Bernd and Hilla Becher (Bernd born 1931, Hilla 1934) are German photographers most known for their collection of industrial building images examining the similarities and differences in structure and appearance. ... J.J. Becher Johann Joachim Becher (May 6, 1635 — October 1682), was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of Chemistry, scholar and adventurer. ... Johannes Robert Becher (* May 22, 1891 in Munich; †October 11, 1958 in Berlin) was a German poet. ... Kurt Andreas Ernst Becher (September 12, 1909 – August, 1995) was an SS Untersturmführer (lieutenant) and later a Standartenführer (colonel) who was active in Hungary during the German occupation in 1944. ... Ulrich Becher (born 2 January 1910 in Berlin, died 15 April 1990 in Basel) was a German author and playwright. ...
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Years later, and the Bechers have become the guiding light behind the so-called objective school of photography, and their students are achieving prominent positions which were previously unimaginable for photographers in the art world, but there is still much muttering of dissent from the photographic community.
Bernd Becher was born in 1931 in the Ruhr valley, into a family that worked in the region's steel and mining industries.
The Bechers are the first to acknowledge the primarily functional role of the constructions, that their existence is justified solely by their industrial performance, and that once this has been superseded the structures will be modified or demolished.
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