CANDIDA HOFER / RUI XAVIER

The Portuguese filmmaker Rui Xavier (b. Porto, 1974/ lives and works in Lisbon) spent two years shadowing the world-renowned photogr apher Candida Höfer (b. Eberswalde, 1944/ lives and works in Cologne). Höfer, who studied with Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseld orf Academy of Arts, is known for her haunting pictures of libraries, museums, theaters, and opera houses.Xavier's film--a DVD is in cluded with the book--shows the artist as she takes pictures, works in the studio and at home, and prepares exhibitions in far-flung locatio...[Read more]