typologies, with longtime collaborator and husband, bernd becher. Pdf download bernd hilla becher free unquote books. Hilla becher was a german artist born in 1931 in siegen, germany. The lambrechtschadeberg collection is on permanent show, featuring large, representative workgroups of all artists that have been awarded the rubens award by the city of siegen since 195557. Why did she choose to photograph them in particular. The modern photographer is the architects greatest publicist. Bernd becher 19312007 and hilla becher 19342015 worked together as photographers beginning in 1959.
Process and materials, 19601990, institute of contemporary art, university of pennsylvania, philadelphia. Read download bernd and hilla becher pdf pdf download. Bernd and hilla becher first began their stillongoing project of systematically. Grain elevators 2006 books about bernd and hilla becher bernd. As both artists and teachers, bernd and hilla becher are among the most important figures in postwar german photography. Identify what you consider to be the legacy of the artist bernd and hilla becher for the importance of the photographic image. She was one half of a photography duo with her husband bernd becher. Download fulltext pdf a visual typology of urban narratives. To gather meaning from blake stimsons essay on the photographic series made by german photographers hilla and bernd becher, it is first necessary to understand the authors definition of comportment as a stance, or a way of placing oneself in the world. Rendered with absolute precision in large format, mediumcontrast gelatin silver prints, each structure is centered against a cloudless. He studied at the academy of art in stuttgart and dusseldorf. Pdf bernd and hilla becher life and work ebook video. The german artists bernd and hilla becher, who began working together in 1959 and married in 1961, are best known for their typologiesgrids of blackandwhite photographs of variant examples of a single type of industrial structure. Hilla becher a great and unforgettable woman and an astute.
Bernd becher, 75, photographer of german industrial. Bernd becher retired from teaching in 1996, but bernd and hilla becher continued to work, visiting sites across europe and north america, until bernd becher s death in 2007. For further information on books by bernd and hilla becher, visit the erasmus prize, worth 210,000, is awarded annually for outstanding contribution to european culture and society. Life and work, with 53 duotone plates and 126 additional illustrations, is the first book to delve deeply into the sources and vision behind the evocative and melancholy beauty of the bechers work. I came across the photographic work of couple bernd and hilla becher within the barbicans exhibition, constructing worlds. Bernd left and hilla becher erasmus prize 2002 hilla becher 2011 hilla becher center discussing her and her late husbands work at the sonnabend gallery in chelsea, new york city, october 2010. For forty years, they photographed disappearing industrial architecture around europe and north america. Both bernd and hilla were born at a time 1931 and 1934 respectively where as teenagers they lived within a. Bernd and hilla becher photography, bio, ideas theartstory. Bernd and hilla becher and andreas gursky matthew biro some historians of photography claim that a radical divide exists between analogue and digital photography. This paper, first given at a conference at tate modern, investigates the rhythmic continuity of the comportment or bearing toward the world that they have made into an epic form.
Bernd and hilla becher bernd and hilla becher were a pair of photographers whose work set forth a historical precedent that has influenced photographers around the world, most notably for their creation of the becher school of thought. Both bernd and hilla were born at a time 1931 and 1934 respectively where as teenagers they lived within a devastated post war germany. Husband and wife bernd and hilla becher began photographing buildings and relics of the industrial revolution, such as coal mines and cooling towers, in 1959. Founders of the internationally acclaimed becher class at the dusseldorf art academy, they have received numerous awards, including the golden lion at the. Basic forms english and german edition read online. Hilla becher, on the one hand, and digital works of andreas gursky, on the other, would seem to. This gave the couple greater stability and facilitated continued recognition of their work internationally. Mar 26, 2004 bernd and hilla becher s photography can be considered conceptual art, typological study, and topological documentation. Since the passing of bernd becher on friday june 22nd 2007, i thought it appropriate to mention the book bernd and hilla becher.
Pdf bernd and hilla becher download full pdf book download. For nearly five decades, the couple systematically photographed individual industrial structureswater towers, blast furnaces, grain elevators, framework. We spoke with hilla becher about her lifes work, focusing on examples within the getty museum collection. At first glance, the analogue photographs of bernd and hilla becher, on the one hand, and digital works of andreas gursky, on the other, would seem to confirm. Founders of the internationally acclaimed becher class at the dusseldorf art academy, they have received numerous awards, including the golden lion at the 1990 venice biennale and the 2002 erasmus award. Title of a book, article or other published item this will display to the public. Art, thank heaven, can be as deliciously unpredictable as life, but the ironies of. The bechers 224 photographs of watertowers comprise a. Pdf download bernd and hilla becher free ebooks pdf.
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