Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer who specialised in Fine Art and landscape photography, His photographs are dubbed as 'dramatic' and 'cinematic'. He elaborately stages his scenes that portrayed a surreal narrative scenes of everyday's life with this big crew. I think his production must have invested in a huge sum of money for his photo shoots.
His inspirations were from the painter, Edward Hopper and photographer, Diane Arbus along with movie such as Vertigo, The Night of The Hunter, Close Encounter of the Third Kind and Blue Velvet.
In this photographs, we can see he uses the dark setting of dimly lighted room with the subject as the focal point, looking dazed. The subjects portrays emotions of anxiety, fear. I think. He uses colors, I think to show the comparison of contrast. He also quotes on how 'he finds beauty and mystery in his everyday life'
I find his photography to be mysterious as if he is visually capturing an untold story with his camera. Knowing how much dedication he has for his art, I respect him for that dedication.
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