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Gas Tanks (Hardcover)

by Bernd Becher (Author), Hilla Becher (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 119 pages
  • Publisher: The MIT Press (4 Oct 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 026202361X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0262023610
  • Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 27.7 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,325,568 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Bechers' industrial vision has become an essential part of the way we see today; with their head-on, dead-pan photographs of pithead gear and water towers and blast furnaces. In this latest work, the Bechers present four principally different forms of gas holders or gas tanks in 140 photographs taken during the years 1963-1992 in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany and the United States. The subjects are photographed under overcast skies that eliminate expressive variations in lighting; the Bechers make no attempt to analyze or explain them. Captions contain the barest of information: time and place. On the subject of gas holders, the Bechers limit their remarks to a minimal functional description, leaving the esthetic dimension of their subject to the photographs themselves: much of the fascination of these photographs lies in the fact that these unadorned metallic structures, presumably built with little concern for their visual impact, are almost invariably striking in appearance. Bernd and Hilla Becker began their collaborative photographic enterprise in 1957, when they did a study of workers' houses in their native Germany.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Disappearing Feature of the Industrial Landscape, 23 Aug 1998
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A black & white photographic essay on natural gas tank construction. The vessels are primarily located in Germany, although a few are in the USA & England. For those "nimby" folks, it is interesting to observe the locations of these gas tanks - look at the photgraph margins! This book will have limited appeal to the mass-market, although those with "eclectic" tastes or an engineering interest may find these relics of the industrial age fascinating. It was worth the purchase price, and I will be buying other titles of the authors.
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