Jeff Wall's Flooded Grave
Jeff Wall's Dead Troops Talk
Visiting the MoMa to see the Jeff Wall Exhibition was an experience. Jeff Wall is a photographer who inspires me with his raw and staged photographic technique. Walking through the exhibition, I noticed a photograph titled "Dead Troops Talk" and it instantly stopped me in my path. I chose Dead Troops Talk in comparison with The Flooded Grave because I was really amazed by the stopping power created by the dead troops. The Flooded Grave by Jeff Wall is actually one of my least favorite photographs in the entire exhibition. Although the Flooded Grave has lots of value and I understand that a lot of work went into producing that photograph, I dislike it because the photo feels too real and it makes me feel as if sea life in a grave is very possible, while other photographs at the exhibition are fun to look at, for example Dead Troops Talk, which brings out a humorous side of life/death. Dead Troops Talk shows a situation which is rather impossible to see in 'real life' and the photograph has a very raw and dirty feel to it, where the colors are almost dull, but the blood of the guts is muted blood, which stands out a lot. If a choice was given, I would rather compare any work by Jeff Wall to Dead Troops Talk, because Dead Troops Talk is a very expressive piece of work by JW.
Visiting the MoMa to see the Jeff Wall Exhibition was an experience. Jeff Wall is a photographer who inspires me with his raw and staged photographic technique. Walking through the exhibition, I noticed a photograph titled "Dead Troops Talk" and it instantly stopped me in my path. I chose Dead Troops Talk in comparison with The Flooded Grave because I was really amazed by the stopping power created by the dead troops. The Flooded Grave by Jeff Wall is actually one of my least favorite photographs in the entire exhibition. Although the Flooded Grave has lots of value and I understand that a lot of work went into producing that photograph, I dislike it because the photo feels too real and it makes me feel as if sea life in a grave is very possible, while other photographs at the exhibition are fun to look at, for example Dead Troops Talk, which brings out a humorous side of life/death. Dead Troops Talk shows a situation which is rather impossible to see in 'real life' and the photograph has a very raw and dirty feel to it, where the colors are almost dull, but the blood of the guts is muted blood, which stands out a lot. If a choice was given, I would rather compare any work by Jeff Wall to Dead Troops Talk, because Dead Troops Talk is a very expressive piece of work by JW.
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Dude finally I found you. first I took your complete name from the attendace list of the workshop the last day of class bc u werent thereand i dont know ur lastname, then i lost that paper and I just found it but could not find u in facebook. this is all I found bout u jaja. anyways send me ur phone dude and today valentines' day xavier de rosnay from +justice+ is gonna be spinning at webster ,ill prolly go to check it out hope to see u there if u can make it, btw nice graffiti spot shot. dont get lost
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