Crewdson

The subject matter of Crewdson’s art is the exploration of social dysfunction in suburban America. Dealing with everyday drama that all can relate to, his works are provocative in that they allow the viewers to construct the story themselves. The images are laden with anxieties, fears, and desires that the viewer identifies with and then supplants with ones own. His works are like ink blots used by psychologists, the meaning behind them depending more on the psyche of the viewer than on any intrinsic meaning of the image.

Home	Gregory Crewdson	Art 100 Jeff Wall Gursky Crewdson Reference
Artists like Gregory Crewdson achieved a level of control a photographer could rarely exert over his medium. Elaborate manipulation of the object of an image, control over the lighting, careful staging of items and the selection of scenery were all tools to this end. The most significant of these overly domineering artists, is Gregory Crewdson. Using modern technology and an impressive production budget, Crewdson pushes the limits of control within the field of photography.		Art 100 Jeff Wall Gursky Crewdson Reference
	^ (Fig 7) Untitled, Gregory Crewdson, 1998.	Woman in Flowers Ghost
	The subject matter of Crewdson’s art is the exploration of social dysfunction in suburban America. Dealing with everyday drama that all can relate to, his works are provocative in that they allow the viewers to construct the story themselves. The images are laden with anxieties, fears, and desires that the viewer identifies with and then supplants with ones own. His works are like ink blots used by psychologists, the meaning behind them depending more on the psyche of the viewer than on any intrinsic meaning of the image.	Woman in Flowers Ghost