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
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
