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I'm very moved by the fact that people are drawn into the pictures and that they do bring their own history and their own interpretation to the photograph. I think that's why they work in a certain way.
Gregory Crewdson
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Gregory Crewdson
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 26
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Since a photograph is frozen and mute, since there is no before and after, I don't want there to be a conscious awareness of any kind of literal narrative. And that's why I really try not to pump up motivation or plot or anything like that.
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The whole reason I make these pictures is for those moments of clarity. For that single moment, everything seems to make sense in my world. And I think we all look for that in our lives, because our lives are generally filled with chaos and confusion and disorder and complication.
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In Twilight, the narratives are more literal, and the event is much more spectacular. The pictures in Beneath the Roses are much more psychological and grounded in reality.
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We all strive to find moments of clarity, of order.
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