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Analysis Of The Destroyed Room By Jeff Wall
The artist of the artwork is Jeff wall. The Destroyed Room Photographed in 1978. Created by transparency in a lightbox. Currently located in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Subject Matter and Interpretation In The photograph known as The Destroyed Room, there is a mess in the photo. Without doing research easily the photo express mystery and anger. In a brief summary, it looks like a fight was taken place in the room. Due to lack of humans in the photo, its hard to pinpoint the emotion but looking at the colors red and blue are the primary two. Gives the viewer to look more into its history.

Media This is a form of cinematographic photographs. Using a lightbox and staged set with close-shot makes the scene more dramatic. The

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