For your final critical analysis, you will be writing about a photograph made by artist Gregory Crewdson.
Write 5 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember, refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
Read this short biography for Crewdson before you write: Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer best known for staging cinematic scenes of suburbia to dramatic effect. His surreal images are often melancholic or disturbing, offering ambiguous narrative suggestions and blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, thanks to the artist’s painstaking preparation of elaborate sets, lighting, and cast. “My pictures are about a search for a moment—a perfect moment,” Crewdson has explained. Born on September 26, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY, the artist works with large production teams to scout and shoot his images. His work has been exhibited widely, notably including solo exhibitions at Gagosian Gallery in New York, the San Diego Museum of Art, and White Cube in London, among many others. A 1988 graduate of the Yale School of Art, he has served on its faculty since 1993 and is currently the director of its graduate studies in photography. The artist lives and works in New York, NY.
Nick Perez
4/27/2017 08:32:19 am
Gregory Crewdson's work is very dramatic and thought provoking. He uses the element of mystery to capture the interest of the viewer that he is targeting. In this image, the subject of the photo has turf all over his living room. he seems to be digging up the turf to reveal something underneath. The mystery object underneath is some sort of mysterious light source or something that is glowing. All around the room is dull lighting except for right in the center, thus is it immediately commands the attention of the viewers eyes.'
Mouna Al-Hakeem
4/27/2017 08:32:32 am
This image is of a man inside a room. There is a bunch of grass in the room. It looks like the floor is outside and the walls are inside. It is using dark colors. The light is coming from the floor and the lamps around the room. 4/27/2017 08:34:14 am
This image is of a man making a nature scene in his house. It is using the colors of green as the landscape. The lighting is man made light. There is another light source coming from right below the man. The piece of grass is being laid down by the man.
Peyton Nebens
4/27/2017 08:36:38 am
This image is of Gregory Crewdson in his living room and his living room floor is grass that he is pulling up from the ground. This looks to me like he actually did shoot it in his living room but its just lighting that is in his living room and also lighting under the ground. What is happening in this image is he is on his hands and knees and is ripping out the grass and is looking into a hole from under ground. I really like this image. This image is very interesting and can mean a lot of different things.
Harrison Fentress
4/27/2017 08:38:53 am
This is an image of a young man putting grass/turf flooring into a low ceiling living room with light coming from a hole in front of him. It is using warm red and green colors to give a home like feeling. The lighting is light from many semi-hidden studio lights. There is just him and the room. He looks panicked or guilty.
This image by Gregory Crewdson depicts a man lifting a cover. When he lifts the cover, it reveals a hole. The hole is projecting a large amount of light. The floor in this man's home is made of grass. Another odd detail to add is by looking at the hole, you can tell that there are floorboards under the grass flooring.
Roman Ruiz
4/27/2017 08:41:55 am
The image is of a man that seen to be ripping something out of the ground, and either putting in grass, or ripping the turf off of the ground. The colors the photographer is using is mostly green, and orange because of the background. The lighting it a bit of dark shadows, but it is also composed of studio lighting. The objects in this image are just turf with grass, a lamp, and a home. A man is either placing the turf, or ripping it off.
Sarah Marshall
4/27/2017 08:42:06 am
This image is of a man in a house with grass inside instead of floors. He is ripping apart the grass to discover a hole underneath that leads to a whole other place. The photo looks post-apocalyptic to me. It seems that way because there are cigarette butts on the ground, mo windows, dark lighting, and a broken phone. The photo uses dark lighting to show mystery and give a dramatic effect to the photo.
Will Thompson
4/27/2017 08:45:50 am
This image by Gregory Crewdson is very interesting. The content is mysterious and kinda confusing. There are many moving parts to this image. They guy in the middle looks as confused as I do. The things under the floor must be something else.
Eddie Garcia
4/27/2017 08:46:16 am
This image contains a lot of grass inside a house. There is a hole in the floor of the house. There is also a man in the center who is either tearing apart the grass, or laying on top of his floor. The colors are more of a dark green, and some soft yellow lights in the background. The lighting used is studio lighting
Bo Yin
4/27/2017 08:47:51 am
This is a image of a guy in a room. The guy is putting down lawn grass. We can see the floor in the room is broken. It has lots of shadows. But the part where the face and the broken floor is at has lots of light.
Karina Samuel
4/27/2017 09:59:28 pm
This cinematic image by Gregory Crewdson is a staged and directed piece to create drama in the suburban theme. This particular image is of a room of an ordinary room usually in a suburban home indicated by the simplicity of the room and the paisley wallpaper. However, the unique aspect to this image is the greenery in this room. It involves natural grass but also faux grass or turf with the mats clearly displayed. The artificial lighting is soft and yellow tinted while being dimly lit in the dark room. It can be seen from the lights on the ceiling and lamp.
Daniel Herrera
4/30/2017 01:33:49 pm
In the image you see a man that appears to be rolling out some grass inside of his room, and the man is rolling the grass up above another layer of grass which appears to have had been there previously. This image is using a LUT effect (orange and teal) which allows the colors to be a lot more vibrant keeping the picture looking very smooth. For the lighting there is both, light, and dark shadows. In the background of the image you will see the lamps and a old piano. Along with some old wall designs and furniture. In the image there seems to be a white glow shining at the man. That glow seems to be mysteriously there and he wants to cover it up using the grass. Comments are closed.
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