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    ‘CINEMATOGRAPHIC’: AN EXPLORATION INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TABLEAUX OF JEFF WALL AND GREGORY CREWDSON

    Gerrie, Vanessa, «’CINEMATOGRAPHIC’: AN EXPLORATION INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TABLEAUX OF JEFF WALL AND GREGORY CREWDSON». , , Abstract This dissertation will examine the ways in which two artists, Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson, use photography to create images that are cinematic not only aesthetically but technically. Their work allows us to identify a new kind of art photography. By placing their work within the context of the ÔPictures GenerationÕ of the 1970s we can see the evolution and the emergence of this photographic regime. The Pictures Generation of the 1970s and 1980s saw a shift in what was known as art photography. From the 1970s onwards artists such as Jeff…