Hilla Becher
Wobeser, Potsdam, Germany, 02.09.1934 - Düsseldorf, 10 ottobre 2015, 10.10.2015
Hilla (Wobeser) became interested in photography at an early age thanks to her mother and uncle, both professional photographers. In 1951 she became an apprentice to Walter Eichgrun, a well-known photographer, while at the same time attending, as her mother had already done, photography school at the Lette-Verein in Berlin. While working with Eichgrun, Hilla performs several freelance assignments and shows a strong interest in industrial photography. She becomes a professional photographer in 1954. In 1957 she moves to Hamburg and attends the Düsseldorf Academy, where she meets painting student Bernd Becher. Hilla teaches him photography and together they make their first photographic reportage in the Ruhr region where a huge steel plant was located. In 1961 they married and began working as photographers for the Troost advertising agency in Düsseldorf.
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