Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Jeffrey "Jeff" Wall




Jeff Wall, a Canadian photographer from Vancouver BC, is best known for his photographs that display Vancouver's natural beauty, and urban decay. Born september 29th 1946, Wall received his popularity in the late 1970s for his one of a kind photographs.The artist experimented with conceptual art while an undergraduate student at UBC. Wall then made no art until 1977, when he produced his first backlit phototransparencies. In 2002, he was awarded the Hasselblad Award In 2006, then  made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.