Gregory Crewdso

 In this post I am going to talk about my favorite photographer and artist Gregory Crewdson, an American photographer who is best known for elaborately staged, surreal scenes of American homes and neighborhoods. Gregory Crewdson works within a photographic tradition that combines the documentary style of William Eggleston and Walker Evans with the dream-like vision of filmmakers such as Stephen Spielberg and David Lynch. Crewdson’s method is equally filmic, building elaborate sets to take pictures of extraordinary detail and narrative portent. He says his pictures must first be beautiful, but that beauty is not enough. He strives to convey an underlying edge of anxiety, of isolation, of fear. The Dramatic use of studio lighting in his pictures even in exterior photography diferenciates his style from other photographers.