Jeff Wall

Book excerpt: "Jeff Wall is one of the most highly regarded artists at work in the world today and has played a key role in establishing photography as a contemporary art form. Jeff Wall: Photographs 1978-2004 has been developed in close collaboration with the artist and accompanies a major retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern, London. Featuring Wall's best known works, the large-scale carefully staged scenes presented as illuminated lightboxes, as well as black-and-white photographs, the book includes an insightful essay by Sheena Wagstaff. In it she examines the impact of art history and cinema on Wall's practice, revealing how he combines documentary techniques with meticulous staging and digital collage to realise his extraordinary vision."--BOOK JACKET.