Gregory Crewdson
May 13, 2009 // Art + Music + Photography

I was thinking about Yo La Tengo’s album And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out over the weekend, and remembering how awesome the album artwork was. I decided to look it up and see who the guy was, and it turns out it was Gregory Crewdson. Crewdson is a New York photographer who takes these amazingly surreal, production-heavy photos that evoke this really surreal and almost creepy feeling to them. The way he lights is photos is crazy, almost like a movie would be set up.

Check under the cut for a video of him talking about his process as well as a behind the scenes of a shoot he did.

Bobby

  1. I love his work.
    I had the opportunity to see his pictures on a large scale in a Parisian gallery a few weeks ago. They remind you of the atmosphere on David Lynch’s movies.
    And I ordered his Beneath the Roses book recently ;)

    Comment by Angele — May 13, 2009 #

  2. Beautiful work!

    Comment by JP — May 13, 2009 #

  3. Definitely beautiful, but 5 weeks!?

    I feel silly with my 6 day feature film now.

    Comment by Evan Payne — May 13, 2009 #

  4. Crewdson is one of my all-time favorite photographers. His sets are over the top, like a giant circus that comes to town, sets-up and then performs one amazing act and calls it quits.

    The marvel of his work is that ever set piece is carefully orchestrated.

    Comment by Andrew — May 14, 2009 #

  5. Definitly one of favorite photographers. Amazing surnatural atmosphere!

    Angele: Which gallery in Paris is carrying his work?

    Comment by Ali — May 15, 2009 #

  6. Absolutely amazing.

    Comment by Alex — May 15, 2009 #

  7. I saw one of his shows at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills. His imagery is amazing.

    Comment by Julie Wolfson — May 18, 2009 #