Bernd and Hilla Becher

Published in 2022 by Yale University Press in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this volume serves as a definitive retrospective of the work of German conceptual photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. The book was curated by Jeff L. Rosenheim to accompany a major exhibition, marking a scholarly effort to contextualize the couple's decades-long systematic documentation of industrial structures, such as water towers, blast furnaces, and coal bunkers. It captures the transition of their work from technical photography to influential fine art that helped define the Dusseldorf School.

The design and editorial focus of the book reflect the Bechers' own rigid, typological aesthetic, emphasizing the repetitive, grid-like presentation that became their signature style. Jeff L. Rosenheim provides critical essays that place their commitment to the 'anonymous sculpture' of industrial architecture within the broader history of post-war photography. The book has been received by critics as an essential reference for understanding how the duo utilized a deadpan, objective lens to archive the rapidly disappearing landscapes of heavy industry.