Jeffrey wall was born September 29, 1946. he is a Canadian photographer best known for large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Wall was a main figure in Vancouver's art scene since early-1970s. Jeff received his MA from the University of British Columbia in 1970
1970-73 he studied in Courtland Institute with Manet expert T.J. Clark.
Wall was the assistant professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
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Jeff walls visual style is a ranging from photographs presented as illuminated colour transparencies in light boxes, black and white prints and the more recently colour prints to intimate small-scale photographic observations
Jeff Wall
The Destroyed Room 1978
transparency in light box, AP
159 x 234
Jeff Wall
After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue
1999-2000
transparency in light box, AP
174 x 250.5
Jeff Wall
A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) 1993
transparency in light box, unique state
250 x 397
Tate, London