PHOTOGRAPHER CASE STUDY 1

Gregory Crewdson (born September 26, 1962) is an American photographer, who is best known for staged scenes of American homes and neighborhoods. Crewdson was born in the Park Slope neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York. Crewdson attended John Dewey High School, and graduated very early. 

As a teenager, he was part of a pink rock group which were called The Speedies that hit the New York scene. 
Their song, "Let Me Take Your Photo" was proved to be prophetic to Crewdson's later career. In the year 2005, a guy called Hewlett Packard used their song in advertisements  to help promote it's digital cameras.
In the mid 1980's, Crewdson studied photography at a place called SUNY Purchase, which was near Port Chester, NY. In 2012, he was the subject of the future documentary film Gregory Crewdson: Brief. 
Crewdson is now represented by Gagosian Gallery worldwie and by White Cube Gallery which is stationed in London.

Crewdson's photographs usually take place in a small-town in America, but are dramatic and cinematic. The photos often feature disturbing, surreal events. His pictures are elaborately staged and lighted using crews familiar with motion picture production and lighting large scenes using the motion picture film equipment and techniques.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Crewdson

This photo shows a lady in her house who is dead floating on water. I like this image mainly because the house is full of water or oil. It creates a very surreal image.

This picture shows a bride who is in her home sitting on her bed holding flowers. This tells us that her wedding either was a disaster or never happened. I think this image works really well as it creates an upsetting theme. The use of flowers all on the floor tells us that she would of been picking them thinking whether or not her man loved her or not. The lighting in this scene works well as it makes it have a gloomy look.

This picture shows a woman in a bath. She looks like she is in shock, and upset. From looking at the picture, it could also tell us that she may have been a mother who's child has died. I think this picture makes a lot of sense. The way that the room looks poor, dull / grey, creates and tells the viewers that something tragic has happened.