Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher
1931–2007, 1934–2015
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Biography
Bernhard "Bernd" Becher (German: [ˈbɛçɐ]; August 20, 1931 – June 22, 2007), and Hilla Becher, née Wobeser (September 2, 1934 – October 10, 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’ they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists. They have been awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award.
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Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Water Towers
1972–2009
Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Gas Tanks
1965–2009
Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Pitheads
1974
Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Winding Towers (Britain)
1966–97
Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Blast Furnaces
1969–95
Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Coal Bunkers
1974
Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Winding Towers (Doppelstreben)
1965–96
Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher Winding Towers (France, Belgium)
1967–88
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Dusseldorf School of Photography
The Dusseldorf School of Photography refers to a group of photographers who studied at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in the mid ...
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New topographics
New topographics was a term coined by William Jenkins in 1975 to describe a group of American photographers (such as ...
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Who are Hilla and Bernd Becher?
Get to know one of the artists from the Artist and Society display at Tate Modern
Tate Papers
Tate Papers
Waste to Monument: John Latham’s Niddrie Woman: Art & Environment
John Latham’s Artist Placement Group residency at the Scottish Office’s Development Agency in 1975–6 led to a ...
Tate Papers
The Photographic Comportment of Bernd and Hilla Becher
Bernd and Hilla Becher first began their project of systematically photographing industrial structures in the late 1950s. This paper, first ...
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Cruel and tender
What is the place of documentary photography in art? This is the central question raised by Tate's first major ...
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The long look
Bernd and Hilla Becher have spent their life together photographing the unintended beauty that can be found in industrial structures ...
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