The Nonist pointed us to Libraries, Candida Höfer’s incredible collection of photographs of book-buildings. Though I wasn’t familiar with her work, I’m embarrassingly interested in this book after seeing a few of the shots. Hofer’s Wikipedia entry is brief:
Candida Höfer (born 1944) is a German photographer, a former student of Bernd and Hilla Becher and specializing in large-format photographs of empty interiors and social spaces that capture the “psychology of social architecture”.
Höfer lives and works in Cologne.
Nonist says:
Yesterday I came across a truly gorgeous book of photographs by Candida Höfer titled, Libraries, a title which pretty much says it all, because that is just exactly what it is, one rich, sumptuous, photo of a library interior after another.
Sound absurd? Check out a few of these shots and you’ll understand the interest.
Maybe I’ll treat myself when the exchange rate is more friendly.
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