Hilla Becher | |
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 Hilla Becher, 2013 | |
| Born | Hilla Wobeser 2 September 1934 Potsdam, Germany |
| Died | 10 October 2015 (aged 81) Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Education | Vocational School |
| Known for | Conceptual Photography |
| Notable work | Framework Houses |
| Movement | Typographic |
| Spouse | Bernd Becher |
Hilla Becher (née Wobeser; 2 September 1934 – 10 October 2015) 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, Great Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Italy.[1]
Becher, alongside her husband, received the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award. The Bechers founded the Düsseldorf School of Photography[2] in the mid-1970s.
In 2015, she died from a stroke at age 81, in Düsseldorf.[3][4]
- ^ Lange, Susanne (2017). Bernd and Hilla Becher : life and work. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. pp. 98–175. ISBN 978-0-262-12286-3.
- ^ "DUSSELDORF SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY". Tate. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Weaver, Thomas; Becher, Hilla (2013). "Hilla Becher in Conversation with Thomas Weaver". AA Files (66). The Architectural Association: 17–36. JSTOR 23595436.