by Milo Smith
The Glengarry Encore Photo Club also issues challenges. A recent one was to select an artist and do work in their style.
I selected Bernd and Hilla Becher, German conceptual artists and photographers who mostly worked in the last half of the 20thcentury. They had many shows in top museum and galleries and were collected by the world’s top museums.
They are best known for their typologies of industrial buildings, sometimes shown as groups and sometimes singly. Their style is B&W, shot on overcast days with no shadows and white skies, containing no people. They are generally free from key-stoning and shot square on. Here are some Becher images:
I decided to shoot Glengarry barns in the Becher style. Some barns are on their last legs, while others are still in their prime. Some Milo images Becher style:
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Very interesting, Milo, but I don’t understand the use of the word keystone in this context. I can see that most photographs display round rather than square constructions; but is that the meaning?
Ruth
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Ruth: Keystoning refers to the effect of tall buildings leaning backwards and getting narrower at the top. This is the result of pointing the camera upwards at the building. The Bechers used a camera that could correct for this and so their images looked perfectly straight.
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Thanks Milo. Congrats on your Becher style series. I also find authors inspiring and love playing along their style. Maybe one day, I’ll share that here too.
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