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Photography In recent years, photography in Germany has experienced a boom and German photographers’ works have been exhibited at leading museums around the world. Many representatives of the current boom come from the Becher School at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. Teachers Bernd and Hilla Becher began their work, a documentation of framework houses and industrial buildings referred to as "anonymous sculptures," in the 1950s. Methodologically they picked up on prewar traditions, insisting on realistic reproduction of the world via photography. Former disciples of the Düsseldorf School have become some of the best-known German photographers in recent years. Andreas Gursky (above and below), Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, Thomas Ruff and Thomas Struth modified the approach of their teachers by applying new technical possibilities and modern zeitgeist while retaining the documentary method. Gursky, who was honored with a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2000, explores the places and spaces of contemporary human beings and visibly manipulates natural arrangements through digital image-processing.  Another German photographer recognized all over the world is Wolfgang Tilmans. He combines and changes the contexts of photographic images and is often called the "flaneur with a camera" and a prototypical documentarist of “Generation X.” His pictures range from what appear to be private snapshots to commissioned fashion photography. In 2000, he was awarded the prestigious Turner Prize of London’s Tate Gallery. Links:  Photography in Germany (Goethe Institute) Museum for Photography
Braunschweig (in German only) Becher
School at Art Academy Düsseldorf National Academies
(in German only) Wolfgang
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