Cooling Towers
$161.23
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2006
Summary
Another volume in the Bechers’ lifelong project of documenting the architecture of industrial structures.
Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photography can be considered conceptual art, typological study, and topological documentation. 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 Renger-Patzsch. Their photographs documenting the architecture of industrial structures, taken…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262025980 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262025981 |
| Author: | Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 2.04kg |
| Dimensions: | 290mm x 269mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Cooling Towers |
About The Author
Bernd Becher
Bernd Becher (1931–2007) and Hilla Becher (1934–2015) worked together as photographers beginning 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 1990 Venice Biennale and the 2002 Erasmus Award. Bernd Becher (1931–2007) and Hilla Becher (1934–2015) worked together as photographers beginning 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 1990 Venice Biennale and the 2002 Erasmus Award.
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