A Minimal Event

Bernd & Hilla Becher, SFMOMA Retrospective

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For episode 16, the team takes a trip to San Francisco to see the retrospective for Bernd & Hilla Becher at SFMOMA. We’ll discuss the history of the photographers, their impact to contemporary photography and our own thoughts on their work.

Episode 16, Becher Show Review, 48min
Show Notes
  • Bernd & Hilla Becher, SFMOMA (12/22-4/23)
  • Bernd & Hilla Becher Virtual Opening | Met Exhibitions, YouTube
  • The Bechers in Ohio, 1987 | From the Vaults, YouTube
  • What Bernd and Hilla Becher Saw in the Remnants of Industry, New Yorker (11/8/22)
  • A class apart: a new show explores the radical approach of the Bechers and their students, Wallpaper (10/20/22)
  • The New Topographics photographers, Minimal Event Podcast, Episode #9
    • Bernd & Hilla Becher @ SFMOMA, 2023
    Frame Houses, 1959-72
    Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gelatin silver prints
    Collection of Jeffery Fraenkel and Alan Mark (SFMOMA)
    Water Tower, Verviers, Belgium, 1983
    Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gelatin silver print
    Metropolitan Museum of Art (SFMOMA)
    Winding Towers, Belgium, France, 1967-88
    Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gelatin silver prints
    SFMOMA Collection
    Cooling Tower, Zeche Mont Cenis, Herne, Rhur Region, Germany, 1965
    Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gelatin silver print
    Collection of James Keith Brown and Eric Diedenbach (SFMOMA)
    Blast Furnaces (12ft long exhibit wall, images from 8 countries)
    Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gelatin silver prints
    SFMOMA
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