Gregory Crewdson

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Gregory Crewdson
Gregory Crewdson on location in Pittsfield, MA July 25, 2007
Born (1962-09-26) September 26, 1962 (age 61)
Brooklyn, New York
EducationBrooklyn Friends; John Dewey High School; SUNY Purchase, BA, 1985; Yale University, MFA, 1988
Occupation(s)Fine-art photographer, Landscape photographer, Professor
Years active1985-present
EmployerYale University School of Art
AgentGagosian Gallery
StyleAmerican realist landscape photography
Board member ofMASS MoCA
SpouseIvy Shapiro (2001-2011; divorced)
Children2
Parent(s)Dr. Frank Crewdson (psychoanalyst), Carole Crewdson ("movement analyst")
AwardsSkowhegan Medal for Photography, National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship
Websitewww.gagosian.com/artists/gregory-crewdson

Gregory Crewdson (born September 26, 1962) is an American photographer who is best known for elaborately staged[1] scenes of American homes and neighborhoods.

Life and career

Gregory Crewdson portrait, July 2007

Crewdson was born in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. He attended John Dewey High School, graduating early.

As a teenager, he was part of a punk rock group called The Speedies that hit the New York scene in selling out shows all over town. Their hit song "Let Me Take Your Photo" proved to be prophetic to what Crewdson would become later in life. In 2005, Hewlett Packard used the song in advertisements to promote its digital cameras.

In the mid 1980s, Crewdson studied photography at SUNY Purchase, near Port Chester, NY. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. He has taught at Sarah Lawrence, Cooper Union, Vassar College, and Yale University where he has been on the faculty since 1993. He is now a professor at the Yale University School of Art.[2][3] In 2012, he was the subject of the feature documentary film Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters.[4]

Gregory Crewdson is represented by Gagosian Gallery worldwide and by White Cube Gallery in London.[5]

Style

Untitled photo from Crewdson's series Beneath the Roses (2003–2005)

Gregory Crewdson's photographs usually take place in small town America, but are dramatic and cinematic.[6] They feature often disturbing, surreal events. The photographs are shot using a large crew, and are elaborately staged and lit.[7] He has cited the films Vertigo, The Night of the Hunter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blue Velvet, and Safe as having influenced his style,[8] as well as the painter Edward Hopper[9] and photographer Diane Arbus.[10] [11]

Photography books

  • Hover: Artspace Books, 1995, ISBN 1891273000
  • Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson, with essay by Rick Moody: Harry N. Abrams, 2003, ISBN 0810910039
  • Gregory Crewdson: 1985–2005: Hatje Cantz, 2005, ISBN 377571622X
  • Gregory Crewdson: Fireflies: Skarstedt Fine Art, 2007, ISBN 0970909055
  • Beneath the Roses, with Russell Banks: Harry N. Abrams, 2008, ISBN 978-0810993808
  • Sanctuary, with Anthony O. Scott: Hatje Cantz, 2010, ISBN 978-3775727341
  • In a Lonely Place: Hatje Cantz, 2011, ISBN 978-3775731362

Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ Campany, David (2008). Photography and cinema. Reaktion Books. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-1-86189-351-2. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ^ Gregory Crewdson Biography. Rogallery.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-17.
  3. ^ Yale University School of Art: Gregory Crewdson. Art.yale.edu. Retrieved on 2011-11-17.
  4. ^ Shapiro, Ben. "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters, official site". Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters official site. Ben Shapiro Productions. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  5. ^ Warren, Lynne (ed.) (2005). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography. Routledge. ISBN 1-57958-393-8. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Kitamura, Katie. "Gregory Crewdson". Frieze. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Gregory Crewdson". V&A. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Five in Focus: Gregory Crewdson's Five Favorite Films". Focus Features. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  9. ^ Gregory, Crewdson. "Aesthetics of Alienation". Tate Etc. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Gregory Crewdson". White Cube. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  11. ^ Fuller, Graham. "Glittering SXSW Film Roster Stars Bob Marley, Paul Simon, Gregory Crewdson, Wayne White, and Pot Pipes Galore". ArtInfo. ArtInfo. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  12. ^ ""Gregory Crewdson: In a Lonely Place" at Det Kongelige bibliotek". Retrieved 28 Dec 2011.
  13. ^ ""Gregory Crewdson: In a Lonely Place" at C/O Berlin". Retrieved 23 August 2011.

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