Jeff Wall | |
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 Jeff Wall at Paris Photo 2014 | |
| Born | Jeffrey Wall September 29, 1946 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Known for | Photographer |
| Notable work | Picture for Women (1979) Mimic (1982) A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) (1993) |
| Movement | Vancouver School |
| Awards | Hasselblad Award (2002) |
Jeffrey Wall, OC, RSA (born September 29, 1946) is a Canadian photographer. He is artist best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Early in his career, he helped define the Vancouver School[1] and he has published essays on the work of his colleagues and fellow Vancouverites Rodney Graham, Ken Lum, and Ian Wallace. His photographic tableaux often take Vancouver's mixture of natural beauty, urban decay, and postmodern and industrial featurelessness as their backdrop.