Hilla Becher's state that they have always been upfront about the concept, “things which can be interesting for technical historians, [things] are not visually interesting for us.” Then continue, “We want to offer the audience a point of view, or rather a grammar, to understand and compare; the different structures,” is how they describe their ambition. Through photography, we try to arrange these shapes and render them comparable. To do so, the objects must be isolated from their context and freed from all association.” (Heckert, Virginia) Heckert then moves towards working between three separate attitudes that she states each can be said to be driving Becher project; commitment, delight, and enlightenment. Heckert concludes with an overview of Bernd and Hilla Becher's project criticisms and triumphs. Hilla is credited for aiding in the start and structuring of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf's Photography department. Hilla photographed with an 8×10 large format camera and processed her negatives by hand. After 50 years of photography the Bechers developed a distinguishable stylistic aesthetic. Over the years Hilla and Bernd Becher have had conflicting photographic approaches towards their subjects. Hilla wanted the subject to be photographed with its surroundings, while Bernd wanted the subject to be the only focal point. Becher's photographs are studies of industrial architecture and landscapes, the composition of the photograph forces the viewer to examine the structure. The photographs were captured during overcast skies early in the morning, to remove shadows and convey as many details as possible. When displayed, the images are often grouped in a grid pattern by subject or as diptychs. Art Framework Houses, 1959–1973 Water Towers, 1963–1993 Fforchaman Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales, United Kingdom, 1966 Winding Towers, 1966–1997 Knutange, Lorraine, France, 1971 Hanover Mine 1/2/5, Bochum-Hordel, Ruhr Region..., 1973 Coal Mine, Bear Valley, Schuylkill County... 1974 Consolidation Mine, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Region Coal Tipple, Goodspring, Pennsylvania, 1975 Water Towers, 1988. Individual exhibitions Source: 1963 Galerie Ruth Nohl, Siegen, Germany 1965 Galerie Pro, Bad Godesburg, Germany 1966 Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf 1967 Staatliches Museum, Munich Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe Bergbau-Museum, Bochum, Germany Kunstakademi, Copenhagen 1968 Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands Wachsman Institute, University of Southern California Goethe Center, San Francisco Galerie Ruth Nohl, Siegen, Germany Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany 1969 Städtisches Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf 1970 Moderna Museet, Stockholm Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf Städtisches Museum, Ulm, Germany 1971 Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany Gegenverkehr, Aachen, Germany 1972 Sonnabend Gallery, New York Bennington College,