Bernd Becher
(1931-2007)
Bernhard "Bernd" Becher (20 August 1931 – 22 June 2007), and Hilla Becher, née Wobeser (2 September 1934 – 10 October 2015), were German conceptual artists and photographers working as a collaborative duo. They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. As the founders of what has come to be known as the 'Becher school' or the Düsseldorf School of Photography, they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists in Germany and abroad. They were awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award.
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Typological exploration of vernacular architecture shaped by industrial-era imperatives, depicted with neutral light and frontal compositions.
Industrial water towers as a typological series, photographed in frontal, centered black-and-white views across Europe and the United States.
Books
Framework Houses
- Schirmer/Mosel, 2005
Framework Houses
- MIT Press, 2001
Bernd & Hilla Becher
- Schirmer/Mosel, 2022
Water Towers
- MIT Press, 1988
Basic Forms
- teNeues Verlag, 1999
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Life and Work
- MIT Press, 2007
