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Becher, Bernd and Hilla (German photographers' partnership, established 1959)
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Note: Bernd and Hilla Becher are a husband and wife photography team that specializes in images of stereotypical buildings and industrial structures. In 1959, Bernd and Hilla Becher began working together as artist photographers in Düsseldorf, West Germany. They also photographed industrial architecture. In 1961, the Bechers married and began to develop a project of documentary photography on industrial constructions in the Netherlands. Both Bernd and Hilla Becher are professors of photography at the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
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Becher, Bernd and Hilla (preferred,V,index) |
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Becher, Bernhard and Hilla (V) |
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Bernd and Hilla Becher (V) |
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Becher, Max |
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(German photographer and video artist, born 1964) [500330713] |
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Becher, Bernd |
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(German photographer, 1931-2007) [500027822] |
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Becher, Hilla |
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(German photographer and professor, 1934-2015) [500116108] |
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Gursky, Andreas |
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(German photographer, born 1955) [500115262] |
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Hofer, Candida |
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(German photographer, born 1944) [500116144] |
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Ruff, Thomas |
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(German photographer, born 1958) [500110115] |
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Struth, Thomas |
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(German photographer, born 1954) [500037064] |
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(German photographers' partnership, established 1959) ..... [VP Preferred]
(German photographers and teachers; active Düsseldorf (West Germany, now Germany), from 1959, Netherlands, 1961, Pennsylvania (United States), 1974-1975 and 1977-1978) ..... [CCA]
(German photographers' partnership, beginning collaboration 1959 in Düsseldorf, Germany to the present) ..... [VP]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
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