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Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher: Water Towers: 1st ed., The MIT Press, 2006. New, never opened, shrink-wrapped, pristine condition.Hilla and Bernd Becher's cool, objective photographs of industrial structures have earned them a special position in international photography. Although their work is widely collected by American dealers and institutions and shown in New York galleries, this is the first time that it has been published in book form in the United States.The Bechers' 224 photographs of watertowers comprise a unique, single minded, even obsessive mission. They were taken from as many as 8 angles, over a period of 25 years, with a stylistic approach so consistent that photographs juxtaposed from the 1950s and 1980s suggest a minute to minute account deadpan portraits of unadorned metal, concrete, and wooden structures.Always taken in overcast skier, or in the hazy sunlight of industrial zones, these seemingly artless photographs belle the elaborate process and decisions involved in creating them…
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- Title Water Towers
- Author Bernd Becher; Hilla Becher
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 223
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher MIT Press, Cambridge
- Date 1988-07
- ISBN 9780262022774 / 026202277X
- Weight 3.79 lbs (1.72 kg)
- Dimensions 11.73 x 9.48 x 1.08 in (29.79 x 24.08 x 2.74 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Photography, Artistic, Photography, Industrial
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87029865
- Dewey Decimal Code 779.96
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Mit Pr, 1988-07-15. hardcover. Very Good. 9x1x11. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Top edge of dust jacket is very slightly toned.
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