Candida Höfer’s Silent Stories in Public Spaces

For over five decades, Candida Höfer has been photographing the world’s grandest interiors, but not in the way you might expect. Her photographs of museums, libraries, restaurants, zoos and opera houses are famously devoid of people, her way of capturing the “silent stories told by public spaces.”

These aren’t just architectural snapshots; they are deep dives into the cultural heartbeat of a place. The work of this revered German photographer has frequently been exhibited in Canada, including a few years ago at Remai Modern in Saskatchewan (above)

Exhibition site, Germany, here.

Her Instagram here.

A previous, similar large-scale photographer: David Leventi, here.

Images at top of post:

1. Installation view from current exhibition Candida Höfer Photographs, at Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt. Photo: A. Ebert, HLMD
2. Trinity College Library Dublin I 2004