Gregory Crewsdon

                                "One of America's greatest living photographers"
                                        Born on 6th September, 1962 (Aged 52)
He is best known for elaborately staged scenes of American homes and neighborhoods. 
Crewdson's photographs usually take place in small-town America, but are dramatic and cinematic. They feature often disturbing, surreal events. His photographs are staged and lighted using professional crews familiar with motion picture production and lighting large scenes using motion picture film equipment and techniques.

Style: Fine Art

Photography Books: 

• Hover: Artspace Books, 1995,

• Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson, with essay by Rick Moody: Harry N. Abrams, 2003, 

• Gregory Crewdson: 1985–2005: Hatje Cantz, 2005,

• Gregory Crewdson: Fireflies: Skarstedt Fine Art, 2007,

• Beneath the Roses, with Russell Banks: Harry N. Abrams, 2008, 

• Sanctuary, with Anthony O. Scott: Hatje Cantz, 2010,

• In a Lonely Place: Hatje Cantz, 2011, 

• Gregory Crewdson: New York, NY: Rizzoli, 2013.

Exhibitions: 

• Yale University Art Gallery; New Haven, Connecticut (1988)
• BlumHelman Warehouse; New York (traveled to Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine; Ruth Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, California) (1991)
• Houston Center for Photography; Houston, Texas (1992)
• Feigen Gallery; Chicago, Illinois (1993)
• Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art; Palm Beach, Florida (1994)
• Galleri Charlotte Lund; Stockholm, Sweden (1995)
• Les Images du Plaisir, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Galerie des Carmes; La Flèche, France (1995)
• Jay Jopling / White Cube; London (1995)
• Ginza Artspace, Shiseido Co.; Tokyo, Japan (1996)
• Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art; Cleveland, Ohio (1997)
• Espacio Uno, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Madrid, Spain (traveled to Salamanca in 1999) (1998)
• Kulturhuset; Stockholm, Sweden (2011)
• Gregory Crewdson: In a Lonely Place, C/O Berlin; Berlin, Germany (traveled to Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark in 2011/2012) (2011)

This photo is entirely set up, with many details which make the photo seem as realistic as possible in it.


This photo is also set up, but this one is on a stage. Some of this photo is also altered afterwards. The cold outside could connote how it feels inside, as the baby looks cold and alone as the mother stares at it. The light on the baby gives off the impression that it's the centre of attention and it's cuddled up posture gives the impression that the baby is cold, and the mother is denying it off it's motherly care.



This woman shows a woman, who looks drunk as she sits on a step as the early fog comes in at the distance.


Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Crewdson
http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/gregory-crewdson-untitled-brief-encounter-beneath-the-roses-2006.jpg
http://www.photoforager.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gregory-crewdson-untitled-birth-beneath-the-roses-2007.jpg
http://twi-ny.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gregroy-crewdson-2-e1351958302699.jpg