Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson works within a photographic tradition that combines the documentary style of William Eggleston and Walker Evans with the dream-like vision of filmmakers such as Stephen Spielberg and David Lynch. Crewdson’s method is equally filmic building elaborate sets to take pictures of extraordinary detail and narrative portent. Sanctuary his most recent series was shot amid the grounds of the legendary Cinecitta Studios outside Rome. Abandoned by the actors and crews that brought the sets to life Crewdson decided to make the film sets themselves the subject of the photographs. Despite this change of direction the artists vision persists.