Questioning the relationship between photographs and reality.
Many photographers have questioned the documentary tradition of photography, this idea that we think of images as factual reflections of previous existences or happenings. Those who perceive images tend to be quite naive in their acceptance of what they see, and the line between fiction and non-fiction becomes fine; photographers' ability to shape a particular view on the world isn't disregarded but nor is it questioned.
Jeff Wall
Jeff Wall is a Canadian photographer, whose unique and constructive way of curating images, establishes his individuality as an artist. The high level of control and precision he employs when designing the composition of his images, is clearly an affect of his training as an art historian, which is also shown