Gregory Crewdson

“My pictures are about a search for a moment, a perfect moment.”

Making the perfect moment

American photographer Gregory Crewdson can take months, years, to find the moment he's looking for. "The pictures are about creating a world," says Crewdson in the acclaimed documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters. "I've always had images inside my head that I feel like I want to get out in the world." Crewdson starts his projects by location scouting, driving the streets of small-town Massachusetts, often visiting the same spots again and again. At this stage he doesn’t take a camera. Instead, he wants to get a real sense of the place – uninhibited by the lens. Once a location is set,...

Bio

Gregory Crewdson (he/him) was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1962. He now lives between New York and Massachusetts.

Yale School of Art

Crewdson has been teaching for over 25 years, and considers this an integral part of his creative practice. In 1988 he completed an MFA at Yale. Now, he’s the Director of Graduate Studies in Photography.

Did you know?

Before Crewdson was a photographer he was a musician, part of New York pop band The Speedies.