The Bechers.

Bernd and Hilla Becher are renowned photographers, mainly because of their images of industrial buildings. They photograph buildings in black and white; this was done purposely, in order to allow the viewer to look at the building in a raw state. They carefully select buildings which have been similarly designed or designed in the same time era. On close inspection I realised the buildings all appear to be photographed against a blank background, but after researching I found out this was in fact done again on purpose. The Bechers carefully select over cast days to shoot their images, this again gives the final outcome a hard edge. For instance if these photographers were to be taken on a bright and sunny day would they still have the same feel to them? And if they were shot in colour, would that distract the viewer from the structure of the building itself? Because of these factors, all of the Bechers photographs are carefully set up, they would go and view the buildings first, to make sure there are no trees in the background, or anything that could distract from the building itself.
The final outcome consists of several images being displayed at the same time, in sets of six or four. If the images were displayed separately I don't think they would have as much of an impact.
Bernd Becher taught at the Fine Art Academy in Düsseldorf, some of his students consisted of: Thomas Struth, Candida Hofer and Andreas Gursky. The Bechers work has been displayed in several Galleries across the world, including the Tate.