Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. He attended Purchase College, and it was there that he first began photography as a hobby. He later received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University, where his work began to transition from a creative outlet to a more professional endeavor. Since his graduation and his senior thesis, Crewdson has continued to make over a dozen other exhibitions of his work.
Much of that work is not surrealism, but rather it captures a surreal image. His subjects are often standing in elaborately setup stages, and he uses very precise and purposeful to create dramatic images. Additionally, this light is often very sharp or has both hues of warm and cold colors. The surrealism and combination of different colors of light are what primarily draws me to his work.
