Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher, Duisburg-Bruckhausen, Ruhr Region, Germany, 1999
The photograph seems to be a landscape of houses and factories. The houses are clustered together on one side of the photograph while the factories sit on the opposite side. A road seems to divide the cluster of houses and the factories. Duisburg-Bruckhausen shows that photography is a medium towards understanding the subject being photographed. The Duisburg-Bruckhausen, in particular, hints the viewer of what it once was and what it will become and reflects what is going on both in and out of frame when the photograph was taken.
The cluster of houses seems to be a contrast to the factories. Each is in their own area within the photograph. This comparison can be …show more content…
This landscape view of the factories was used as an evidentiary photograph to show how structures related to each other (Galassi 1). Taking into account the purpose of the photograph one can say that the subjects within the photograph have not been altered but true to themselves. Henri Cartier-Bresson had said that “ If the photographer is to have a chance of achieving a true reflection of a person’s world- which is as much outside him as inside him- it is necessary that the subject of the portrait should be in a situation normal to him” (Cartier-Bresson 3). As a photograph is only able to show what is captured in frame, one that shows subjects that are unmanipulated and true to themselves is able to reflect what is going on out of frame and in the bigger picture. In the case with Duisburg-Bruckhausen, one can say that the domination of factories within the photograph may also extend to the area outside the photograph, Ruhr Region, Germany. Looking at the photograph as a reflection of the greater area, it suggests that the factories and industry is a major contributor to the Ruhr Region’s economy and may continue to be so for years to
The photograph seems to be a landscape of houses and factories. The houses are clustered together on one side of the photograph while the factories sit on the opposite side. A road seems to divide the cluster of houses and the factories. Duisburg-Bruckhausen shows that photography is a medium towards understanding the subject being photographed. The Duisburg-Bruckhausen, in particular, hints the viewer of what it once was and what it will become and reflects what is going on both in and out of frame when the photograph was taken.
The cluster of houses seems to be a contrast to the factories. Each is in their own area within the photograph. This comparison can be …show more content…
This landscape view of the factories was used as an evidentiary photograph to show how structures related to each other (Galassi 1). Taking into account the purpose of the photograph one can say that the subjects within the photograph have not been altered but true to themselves. Henri Cartier-Bresson had said that “ If the photographer is to have a chance of achieving a true reflection of a person’s world- which is as much outside him as inside him- it is necessary that the subject of the portrait should be in a situation normal to him” (Cartier-Bresson 3). As a photograph is only able to show what is captured in frame, one that shows subjects that are unmanipulated and true to themselves is able to reflect what is going on out of frame and in the bigger picture. In the case with Duisburg-Bruckhausen, one can say that the domination of factories within the photograph may also extend to the area outside the photograph, Ruhr Region, Germany. Looking at the photograph as a reflection of the greater area, it suggests that the factories and industry is a major contributor to the Ruhr Region’s economy and may continue to be so for years to