Bern and Hilla Becher Water Towers

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. The combination of conceptual artistic discourse, topological documentation and typological

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The combination of conceptual artistic discourse, topological documentation and typological research

define the innovative practice of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Having met in 1957, the couple began a lifetime of exploring the post-war industrial landscape of Europe and North America, resulting in a very fruitful and famous work that has both functional and aesthetic value. The coolness of fifteen black-and-white photographs in the "Water Towers", 1965-1997, is a wonderful example of the practice of artists throughout their lives.
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This work, completed over three decades, is a true representation of

This work, completed over three decades, is a true representation of

the painstaking and very careful practice of artists. A carefully composed ensemble of fifteen photographs of the towers creates a beautiful rhythm of wavy and intersecting shapes. In an effort to emphasize the monumentality of these industrial structures, a full-bodied frontal angle is used, emphasizing the objectivity of the camera lens. Thus, works from this life project, such as Water Towers, 1965-1997, equally shed light on the aesthetic assessment that has not traditionally been attributed to large industrial structures.
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Bernd and Hilla Becher have gained international fame for their unprecedented

Bernd and Hilla Becher have gained international fame for their unprecedented

visual documentation of industrial architecture, executed in a consistent and highly aesthetic manner. The artistic collaboration between these two artists left an indelible legacy in the younger generation, securing for them the position of leaders of post-war photography.
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