Bernd & Hilla Becher : Basic Forms
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3791386654
ISBN-13
9783791386652
Publisher
Prestel
Imprint
Prestel
Country of Manufacture
IT
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 3rd, 2020
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
700 grams
Dimensions
33.50 x 25.10 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Individual photographersPublic buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc
Ksh 4,500.00
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An elegant new edition of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s classic black-and-white photographic study of industrial buildings.
An elegant new edition of Bernd and Hilla Becher''s classic black-and-white photographic study of industrial buildings.
During their 40-year career, Bernd and Hilla Becher created their own architectural typology as they photographed buildings in a unique style. Basic Forms represents the culmination of their career. Although the subject matter is unglamorous--mine shafts, blast furnaces, cooling towers, water towers, silos, and gas tanks--the Bechers'' passion for their work imbues these photographs with beauty and solemnity. The Bechers restricted the conditions of each photograph--taking them early in the morning, on overcast days, so as to eliminate shadow and distribute light evenly. Each image is centered and frontally framed, its parallel lines set on an even plane. There are no human figures, nor are there birds in the sky. The result is a treasury of precisely functional architectural forms, a sublime example of conceptual artistic practices, and a series of "perfect sculptures of a bygone industrial age."
During their 40-year career, Bernd and Hilla Becher created their own architectural typology as they photographed buildings in a unique style. Basic Forms represents the culmination of their career. Although the subject matter is unglamorous--mine shafts, blast furnaces, cooling towers, water towers, silos, and gas tanks--the Bechers'' passion for their work imbues these photographs with beauty and solemnity. The Bechers restricted the conditions of each photograph--taking them early in the morning, on overcast days, so as to eliminate shadow and distribute light evenly. Each image is centered and frontally framed, its parallel lines set on an even plane. There are no human figures, nor are there birds in the sky. The result is a treasury of precisely functional architectural forms, a sublime example of conceptual artistic practices, and a series of "perfect sculptures of a bygone industrial age."
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