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All we did was to turn back the time to a photography of precision which is superior to the human eye.
Bernd Becher
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The question if this is a work of art or not is not very interesting for us. Probably it is situated in between the established categories. Anyway the audience which is interested in art would be the most open-minded and willing to think about it.
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