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CANDIDA HOFER
A MONOGRAPH |
| By: |
Michael Kruger |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£48.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0500542724 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780500542729 |
| Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 2003 |
| Pages: |
252 |
| Description: |
A major monograph on one of the most outstanding representatives of new German photography. Like Gursky, Struth and Ruff, Candida Hofer studied with Bernd and Hilla Becher. Her images are predominantly of public spaces with people notably absent, yet her work reflects human culture and lifestyle. |
| Synopsis: |
After training at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf, Candida Hofer studied photography with Bernd and Hilla Becher from 1976 to 1982. The influence of the precise, scientifically minded Bechers (under whom Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth and Thomas Ruff also studied), is very apparent in Hofer's work. Her images are predominantly of public spaces - libraries, auditoriums, lobbies, museums, club houses. Hofer's recent photographs present a systematic study of rooms in various libraries, some modern and institutional, others centuries old and grand. Her straightforward and detached style seems at first objective and purely documentary, but is ultimately overtaken by incongruous elements and the mimetic nature of her subject matter. People are noticeably absent from her highly formal images. Instead, Hofer emphasizes repeated forms within the rooms such as chairs, tables, bookshelves and light fixtures to create patterns and produce a sense of orderliness. However, despite their conspicuous absence, it is people in whom Hofer is most interested; our culture and lifestyle are reflected in the architecture and interiors we create. |
| Illustrations: |
209 colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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