In "Twilight," the narratives are more literal, and the event is much more spectacular. The pictures in "Beneath the Roses" are much more psychological and grounded in reality.
I have always been fascinated by the poetic condition of twilight. By its transformative quality. Its power of turning the ordinary into something ma… - Gregory Crewdson
I have always been fascinated by the poetic condition of twilight. By its transformative quality. Its power of turning the ordinary into something ma…
- Gregory Crewdson
My father was a psycho-analyst and I think that fact was very influential on my development as an artist. Trying to search beneath the surface of thi… - Gregory Crewdson
My father was a psycho-analyst and I think that fact was very influential on my development as an artist. Trying to search beneath the surface of thi…
The whole reason I make these pictures is for those moments of clarity. For that single moment, everything seems to make sense in my world. And I thi… - Gregory Crewdson
The whole reason I make these pictures is for those moments of clarity. For that single moment, everything seems to make sense in my world. And I thi…
I’m interested in using the iconography of nature and the American landscape as surrogates or metaphors for psychological anxiety, fear or desire - Gregory Crewdson
I’m interested in using the iconography of nature and the American landscape as surrogates or metaphors for psychological anxiety, fear or desire
I don't deliberately look for something dark or bleak or disconnected, in fact that's not something I'm even conscious of in the work as I'm making i… - Gregory Crewdson
I don't deliberately look for something dark or bleak or disconnected, in fact that's not something I'm even conscious of in the work as I'm making i…
My pictures are about a search for a moment—a perfect moment. To me the most powerful moment in the whole process is when everything comes together a… - Gregory Crewdson
My pictures are about a search for a moment—a perfect moment. To me the most powerful moment in the whole process is when everything comes together a…
My pictures are about everyday life combined with theatrical effect. I want them to feel outside of time, to take something routine and make it irrat… - Gregory Crewdson
My pictures are about everyday life combined with theatrical effect. I want them to feel outside of time, to take something routine and make it irrat…
The viewer is more likely to project their own narrative onto the picture. - Gregory Crewdson
The viewer is more likely to project their own narrative onto the picture.
Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures - Gregory Crewdson
Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures
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