Candida Höfer: Fotografien

Candida Höfer is one of the most internationally renowned German photographers. Like Andreas Gursky and Thomas Ruff, she studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and is considered a key representative of the Düsseldorf School of Photography. She studied there from 1973 to 1982.

She became known for her precisely composed photographs of the interiors of public buildings. Her large-format images depict empty halls in museums, opera houses, theaters, churches, zoos, or libraries — places of encounter, communication, memory, and knowledge, but also of relaxation and recreation. However, the artist does not regard her work as architectural photography, but rather as portraits of spaces whose function and cultural significance become visible.

The exhibition “Candida Höfer. Fotografien” offers a broad overview of the artist’s work. On display are her breathtaking large-format portraits of grand halls, as well as more recent photographic series in which Candida Höfer, for example, explores provisional lighting fixtures.