It doesn’t really seem appropriate when someone over the age of 50 is still called a student – even if it’s always respectfully applied to those of the noted Becher School. This pigeonhole is too cramped for Kris Scholz; he rose above such categorizing already at the start of his career. Not that varying perspectives were lacking in the photo class of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, but Bernd Becher, who wasn’t much for words, found his own ways to express his views through either encouraging or ignoring individual views. Whoever followed in his footsteps undoubtedly had it easier than