This blog will act as a learning log for the "Art of Photography" course which I'm studying. This course is the introductory module for the Open College of the Arts (OCA), Photography Degree course.

Sunday, 20 October 2013

Gregory Crewdson - Brief Encounters

I've become increasingly interested in Gregory Crewdson since my last post on him. He's an obvious sourceof inspiration given my desire for upcoming Assignment to have a Tableau aspect to it.

I recently watched a documentary which was done on Crewdson's "Beneath the Roses" series for which he is arguably most famous. The film is called "Brief Encounters".

I was an enjoyable watch. Nothing particularly surprising or revelatory - his work had just the level of production values that I'd expected from what I read.

On a more general note, I found it interesting to re-read my comments on the 2nd chapter of "Photograph as Contemporary Art" which is focussed on Tableau. Overall I was pretty unimpressed at the time - even with Crewdson! I think I'll take another read through the chapter now that I've obviously warmed to this style of photography.

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