We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible to experience the Gothic period, not to mention the Romantic. Only nothing remains of the industrial… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
As time went by we developed a sort of ideology without ever formulating it as such. I've always said that we are documenting the sacred buildings of Calvinism. Calvinism rejects all forms of art and therefore never developed its own… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
Our camera does not produce pretty pictures, but exact duplications that, through our renunciation of photographic effects, turn out to be relatively objective. The… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
The question if this is a work of art or not is not very interesting for us. Probably it is situated in between the… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
When someone discovers something in their lives that really interests them, then they should be content with doing that - without having to go… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
This is about objects, not motifs. The photo is only a substitute for an object; it is unsuitable as a picture in its customary… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
As time went by we developed a sort of ideology without ever formulating it as such. I've always said that we are documenting the… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
All we did was to turn back the time to a photography of precision which is superior to the human eye. — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
