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Gregory Crewdson Hardcover – November 15, 2005

by Stephan Berg (Author), Martin Hochleitner (Author), Urs Stahel (Author),
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Gregory Crewdson's photographic series capture a particularly American state of normalcy--in dissolution. The viewer, at first seduced by what appears to be an idyllic scene, soon discovers subtle off-kilter elements more akin to Film Noir than an NBC comedy. In a work from his Twilight series, yellow school buses are parked outside white wooden houses, and students stand and lounge around in seeming passivity. Something is happening--what, we don't know. The vision is familiar yet unfamiliar, seemingly benign yet threatening. Crewdson goes to great lengths in dramatizing his disturbing suburban scenes, employing elaborate lighting, cranes, props and extras, espousing a level of behind-the-scenes preparation more akin to the making of a Hollywood movie than the making of a still image. Here perhaps is one place to locate the eerie unreality and narrativity of his pictures, the creepy attention to detail so out of place, in the ordinary settings he evokes. Middle-class reality meets the other side of the normal here--by way of Sigmund Freud.
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  1. Print length
    242 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Hatje Cantz Publishers
  4. Publication date
    November 15, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    11.81 x 1.06 x 10.24 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9783775716222
  7. ISBN-13
    978-3775716222
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 377571622X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hatje Cantz Publishers; Bilingual edition (November 15, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9783775716222
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3775716222
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.22 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.81 x 1.06 x 10.24 inches
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P. Kuhn
5.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY FINE ART BOOKS FROM AMAZON!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2008
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The book is fantastic! However to my horror it was packed very badly and the book arrived scratched and a damaged. Amazon expects me to pay for all shipping costs to get a refund of the book value only. Since I live in Australia the return shipping would surpass the value of the books sent. I emailed Amazon with this issue 2 weeks ago and NO REPLY!

DO NOT BUY FINE ART BOOKS FROM AMAZON!!
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Spencer Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Vibrent and Full of life
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2012
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Gregory Crewdson is an amazing photographer and this book is full of his eye candy pictures. I bought this book for a quick refrence guide to his photography and found that it is a book worth hanging onto. If you enjoy photography you will love his work.
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pickyeditor
5.0 out of 5 stars another world
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2013
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I have loved Crewdson's photos ever since I first saw prints from his "Beneath the Roses" book. Studying one of his photos is like writing a novel in your mind.
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Netty
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2016
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Item came as described. A nice addition to my photography book collection.
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L Meinhardt
4.0 out of 5 stars What looks like a simple photograph, but it is not...
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2012
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You start to look at his photos, and imagine - he has lucky to capture such a special moment. Then you read his book, or watch his movie to understand what really happens during his photography shooting sessions. If you want to take photography serious, you need to read this book... Nothing in his photos is not calculated! Great book!
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R. E. Saenz
5.0 out of 5 stars Value glimpse
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2016
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Simple overview of some of his work at a good price
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CHIEN LIANG KUO
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2015
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Egnold Slurth
5.0 out of 5 stars A timely retrospective from one of the most referenced visual artists
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2006
Having spoken several times with the artist Gregory Crewdson, I'm comfortable in saying that a retrospective of his art is an insight only into his (r)evolutionary techniques and dream narratives. The man himself is a slightly bemused, curious artist with an assured but uncaring knowledge of his impact. A recent panel at Princeton, pitted Gregory against motion pictures' reigning dream narrative king, Spike Jonze. There's a reason Spike's infamous Addidas spot was particularly brilliant...the scenes, the props and even the film coloring were all lifted quite clearly from Crewdson's eponymous single frame masterpieces. This book has the beautiful and haunting recent work, but also features a assortment of compositions from his earliest period; a period that seemed to focus on the grey mood and the everydayness from a Walker Percy life. A period in the early nineties shows the transition to curious composition; with hints of what was to come. Overall brilliant, and I"m sure music video directors will steal openly from the pages of this great book as well.
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Yves Harnois
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2017
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Très content de mon achat, de la rapidité de la livraison et de l'état du livre, merci !
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Roberto Reggiani
5.0 out of 5 stars Vi innamorerete!
Reviewed in Italy on December 5, 2015
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In questo libro si percepisce chiaramente la crescita di un artista, ormai di fama mondiale, e vi consente di seguirne il percorso. Dopo che avrete sfogliato queste pagine, ammirato la perfezione avrete voglia di comprare un altro libro dello stesso fotografo.
Vivamente consigliato proprio perchè racchiude una serie di lavori svolti in 20 anni ed in modo gradevole mostra la genesi di un grande artista.
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Elleppi
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have on your shelf
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2015
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A must-have on your shelf. Crewdson takes Hopper approach and mixes it with Lynch's style, mood and setting. It's like a bridge between those two. And he creates a unique way of making photography: staging a set like it's a cinematographic and not a photographic one.
Here's my main reasons why I think he's one of the fewest contemporary artists to be seriously taken into consideration
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Shaun
5.0 out of 5 stars Das Non-plus-ultra seiner Werkzusammenstellung...
Reviewed in Germany on June 1, 2014
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Gregory Crewdson ist ein 1962 in Brooklyn geborener Fotograf, dessen Bilder mit einem irren Aufwand ausgeleuchtet und vorbereitet werden. Sie erzählen dann in einer gespenstischen und zum Teil geheimnisvoll anmutenden Weise menschliche Abgründe, als handelte es sich um Szenen aus einem Hitchcock-Thriller. Crewdson lehrt sein Metier an der Yale School of Arts.

Ich stieß zufällig im Internet auf ein Bild von Gregory Crewdsen und war sofort völlig fasziniert davon. Dann suchte ich nach weiteren Bildern und wollte schließlich einen gut gemachten Bildband dieses Ausnahmekünstlers zum Blättern.
Dieser auf der Ausstellung von 2005 basierende Band des Kunstvereins Hannover ist sicherlich das Non-plus-ultra seiner Werkzusammenstellung, behandelt er doch alle bisherigen Werkzyklen: Early Work (1986-88), Natural Wonder (1992-97), Hover (1996-97), Twilight (1998-2002), Dreamhouse (2002) und Beneath the Roses (2003-2005). Es sind großformatige Aufnahmen, die gestochen scharf und mit sehr guter Farbbrillanz wunderbar anzusehen sind. Zwischen den Zyklen gibt es jeweils einführende Texte in deutsch oder auch englisch, die das Werk in einen größeren Kontext stellen.

Ein sehr bereichernder Bildband, der uneingeschränkt allen Kunstliebhabern zu empfehlen ist. (01.06.2014)
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Aitor Victor Fernández Marcos
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro indispensable.
Reviewed in Spain on September 23, 2013
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Este es un libro que resume la obra del fantástico fotógrafo "Gregory Crewdson". Sus trabajos, representados en grandes bloques representativos de cada una de las etapas del autor, se nos muestran impresos en cada página con una calidad óptima. Es un libro indispensable para cualquier amante de la fotografía contemporánea, el surrealismo y el nuevo realismo americano.
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