Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson's photographs feature a series of ongoing and possibly connected dramas, located in small town America yet conceived on a grand scale.

Untitled (Shane), Summer 2006, Archival inkjet print

Crewdson's photographs are often described as cinematic, his exteriors are repeatedly caught at moments of changing light and his interiors are often patterned with complex pools of illumination. Each image operates as a compacted drama, with the significance spread between various visual points within the image. It is between these points that a density of meaning and narrative is constructed; in this sense, Crewdson references classical ideas of symbolic representation that are located in painting rather than cinema, or even photography. Within these settings, his subject matter often suggests climactic moments in human relationships—though quite what these are remains ineffable.

Untitled (birth), Winter 2007, Archival inkjet print

Untitled, Summer 2003, Digital C-print

Woman in flowers, 1998-2002

Crewdson's photographs are located firmly in the present tense. The strength behind his photographs lies in their ability to stage – and then extend indefinitely.