Since 1959 Bernd and Hilla Becher have been photographing imperiled industrial structures such as pit-head frames, water towers, blast furnaces, cooling towers, gas tanks, and silos. As documenters of the industrial era in Europe and the United States - an era now drawing to a close - they are not only photographers, but industrial archaeologists, salvaging testimonies of past developments in the form of readable documents for posterity. At the same time, the Bechers could also be called conceptual artists, as their ...
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Since 1959 Bernd and Hilla Becher have been photographing imperiled industrial structures such as pit-head frames, water towers, blast furnaces, cooling towers, gas tanks, and silos. As documenters of the industrial era in Europe and the United States - an era now drawing to a close - they are not only photographers, but industrial archaeologists, salvaging testimonies of past developments in the form of readable documents for posterity. At the same time, the Bechers could also be called conceptual artists, as their photographs reveal the meaning and transformative character of structure.
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Add this copy of Mineheads to cart. $147.50, very good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by The MIT Press.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, just a few small scratches, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 4.7 lbs; White dust jacket with photo illustration, and title in black lettering; 1997, The MIT Press; 197 pages; "Mineheads, " by Bernd Becher & Hilla Becher.
