gregory crewdson

Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer known for his staged photography of American suburbs and neighborhoods. Crewdson grew up in Brooklyn, new york and attended  John Dewey High School, in the 70s he was in a punk band that was popular in the new york scene, their song “let me take your picture” was featured in a camera advert.

After his band broke up he moved on to study photography in the 80s, He received his Master of fine arts from Yale University after he received his degree he went on to teach at the Yale University School of Art.

In 2012 Ben Shapiro directed a film called “Gregory crewdson: brief encounters” about crewdon, the film opened at south by south west on march 10^th, it was met with praise from critics and fans.

Crewdson focuses on the American suburb but adding a surreal element to the photo, his photographs are incredibly elaborate, often taking months to create with large sets and big crews, his production is very similar to a major film production. Crewdson has often praised the david lynch and Hitchcock films blue velvet and vertigo for influencing his style.

this is my favorite picture of crewdsons. Because there is so much going on, the framing and the perspective in the shot is similar to some of the shots in Stanley kubricks film 2001.

Gregory Crewdson.

 in a lonely place series.

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This is a very surreal photograph, because everything looks peaceful and still but the room is flooded and the woman is floating on the water, possibly even dead

Gregory Crewdson.

Ophelia.

2001

this photo is very similar to the second one, it’s a normal looking American neighborhood but theres a semi-nude character standing infront of this woman and her daughter in the car, almost as if they were an alien, the woman has dropped one of her shopping bags on the floor out of shock

Gregory Crewdson.

Twilight.

                                                                              2002


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