#TheLivesofDocuments

This oral history was filmed by Jonas Spriestersbach in December 2022 at Jeff Wall’s studio in Vancouver. It is part of the CCA project The Lives of Documents-Photography as Project, an open reflection on how past and contemporary image-making practices serve as critical tools to read our built environment and design today’s world. Featuring a series of publications by Jeff Wall and works commissioned by the CCA.
Strongly influenced by Conceptual Art, Jeff Wall (b.1946, Vancouver, Canada - lives and works in Vancouver, Canada) began his artistic career by drawing and painting. From 1970 to 1973, he did postgraduate research at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where he studied philosophy, critical theory, and art history. He began seriously engaging with photography upon his return to Vancouver. Printed in large-scale back-lit cibachrome, his images carefully stages everyday scenes and people against the backdrop of Vancouver’s decaying industrial neighbourhoods and natural splendor, leading critics to describe his approach as cinematographic.
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The Lives of Documents-Photography as Project (3.05.2023 to 3.03.2023)
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hello, just a recommendation, it can be better if we see the photographs.

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Nice quote at the end.