{"id":1217,"date":"2019-11-27T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2020-01-30T20:19:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T20:19:30","slug":"gregory-crewdson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/11\/27\/gregory-crewdson\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory Crewdson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Interview with Gregory Crewdson\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3jLtNwPB9eY?start=31&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>accessed 30.10.2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research point<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p> Look up the work of Gregory Crewdson online.<br> Watch this YouTube video about Gregory Crewdson and his work and consider the<br> questions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7CvoTtus34&amp;feature=youtu.be [accessed 24\/02\/14]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you think there is more to this work than aesthetic beauty?<\/li><li>Do you think Crewdson succeeds in making his work \u2018psychological\u2019? What does this mean?<\/li><li>What is your main goal when making pictures? Do you think there\u2019s anything wrong  with making beauty your main goal? Why or why not? <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>  Crewdson\u2019s work is deliberately cinematic in style and as a result is often very popular in<br> commercial settings. The dark nights, the heavy lights and the perfectly styled locations<br> and actors aren\u2019t meant to fool us into believing those moments are real, but rather they<br> seduce us into entering the world of fiction. This visual strategy of elaborate direction,<br> as in film, makes us lose our sense of reality and become absorbed with the alternative<br> reality we\u2019re faced with. Some commentators regard this is an effective method of<br> image-making, but for others it lacks the subtlety and nuance of Wall and DiCorcia\u2019s<br> work. What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Google-search-for-Gregory-Crewdson.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Google-search-for-Gregory-Crewdson-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1384\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Google-search-for-Gregory-Crewdson.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/11\/27\/gregory-crewdson\/google-search-for-gregory-crewdson\/\" class=\"wp-image-1384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Google-search-for-Gregory-Crewdson-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Google-search-for-Gregory-Crewdson-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Google-search-for-Gregory-Crewdson-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Google-search-for-Gregory-Crewdson.png 1454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Google Search for Gregory Crewdson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of Crewdson&#8217;s images are created a twilight, which he says he has always had a fascination of that time of day.  It seems that it kind of represents the subject matter too.  His images are on the cusp of reality and surrealism, I think that&#8217;s what makes a them &#8216;psychological&#8217;. We know that what we looking at isn&#8217;t real, but it&#8217;s close enough for us to question it.  The half light also  adds to that eerie feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t think there is anything wrong with making your main goal about beauty if that&#8217;s what you want.  My tutor said to me after one of my assignments, that I should consider how I want to display my work as part of the planning.  So if your goal is to make a piece of art that decorates a room, then mere beauty may be all you need.  Besides not all real life is dark and miserable, it&#8217;s good to depict the beautiful things around us, why can&#8217;t an image be both &#8216;real&#8217; and beautiful.    I personally don&#8217;t find Crewdson&#8217;s images &#8216;beautiful&#8217;, but I do like the surrealism of them and it&#8217;s something I often create in my own images, by adding things that aren&#8217;t really there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Brendan_Foat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Brendan_Foat.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1385\" data-link=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/11\/27\/gregory-crewdson\/brendan_foat\/\" class=\"wp-image-1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Brendan_Foat.jpg 616w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Brendan_Foat-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Brendan as Edward Hopper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Giant_Pumpkin-1024x682.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Giant_Pumpkin-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1386\" data-link=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/11\/27\/gregory-crewdson\/giant_pumpkin\/\" class=\"wp-image-1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Giant_Pumpkin-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Giant_Pumpkin-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Giant_Pumpkin-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Giant_Pumpkin-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Giant_Pumpkin.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Stanley  &amp; the Giant Pumpkin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DSF4686-copy-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DSF4686-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1387\" data-link=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/11\/27\/gregory-crewdson\/dsf4686-copy\/\" class=\"wp-image-1387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DSF4686-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DSF4686-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DSF4686-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DSF4686-copy.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jack and the Sun Fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1388\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/11\/27\/gregory-crewdson\/djf7681\/\" class=\"wp-image-1388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/DJF7681.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Blow out the Pudding<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Some of my own work manipulating reality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research point Look up the work of Gregory Crewdson online. Watch this YouTube video about Gregory Crewdson and his work and consider the questions below. www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7CvoTtus34&amp;feature=youtu.be [accessed 24\/02\/14] Do you think there is more to this work than aesthetic beauty? Do you think Crewdson succeeds in making his work \u2018psychological\u2019? What does this mean? What &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/11\/27\/gregory-crewdson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gregory Crewdson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,32,33],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-1217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning-log","category-photographers-and-artists","category-research","tag-gregory-crewdson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}