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    Jeff Wall is a Canadian artist born in 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied art history at the University of British Columbia and is influenced by 19th century French author Baudelaire. Wall is known for his large-scale staged photographs that explore themes of modern life and relationships between men and women. Some of his most famous works include Destroyed Room, Sudden Gust of Wind, and Invisible Man.

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    Jeff Wall is a Canadian artist born in 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied art history at the University of British Columbia and is influenced by 19th century French author Baudelaire. Wall is known for his large-scale staged photographs that explore themes of modern life and relationships between men and women. Some of his most famous works include Destroyed Room, Sudden Gust of Wind, and Invisible Man.

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    Jeff Wall is a Canadian artist born in 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied art history at the University of British Columbia and is influenced by 19th century French author Baudelaire. Wall is known for his large-scale staged photographs that explore themes of modern life and relationships between men and women. Some of his most famous works include Destroyed Room, Sudden Gust of Wind, and Invisible Man.

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    MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY

    JEFF WALL
    BIOGRAPHY

    • Born on September 29,1946

    • Canadian artist.

    • Raised in Vancouver, British


    Columbia.

    • Wife named, Jeanette and have


    two sons together.

    • He studied art history at


    University of British Columbia

    • acknowledge the influence 19th


    century french author, Baudelaire,
    who called for the painting of
    modern life.
    Some of his famous work
    Top left corner- Destroyed Room
    Top right corner- Sudden Gust of
    Wind
    Bottom right corner- Invisible
    Man
    THEME

    • Vancouver’s mixture of natural beauty, urban decay,


    postmodern, and industrial featureless backdrop

    • Mostly explores theme of a relationship between men


    and women.

    • Creates staged photography, more natural.


    MY TOP 3 PRINTS
    “The spontaneous is the most beautiful thing that
    can appear in a picture, but nothing in art appears
    less spontaneously than that ”

    –JEFF WALL

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