Ovation TV | Close Up: Gregory Crewdson

In this Ovation TV original special, acclaimed photographers Albert Maysles, Sylvia Plachy, Andrew Moore and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders discuss the impact their work has on their lives and on culture as a whole.

is an American photographer who is best known for elaborately staged, surreal scenes of American homes and neighborhoods.

In this interview, acclaimed photographer, Gregory Crewdson shares with us insight into his techniques.

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[RickLordTV]

Lighting is everything in a photograph, it is subjective in every way. Whether the lighting instruments are huge or small or placed a certain way compared to another, Gregory's lighting scheme is still very interesting and compelling. I love working with Motion Picture Lighting instruments for still digital photography. The only way to truly paint a scene.

[Marcus Ranum]

I love his stuff, but: he doesn't work the camera, he doesn't do the lighting, he doesn't build the sets... What is he, an "executive photographer"?

[katelynx13]

Photography is much more than "pressing a button". What he does is called art... He thinks out a concept, he does hundreds of sketches and plans exactly how its ring to be set. He directs the very specific lighting and he creates a narrative in ONE picture. The camera is just a tool photographers use. Don't be ignorant.

[Connor Smith]

a director?

[aliester99]

if all artistic photographer had his resources to use a film crew to light there photo, we would see a lot more of this.

[mykebulvai]

artsy fartsy.

[proudpom]

"and I think that, in retrospect, its a great metaphor..."

[Arxido skulo]

and that is just a VERY rich guy pressing the button

...oh wait , he doesn't even do that

AHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAAA

[RewardHonesty]

"That is a rap, perfect photograph" G i v e m e a f r i g g i n b r e a k !

Oh the big fat, inflated ego here.

Just because someone spends a whole lot of money and time and resources and sets up basically meaningless, contrived, ostentatious, fantasy scenes DOES NOT impress me.

This is just like the 'ballerinas in the desert at sunset' and 'gowned brides wallowing in the mud'. But it's art, it's art....

No, it's pompous and pretentious and self-indulgent nonsense.

[Marcus Ranum]

@Scudbook27 - what someone is willing to pay for something is not always an indicator of how good it is. A lot of art is manipulation of perception, and perception of value is part of it. I like the stuff Crewsdon produces, but I feel it's a bit of a circus act more than that it's photography, if that makes sense.