Dusseldorf School Photography

Dusseldorf School is an important thread within the history of photography. It can be understood as a photographic tendency centered on the teaching of Bernd and Hilla Becher, marked by structural thinking and large-format presentation. This movement page brings together photographers, eras, and related contexts so readers can see how the approach developed, where it circulated, and which artists help define its historical position.

Basic facts
MovementDusseldorf School
Photographers2

Overview

A photographic tendency centered on the teaching of Bernd and Hilla Becher, marked by structural thinking and large-format presentation.

Photographers

🇩🇪DE1931–2007
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Typological Photography
Typological PhotographyConceptual Art+1

Bernd and Hilla Becher turned industrial structures into one of the central subjects of postwar conceptual photography.

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🇩🇪DE1955–
Andreas Gursky
Dusseldorf School
Dusseldorf SchoolLarge-Format Color+1

Born in Leipzig in 1955, Andreas Gursky grew up in a family of photographers, studied first with Otto Steinert at the Folkwang School, and then with Bernd Becher at the Dusseldorf Academy.

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