Welcome to the auction by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany) in honor of Bernd & Hilla Becher and their students. To celebrate « the Düsseldorf School », we have gathered more than 100 great lots for you. Enjoy and good luck with your bids ! Although it is still a relatively young art form, photography is characterized by a changeability and richness of facets that is unparalleled. Initially, as the “pencil of nature,” it amazed its viewers because it was able to capture reality itself on glass and paper. But soon it shone through its possibilities for artistic mise en scène. Digital photography and its possibilities of manipulation multiply the expressive dimensions of the photographs to infinity. Ian Jeffrey takes us on a journey into the history of photography, where the great masters of this extraordinary medium pay their respects. As with a photograph itself, the most important stages in the development of this extraordinary medium are illuminated in order to finally arrive at a comprehensive picture of an inexhaustible wealth of creativity. 4 pages are concerning Thomas Ruff's work, page 412 is signed by him