German artist Candida Höfer is a leading figure in conceptual art photography. She studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Höfer specialises in large format photographs of empty interiors and social spaces, particularly museums and libraries. She represented Germany at the 2003 Venice Biennale. An exhibition of photographs taken in Trinity College, the Central Catholic Library, the National Library and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham was held at IMMA in 2006.