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Water Towers by Becher, Bernd; Becher, Hilla
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    Item specifics

    Condition
    Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Product Group
    Book
    Weight
    3 lbs
    IsTextBook
    No
    ISBN
    9780262022774

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    MIT Press
    ISBN-10
    026202277X
    ISBN-13
    9780262022774
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    11038261738

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Water Towers
    Number of Pages
    223 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    1988
    Topic
    Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, General
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Photography
    Author
    Hilla Becher, Bernd Becher
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.1 in
    Item Weight
    60.5 Oz
    Item Length
    11.8 in
    Item Width
    9.3 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    87-029865
    Dewey Edition
    19
    Grade From
    College Graduate Student
    Commentaries by
    Naef, Weston J.
    Dewey Decimal
    779/.96
    Synopsis
    Hilla and Bernd Becher's cool, objective photographs of industrial structures have earned them a special position in international photography. Although their work is widely collected by American dealers and institutions and shown in New York galleries, this is the first time that it has been published in book form in the United States.The Bechers' 224 photographs of watertowers comprise a unique, single minded, even obsessive mission. They were taken from as many as 8 angles, over a period of 25 years, with a stylistic approach so consistent that photographs juxtaposed from the 1950s and 1980s suggest a minute to minute account deadpan portraits of unadorned metal, concrete, and wooden structures.Always taken in overcast skier, or in the hazy sunlight of industrial zones, these seemingly artless photographs belle the elaborate process and decisions involved in creating them elevating the camera on scaffolds or ladders, waiting for clouds to block the sun, enlisting the cooperation of plant foreman and security guards to remove all signs of human life from the scene.The Bechers refer to their photographs as "typology" or "typologies of topographies," situated between established categories such as art and photography. Their work is distancing, deliberately unglamorous, departing from the usual style of architectural photography. Almost everything they photograph is eventually demolished.Hilla and Bernd Becher began their collaborative enterprise in 1957, when they did a study of workers' houses in their native Germany. Through the years, their extensive documentation of industrial landscapes has taken them outside of Germany to France, England, Scotland, Wales, Holland, and the United States. The Bechers follow in a distinguished line of German photographers active in the Rhineland, including August Sander, Albert Renger-Patzsch, and Werner Manz, all of whom contributed in different ways to the definition of "objective" photography., Hilla and Bernd Becher's cool, objective photographs of industrial structures have earned them a special position in international photography.
    LC Classification Number
    TR654.B41913 1988

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