Blast Furnaces series

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The Blast Furnaces series is a renowned photographic project by Bernd and Hilla Becher documenting industrial blast furnace structures in a rigorously systematic, typological style.

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instanceOf conceptual photography project
industrial landscape photography
photographic series
aim to create typologies of blast furnace forms
to document industrial structures systematically
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Bernd Becher
Hilla Becher
depicts chimneys
cooling towers associated with blast furnaces
industrial plants
pipe systems
steel industry structures
supporting frameworks
documentedLocations Germany
United Kingdom
United States
other European industrial regions
exhibitionPractice comparative typological panels
grid installation
genre documentary photography
typological photography
hasInfluenced Andreas Gursky
Thomas Ruff
Thomas Struth
hasPart individual photographs of different blast furnaces
influenced Düsseldorf School of Photography
contemporary industrial photography
mainSubject blast furnaces
heavy industry
industrial architecture
movement New Topographics
conceptual art
notableCharacteristic absence of human figures
emphasis on structural form
high level of detail
overcast lighting conditions
use of large-format camera
partOf Bechers’ industrial typologies
photographicProcess black-and-white photography
style frontally composed views
neutral perspective
rigorously systematic
serial presentation
typological
theme decline of heavy industry
industrialization
standardization of industrial design
variation within industrial types
timePeriodDocumented 20th-century heavy industry

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Bernd and Hilla Becher notableWork Blast Furnaces series
Water Towers series relatedWork Blast Furnaces series
Industrial Facades series relatedWork Blast Furnaces series
Framework Houses series relatedWork Blast Furnaces series
Gas Tanks series relatedWork Blast Furnaces series