1 candida höfer photograph | cosima von bulow pavoncelli's living room | sagoponak NY
interior design by markham roberts | photo credit francesco lagnese | town and country | november 2010
2 candida höfer photograph | frederic fekkai's living room | new york NY
interior design by robert couturier | photo credit william abranowicz | elle decor | october 2010
3 candida höfer photograph | jill stuart's living room | new york NY
design by anabelle selldorf | photo credit simon upton | elle decor | october 2009
4 candida höfer photograph | entry of a carnegie hill townhouse | new york NY
interior design by timothy whealon | photo credit max kim-bee | veranda | october 2010
höfer's photographs are interior portraits of public buildings.
'i wanted to capture how people behave in public buildings,
so I started taking photographs of theatres, palaces, opera houses, libraries...
after some time, it became apparent to me that what people do in these spaces–and what these spaces do to them–is clearer when no one is present...'
-candida höfer
höfer's photographs of uninhabited interiors have become her hallmark.
in an interview with the
guardian, she described
teatro scientifico bibiena mantova I as her 'best shot' in the london exhibition.
candida höfer | teatro scientifico bibiena mantova I | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
'i like this shot because it has an intriguing ambiguity of scale:
the theatre appears large yet somehow small;
and it is perfectly formed of grand individual structures.
this is not a shot about emotion.
it's about colour, lines, light distribution–and inner balance.'
-candida höfer
höfer doesn't alter or digitally enhance her photographs. instead, she
uses existing light sources and long exposures to capture the details.
candida höfer | teatro scientifico bibiena mantova III | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
she often shoots her interior portraits from a one point perspective. this composition, which is another one of her hallmarks, creates continuity within and between each portrait series.
in addition to the compositional continuity, each series also has an institutional or a geographical theme. the london exhibition is a grand tour of northern italian architecture...
mantova...
candida höfer | palazzo ducale mantova III | 2011 | c print | edition of 6
candida höfer | palazzo ducale mantova I | 2011 | lightjet print | edition of 6
photo courtesy of ben brown fine arts
candida höfer | palazzo ducale mantova IV | 2011 | lightjet print | edition of 6
candida höfer | palazzo ducale mantova V | 2011 | lightjet print | edition of 6
photo courtesy of ben brown fine arts
candida höfer | biblioteca teresiana mantova I | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
photo courtesy of ben brown fine arts
candida höfer | museo civico di palazzo te mantova IV | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
photo courtesy of ben brown fine arts
vicenza...
candida höfer | teatro olimpico vicenza I | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
candida höfer | teatro olimpico vicenza II | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
candida höfer | teatro olimpico vicenza III | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
candida höfer | teatro all'antica sabbioneta I | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
candida höfer | galleria degli antichi sabbioneta I | 2010 | lightjet print | edition of 6
carpi...
candida höfer | teatro comunale di carpi III | 2011 | lightjet print | edition of 6
candida höfer | teatro comunale di carpi I | 2011 | lightjet print | edition of 6
venezia...
candida höfer | teatro la fenice di venezia V | 2011 | c print | edition of 6
candida höfer | teatro la fenice di venezia III | 2011 | c print | edition of 6
