Female photographer of libraries?

October 16, 2006 4:10 PM

Help identifying a specific photographer who photographs libraries? I think she's female and may be German. I do have one of her photos...

Thats all I have. I recall a website with many photos she had taken of different libraries around the world - academic, government libraries, etc.

Luckily, I did download one photo and still have it on my drive. Unluckily it had the unhelpful title of 121232.jpg. Here it is.

Any help in identifying this woman would be much appreciated!

posted by vacapinta to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

Best answer: Candida Hofer?
posted by MarkAnd at 4:26 PM on October 16, 2006

Höfer, I mean.
posted by MarkAnd at 4:27 PM on October 16, 2006

Response by poster: Wow that was fast! I really did try to Google this but couldnt get anywhere... Thanks MarkAnd!
posted by vacapinta at 4:29 PM on October 16, 2006

More here from the recent ICA Philadelphia exhibition. If you're up for some travel, the exhibition is going to be in Provo, Utah at the BYU Museum of Art until January 6, 2007, and then Knoxville, TN from February to May. The prints are stunning and very large. Beautiful.
posted by The Michael The at 4:52 PM on October 16, 2006

Maybe you heard about her here?
posted by GeekAnimator at 5:29 PM on October 16, 2006

Response by poster: Cool, there was a mefi post. Actually, I didn't. I saved this file about 6 months ago or so. I was researching some architect (I forget who) and ended up at her by following some link somewhere...
posted by vacapinta at 6:31 PM on October 16, 2006

Those are amazing, thanks for asking this.
posted by tatiana wishbone at 8:56 PM on October 16, 2006

I bought this book last week, it arrived at the weekend - it is absolutely fantastic...
posted by mattr at 12:30 AM on October 17, 2006