Gregory Crewdson
photographer
Gregory Crewdson is an American fine-art photographer known for creating large-scale, cinematic, and psychologically charged staged scenes. His work often explores the intersection of suburban life and surrealism, utilizing elaborate production techniques similar to motion picture filmmaking. He directs a professional crew including lighting technicians, set designers, and actors to construct his images. Crewdson is a professor and director of graduate studies in photography at the Yale School of Art. He received an MFA from Yale in 1988 and has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Skowhegan Medal for Photography and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.[1,2]
Themes
- suburban life
- surrealism
- cinematic imagery
- psychological tension
Books
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Gregory Crewdson: 1985-2005photographer
Works by Gregory Crewdson
- Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson 2002 · Harry N. Abrams · book ISBN 0810910039
- Fireflies 2007 · Skarstedt Fine Art · book ISBN 0970909055
- Beneath the Roses 2008 · Harry N. Abrams · book ISBN 978-0810993808 With Russell Banks
- Dream House 2009 · John Rule · book ISBN 978-8888359410 With text by Tilda Swinton
- Sanctuary 2010 · Hatje Cantz · book ISBN 978-3775727341 With Anthony O. Scott
- Cathedral of the Pines 2016 · Aperture · book ISBN 978-1-597113-50-2 With a text by Alexander Nemerov
- An Eclipse of Moths 2020 · Aperture · book ISBN 978-1683952213 With an introduction by Jeff Tweedy
- Gregory Crewdson: Eveningside, 2012–2022 2022 · Skira Editore · book ISBN 8857248429 Text by Jean-Charles Vergne
- Gregory Crewdson: 1985–2005 2005 · Hatje Cantz · book ISBN 377571622X The book in question
Awards
- Skowhegan Medal for Photography Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
- 1992 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship National Endowment for the Arts