Thursday, 29 September 2011

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson uses very constructed, Hollywood method of image making seen more often in movies than in photography.

Shooting with a large format camera and using professional actors he creates scenes of strangeness in his work, often shot either in twilight or darkness. It is full of unexplained events such as beams of light coming down out of the sky or people making piles of flowers for no apparent reason.

These photos are always at the start or the end of an event, ever during it. This creates a mystery over the narrative, he leaves us to guess at what has happened. It’s as if it was the start of a horror movie or an alien invasion.

He repeatedly uses the idea of nature invading the urban space, exploring the dichotomy between the two the randomness of the natural world and the order within our everyday life.

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