Bernd & Hilla Becher (*1931 | *1934)

A series of 15 black-and-white photographs of water towers make up a typology of this particular form of industrial structure. Since the 1960s Bernd and Hilla Becher have unerringly pursued their own artistic concept, by creating precise images of architectural structures, observing strict parameters and grouping the results together in series. This systematic procedure leaves no room for subjective decisions in the production process. The resulting typologies document the architecture of a particular phase in the history of industry, presenting variations in building types and valuing them in their own right as 'anonymous sculptures'. ___