GREAT OPPORTUNITY to purchase this EXCELLENT, SOUGHT-AFTER RETROSPECTIVE BOOK - by famous photographer Gregory Crewdson. Showing three key series by the star of the American photo art scene. Never reprinted. Scarce. VERY FRESH CONDITION. 'The American middle-class nightmare: nothing is clean, orderly, idyllic, or romantic. In his perfectly staged, hyper-realistic tableaux, photographer Gregory Crewdson, born 1962, reveals the claustrophobic limbo and abyss of spiritual repression that is the typical suburb. Here, hushed-up violence, alienation, isolation, and emptiness are nothing new or unfamiliar but part of the everyday experience next door. Crewdson goes to great lengths to set up his apocalyptic scenarios. The richness of detail and mysterious atmosphere of the images from his series Beneath the Roses unfold a surreal, supernatural power of suggestion that mesmerizes the viewer. No less arresting are the works from Sanctuary, shot in the morbid ruins of Italy's Cinecittà, and the unusual nocturne nature photos in Fireflies.' Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern. 2011. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in linen (as issued). 313 x 217 mm. 160 pages. 71 photos (29 in triplex). Photos: Gregory Crewdson. Text: Craig Burnett, Gregory Crewdson, Jens Erdman Rasmussen, Felix Hoffmann, Estelle af Malmborg. Graphic Design: Naroska Design, Gregory Crewdson. Text in English and German. Condition: Inside and outside excellent with only very light trace of use, fresh and flawless, excepted a black point at the bottom edge. Overall fine, much better than usual condition. Great photobook by Gregory Crewdson - in very fresh condition.