1960 –
Age of Post-Colonialism

Bernd and Hilla Becher's Cooling Towers

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Bernd and Hilla Becher, Cooling Towers, Gelatin silver prints, 1993

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

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Bernd and Hilla Becher
Dusseldorf, Germany
1993

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Bernd and Hilla Becher talk about their work on YouTube. From Contacts Vol. 3, Portraits of Contemporary Photographers. Initiated by William Klein, 2000.

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