I can see why he is one of your favorites Megan, WOW. Each photograph felt like it had a story. It's always so cool to hear about artist's processes, can't get enough.
Those are amazing photographs. I was really surprised to look at the video and see the elaborate staging. I don't know what I had assumed about the process but it surprised me. I wish I had a better chance to watch the interviews with him - maybe later I will. I suppose I always thought of photography in terms of capturing a moment rather than creating a moment. It makes me a little uncomfortable - but not in a bad way... more in a way that I'd like to reexamine when I get a few minutes to think about it.
Thanks for checking out and thinking about Crewdson's work. Also the scale of these photographs is epic. The untitled (snowy valley) piece above that I saw in person this summer is 4 feet 9 inches x 7 feet 4 inches (144.78 x 223.52 cm) Framed: 4 feet 10 1/2 inches x 7 feet 5 1/2 inches (148.59 x 227.33 cm)
These videos surprised me also -- I didn't know that fine art photographers were going to such an extent to stage their photos either. It's quite like making a single-frame "movie" isn't it? --sj
Untitled ©2006 Gregory Crewdson
I can see why he is one of your favorites Megan, WOW. Each photograph felt like it had a story. It's always so cool to hear about artist's processes, can't get enough.
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing photographs. I was really surprised to look at the video and see the elaborate staging. I don't know what I had assumed about the process but it surprised me. I wish I had a better chance to watch the interviews with him - maybe later I will. I suppose I always thought of photography in terms of capturing a moment rather than creating a moment. It makes me a little uncomfortable - but not in a bad way... more in a way that I'd like to reexamine when I get a few minutes to think about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for these Megan, I really enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking out and thinking about Crewdson's work. Also the scale of these photographs is epic. The untitled (snowy valley) piece above that I saw in person this summer is 4 feet 9 inches x 7 feet 4 inches (144.78 x 223.52 cm) Framed: 4 feet 10 1/2 inches x 7 feet 5 1/2 inches (148.59 x 227.33 cm)
ReplyDeleteThats big! I guess when you look at it you get right into it at that size - awesome!
ReplyDeleteAmazing work.
These videos surprised me also -- I didn't know that fine art photographers were going to such an extent to stage their photos either. It's quite like making a single-frame "movie" isn't it?
ReplyDelete--sj