One of my favourite artworks by the Becher's is the following titled 8 Views of a Framework House. I've deemed it my favourite because I prefer to look at this photo of the framework of a house rather than the complex and confusing industrial structures of their common subject matters of blast furnaces, water towers, and gasometers, for example.
I find this photo authentic in the sense that it follows all of the typical photographic characteristics as the Becher's typologies, such as:
- overcast sky
- no clouds or birds in sky
- no people
- minimal background
- multiple images that are visually different, yet still relate
- neutrality conveyed
One particular observation that stands out is the use of Sepia, rather than the typical black-and-white that the Becher's use for their typologies. I find that sepia works well with this photo as it provides the subject matter with a more rustic feel and also contributes to the neutrality of the overall image composition, through limiting colour.
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