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]
- suburban life
- surrealism
- cinematic imagery
- psychological tension
Works by Gregory Crewdson
- 2002 Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson
- 2007 Fireflies
- 2008 Beneath the Roses With Russell Banks
- 2009 Dream House With text by Tilda Swinton
- 2010 Sanctuary With Anthony O. Scott
- 2016 Cathedral of the Pines With a text by Alexander Nemerov
- 2020 An Eclipse of Moths With an introduction by Jeff Tweedy
- 2022 Gregory Crewdson: Eveningside, 2012–2022 Text by Jean-Charles Vergne
- 2005 Gregory Crewdson: 1985–2005 The book in question
Awards
- Skowhegan Medal for Photography
- 1992 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship