Bernd & Hilla Becher
Their systematic series, presented in grids of black-and-white photographs, established a new visual language that influenced generations of artists and photographers. This retrospective showcases their most iconic series alongside lesser-known works, revealing the depth and scope of their investigation into the built environment and the nature of photographic documentation itself.
About the artist
Bernhard "Bernd" Becher, and Hilla Becher, née Wobeser, 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…
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Hilla Becher was a German conceptual photographer. Becher was well known for her industrial photographs, or typologies, with longtime collaborator and husband, Bernd Becher. Her career spanned more than 50 years and included photographs from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands…
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over…
