There is no end to the awards and prizes honoring the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher. 40-year career the Bechers kept focusing on the same subjects over and over again, creating an invaluable photographic encyclopedia of industrial structures.

With Bernd and Hilla Becher receiving Europes most prestigious Erasmus Prize this fall in the Royal Palace, Amsterdam, photography for the first time enters this pantheon of accomplishments in the cultural and social field.