Pitheads 1974

Bernd and Hilla Becher made this grid of photographic prints of mine heads using black and white photography. What's great about seeing these nine images together is that they make you see how similar and how different these industrial structures are. I find myself wondering, what were they thinking as they took these photographs? Were they interested in the architecture and the industrial landscapes that these structures are a part of? Did they find a kind of beauty in them? Did they see the bleakness of what they were documenting? It's cool how they don't give you any emotional cues; they just show you. Photography can be like painting in that way, it is a conversation between the object, the artist, and the viewer. I can't help but think about the photographers I have been inspired by, and all the artists to come who will look at these images and find inspiration.