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Typologies, memories and preservation
There are few photographers with a body of work as obsessively cohesive as that of the German collaborative artists Bern and Hilla Becher. The duo, Bernhard “Bernd” Becher (1931 – 2007) and Hilla Becher (born 1934), are best known for … Continue reading
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Tagged Banister, Becher, Chinese, coastwise, customs, Lighthouses, lights, Maritime, memory, photography, preservation, Service, typologies
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