Candida Höfer

Candida Höfer has been the subject of many exhibitions and books. Her photographs, devoid of all human presence, bear witness to the strength of architecture and capture cultural institutions, such as museums, opera houses and libraries, which have been her favourite theme for some ten years. Here Höfer turns her attention to the vast universe of the Louvre. This series of photographs allows her to examine one of the key elements in the history of the Louvre and a specific feature of museum architecture;?the gallery. The changing curves of the vaulted ceilings become the recurrent hallmark of these images. They bore deep into our vision, as if our gaze could be swallowed up inside an infinitely long tunnel.