‘Düsseldorf Photography’, a new show opening today at the Ben Brown Fine Arts gallery in London, reveals the extensive influence of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Pictured: Gas Tank: Essen-Karnap D, by Bernd & Hilla Becher, 1973. Photography: copyright the artists. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, and Sonnabend Gallery, NY

贝恩德和希拉·贝克尔于20世纪50年代末在昆斯塔卡德米·杜塞尔多夫(Kunstakademie Düsseldorf)学习，最后都在该市的Troost广告公司工作。他们开始了一种创造性的关系，在过去的四十年里塑造了欧洲的“美术”摄影-如果说有什么影响的话，他们的影响力只会增加。贝彻一家的冷却塔、石灰窑、气罐看起来像巨大的足球和其他超功能建筑-所有这些建筑都是在平坦、阴郁、没有阳光和阴影的天空下拍摄的，而且大多是在鲁尔织布机周围工业上留下疤痕的景观中，比以往任何时候都要大，现在已经成为标志性建筑。(它们是黑暗的恒星，所有的东西似乎都围绕着它们旋转，至少有一年的“建造世界”节目在巴比肯举行)。

但杜塞尔多夫摄影：贝恩德

到那时，杜塞尔多夫的艺术流派已经在欧洲当代艺术的发展中发挥了关键作用。约瑟夫·布伊斯于1961年被任命为雕塑教授，该学院的学生包括安塞尔姆·基弗、格哈德·里克特(他后来在那里教绘画)和西格马尔·波尔克。Bechers一家将创建一个具有相似吸引力和力量的摄影部门。该学院的校友包括托马斯·鲁夫(Thomas Ruff)、托马斯·斯真相(Thomas Strue)(他最初就读于里氏理查学院(Richter)，但后来换了课程)、安德烈亚斯·古尔斯基(Andreas Gursky)、埃尔格·埃塞尔(Elger Esser)、阿克塞尔·胡特(Axel Hütte)和坎迪达·霍弗(Candida H Fer)，他们都当然，这场展览的乐趣在于，看看这些摄影师从Bechers家那里得到了什么-这种混合了临床和崇高的东西-以及他们沿途添加了什么。

Following Bernd's appointment as professor of photography at Düsseldorf art school in 1976, the pair would create a department of similar pull and power to the sculptural one headed by Joseph Beuys in the 1960s. Pictured: Water Tower, Broadway and Broome Street, by Bernd & Hilla Becher, 1978. Photography: copyright the artists. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, and Sonnabend Gallery, NY  

Its alumni includes Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky, Elger Esser, Axel Hütte and Candida Höfer, all represented in the Ben Brown show. Pictured: Montrond-les-Bains, Frankreich, by Elger Esser, 2012. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, and Sonnabend Gallery, NY.

The joy of the show – which runs until 3 October – is looking at what these photographers took from the Bechers and what they added along the way. Pictured: James Bond Island III, by Andreas Gursky, 2007. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

Palazzo Ducale Mantova IV, by Candida Höfer, 2011. Photography: copyright the artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

HOUSTON, Rice, USA, by Axel Hütte, 2006. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

h.t.b. 02, by Thomas Ruff, 1999. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

Audience 4, Florence, by Thomas Struth, 2004. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

Pudong, Shanghai, by Thomas Struth, 1999. Courtesy: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

keywords:photography, düsseldorf, Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher, midcentury, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth

关键词：摄影，杜塞尔多夫，贝恩德·贝希尔，希拉·贝希尔，世纪中叶，托马斯·鲁夫，托马斯·斯真相