Gregory Crewdson - Beneath the Roses - 2003

This book contains photographs that tell mysterious, unfathomable stories. It includes source material, production photos, lighting diagrams, sketches, and architectural plans, giving the viewer a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the staged photographs.

Gregory Crewdson, best known for his meticulously choreographed, large-scale photographs, is one of the most captivating and important artists of our time. The images in Crewdson’s new series, “Beneath the Roses,” unfold in the houses, streets, and forests of nameless small towns. The photos depict emotionally charged moments of seemingly ordinary people, caught in ambiguous and often unsettling circumstances. Both epic in scale and intimate in scope, these visually breathtaking photographs blur the boundaries between film and photography, reality and fantasy, what has happened and what has yet to come. ‘Beneath the Roses’ includes an essay by the acclaimed novelist Russell Banks, as well as many never-before-published photographs, including production photos, lighting diagrams, sketches, and architectural plans, which provide an inside look into Crewdson’s working process. The book coincides with exhibitions in New York, London, and Los Angeles.

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