Gregory crewdson im interested in the question of narrative, how photography is distinct from, but connected to, other narrative forms like writing and film. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artists process and its as riveting as the images themselves. One artist which has influenced the work of gregory crewdson is the american director david lynch. It premiered march 10, 2012 at the south by southwest film festival and is distributed by zeitgeist films.
Gregory crewdson brief encounters a film by ben shapiro. In suburban settings or on elaborately detailed sets of american homes, interiors, and neighborhoods, gregory crewdson stages haunting, cinematic photos of alienation and eerie quietude. Last night i was fortunate enough to catch brief encounters, the new documentary about gregory crewdson. John southern interviews photographer gregory crewdson. He is now a professor at the yale university school of art. A closeup portrait of the acclaimed photographer, filmed with unprecedented access over a decade as he. Credited with conceiving a new, expansive photographic language, crewdson explores human. Ben shapiro gets intimate access to photographer gregory crewdson s artistic process in this clip from his featurelength documentary.
Brief encounters is a beautiful and contemplative look at crewdsons process, focusing on when he was working on beneath the roses, a multiyear project that brought film crews of sixty or so people to small towns in the berkshires of massachusetts to help produce his largeformat photos. My pictures are about a search for a moment a perfect moment. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Filmed over a period of ten years, with unprecedented access, director ben shapiros forthcoming feature gregory crewdson. Brief encounters ben shapiros documentary chronicles crewdsons stellar career, focusing on a series of photographs called beneath the roses, which includes many. He is a graduate of suny purchase and the yale university school of art, where he is now director of graduate studies in photography. Brief encounters follows acclaimed photographer gregory crewdson for a decade as he create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate.
Oct 31, 2012 this doc is a quiet view into gregory crewdson s 8year photography project, beneath the roses. Director ben shapiro will join alastair sooke, broadcaster and art. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artists process. Taken in 2007 on a canon eos 5d with an ef 2470mm f2. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artist s process and it s as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves. Ive always been interested in wanting to construct the world in photographs, he has said. This channel was generated automatically by youtub. A fascinating profile of gregory crewdson, whose riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a single, largescale image, set in small towns or meticulously. Gregory crewdson artist inspiration scarlettchristou. Fascinated by lights transformative power that can turn a banal scene into something sublime, crewdson doesnt just take his pictures, he creates them, through elaborate. Ben shapiro gets intimate access to photographer gregory crewdsons artistic process in this clip from his featurelength documentary. Gregory crewdsons casting secrets gregory takes two casting photographs for each potential model he sees a straighton one and a side shot. Brief encounters, and in 20, a traveling retrospective of his work, in a lonely place, was exhibited in museums across the world.
An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, gregory crewdson has created some of the most gorgeously haunting pictures in the history of the medium. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Brief encounters usa2012directed by ben shapiro a photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, gregory crewdson has created some of the most haunting images in the history of the medium. Brief encounters follows the acclaimed photographers decadelong quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and. Brief encounters trailer from benjamin shapiro on vimeo despite his obviously epic micromanagement, crewdson is an affable sort, directing his. The production of crewdsons series beneath the roses was the subject of a 2012 documentary by filmmaker ben shapiro, called gregory crewdson. Photographer gregory crewdson spends nearly a decade creating a portrait of smalltown america. Gregory crewdsons riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a single, albeit largescale image, many of them taken at twilight, set in small towns of western. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. Brief encounters, the director ben shapiro follows this photographer for four years as he works on a major series, beneath the roses. When asked what his top 5 most influential films are, crewdson placed lynchs mystery thriller blue velvet at number 4. Brief encounters reveals the artists processand its as riveting as his images.
Creator and executive producer hernan diaz alonso producer marcelyn gow director reza monahan director of. In 2012, he was the subject of the feature documentary film gregory crewdson. Brief encounters trailer from benjamin shapiro on vimeo despite his obviously epic micromanagement, crewdson is an affable sort, directing his subjects often unemployed locals. Gregory crewdson s riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a single, albeit largescale image, many of them taken at twilight, set in small towns of western. Gregory crewdson is a photographer who quotes close encounters of the third kind to be one of his most major aesthetic influences. Crewdsons work combines the documentary style of william. Gregory crewdsons cinematic worlds the current the. Filmmaker ben shapiro reveals the meticulous creative process of gregory crewdson as the acclaimed photographer shoots beneath the roses, a magnum opus that took crewdson nearly a decade to. Brief encounters is a documentary film directed, produced, and shot by ben shapiro. Brief encounters, the director ben shapiro follows this photographer for four years as he works on a major series. Brief encounters ten years in the making, ben shapiros docu on celebrated photog gregory crewdson concentrates on his magnum opus, the collection of huge prints known as. Brief encounters twilight touching down on a nearempty american townscape is the consistent theme of gregory crewdsons hyperreal photography. Brief encounters 2012 starring gregory crewdson and rick moody on dvd and bluray.
Brief encounters when it screened a few months ago at the national gallery of art missed a treat. This doc is a quiet view into gregory crewdsons 8year photography project, beneath the roses. Brief encounters beautifully bares the artists processand its as. A closeup portrait of the acclaimed photographer, filmed with unprecedented access over a decade as he creates his stunning images. The film series followed the construction and the behindthescenes explanation from crewdson himself of his thought process and vision for his pieces of his collection beneath the roses. Gregory crewdson talks about his work cathedral of the pines currently on display at the photographers gallery until 8 october 2017. The film does a great job of weaving onset footage of lighting, posing, and directing, with moments from crewdsons interviews and personal history. Ben shapiro gets intimate access to photographer gregory crewdsons.
His largescale photographs, made with the same budget and production of a movie, are eerie, uncomfortable, and occasionally hauntingly beautiful. An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, gregory crewdson has created some of the most gorgeously haunting pictures in the history of the. Gregory crewdson was born in 1962 in brooklyn, new york. This idea of creating a moment thats frozen and mute, that perhaps ultimately asks more questions than it answers, proposes an openended and ambiguous narrative that allows the.
Oct 31, 2012 gregory crewdson at work standing on ladder on the set of untitled ophelia. To me the most powerful moment in the whole process in when everything comes together and there is that perfect, beautiful, still moment. Filmed over a decade, brief encounters follows internationally renowned photographer gregory crewdsons quest to create his unique, surreal, and incredibly elaborate portraits of suburban life. He photographs tableaux of american homes and neighborhoods. Oct 02, 2012 a fascinating profile of gregory crewdson, whose riveting photographs are elaborately staged, elegant narratives compressed into a single, largescale image, set in small towns or meticulously.
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