We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible to experience the Gothic period, not to mention the Romantic. Only nothing remains of the industrial age. So we thought that our photos would give the viewer the chance to go back to a time that is gone forever.
We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible to exp… - Bernd Becher
We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible to exp…
- Bernd Becher
This is about objects, not motifs. The photo is only a substitute for an object; it is unsuitable as a picture in its customary sense. - Bernd Becher
This is about objects, not motifs. The photo is only a substitute for an object; it is unsuitable as a picture in its customary sense.
All we did was to turn back the time to a photography of precision which is superior to the human eye. - Bernd Becher
All we did was to turn back the time to a photography of precision which is superior to the human eye.
As time went by we developed a sort of ideology without ever formulating it as such. I've always said that we are documenting the sacred buildings of… - Bernd Becher
As time went by we developed a sort of ideology without ever formulating it as such. I've always said that we are documenting the sacred buildings of…
Our camera does not produce pretty pictures, but exact duplications that, through our renunciation of photographic effects, turn out to be relatively… - Bernd Becher
Our camera does not produce pretty pictures, but exact duplications that, through our renunciation of photographic effects, turn out to be relatively…
When someone discovers something in their lives that really interests them, then they should be content with doing that - without having to go and li… - Bernd Becher
When someone discovers something in their lives that really interests them, then they should be content with doing that - without having to go and li…
We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to monumentalize the o… - Bernd Becher
We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to monumentalize the o…
The question if this is a work of art or not is not very interesting for us. Probably it is situated in between the established categories. Anyway th… - Bernd Becher
The question if this is a work of art or not is not very interesting for us. Probably it is situated in between the established categories. Anyway th…
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