I find Crewdson generates in me the same response Alan has to Wall. However I don't think this is the best example of Crewdson's work. While I stand by my "Crewdson rocks" statement, I think the Wall image is the superior of these particular two.
I find Crewdson generates in me the same response Alan has to Wall. However I don't think this is the best example of Crewdson's work. While I stand by my "Crewdson rocks" statement, I think the Wall image is the superior of these particular two.
You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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I was so happy to find this poll on here, I voted for the Wall piece because it is better to me than the particular Crewdson piece it was up against. I do however think that Gregory makes some amazing photographs, his "Hover" series is quite wonderful.
also, Tim atherton, I reaaly like the Traces series on your site, those images are great!
-Caleb
The film plain definitely seems tilted forward, but you also have to consider that this is an entire constructed set for the only purpose of making this photograph. Operating the camera was probably the easy part. This makes me think this is exactly how he wanted it. For me, the "non-correct" perspective adds to the obvious tension of the image.
You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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Between these two images I have to choose Wall. Although, I feel that Crewdson's body of work as a whole is far more interesting than Wall's work. I prefer Gregory Crewdson's lighting schemes a thousand times more. Both are very talented photographers that I enjoy but most of the time I can't shake Crewdson. As far as Ageorge's comment I almost feel the exact opposite. With Wall I am able to be initially intrigued then able to deduce a logical response to the content and walk away. Every couple of months I'll pull out the same Crewdson book and have different questions.
I like Wall; it's a bit more authentic. They're both staged, but the latter is just kind of hokey looking. Yeah yeah yeah, bruised up corpse floating in water, blah blah blah. The wall shot is kind of how I envision my future life.
The Wall is funny. The Crewdson, self-conscious and arch. IMHO.
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