Becher school
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The Becher school is a group of photographers influenced by Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for their rigorous, typological documentation of industrial architecture and their pivotal role in shaping contemporary German photography.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic school
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photography movement ⓘ |
| aestheticInfluence |
New Objectivity
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industrial archaeology ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
document disappearing industrial architecture
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reveal formal similarities between industrial structures ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Düsseldorf School of Photography
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Kunstakademie Düsseldorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
central reference in discussions of typological photography
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pivotal in redefining documentary photography in Germany ⓘ |
| field | photography ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
blast furnaces
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coal bunkers ⓘ cooling towers ⓘ gas tanks ⓘ industrial facades ⓘ water towers ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bernd Becher
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Hilla Becher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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documentary photography ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
absence of human figures
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emphasis on typologies ⓘ focus on industrial structures ⓘ grid-like presentation of images ⓘ large-format photography ⓘ neutral, objective style ⓘ seriality ⓘ systematic frontal views ⓘ use of black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary German photography
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industrial landscape photography ⓘ international conceptual photography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bernd Becher
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Hilla Becher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementWithin |
contemporary art
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postwar German photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on contemporary German photography
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rigorous serial photographic practice ⓘ typological documentation of industrial architecture ⓘ |
| presentationFormat |
series-based exhibitions
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wall-mounted grids of photographs ⓘ |
| teachingContext | Bernd and Hilla Becher’s class at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| visualApproach |
comparative viewing through typological grids
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taxonomic classification of forms ⓘ |
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