Gregory Crewdson

In the first days of April I took a trip to Berlin, my favourite city. Berlin is a Mekka for culture and new thinking, the city is growing fast these years and more and more galleries are being built. Me and my friend rented a scooter and cruised around in the streets of Berlin, looking for interseting museums and galleries that had anything to do with photography.
In a gallery called Berlin Hauptbahnhof I found a photobook by Gregory Crewdson, the book contains his most known pictures from 1985 to 2005.
I'm really not the kind of type that buys a lot of photobooks, but the photos in this book were so impressive and full of details, I simply had to own this book..

Gregory Crewdson is clearly influenced by films such as ET, reminding the viewer about cinematic stills. But he prefers still photos because they captures a moment.
"A photo has no before or after"
Gregory Crewdson could easily have been a famous film photographer in Hollywood, but instead he decided to become a teacher at Yale, speaking openly about his work as a photographer.
When you see his work you'll notice the way he uses different methods to shape the light, creating a misterious atmosphere in his suburban motives.
Gregory Crewdson is an interesting character with an impressive view of photography. I especially like the way he seeks the misterious level in a sheltered normal existence
(maybe I could get a job at Yale talking about Gregory Crewdson:-)
Please check out some of his pictures and tell me what you think..

http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=66#

By the way Gregory Crewdson lives in New York, hopefully he is staying in the city between September 1st to October 1st :-)