Gregory Crewdson Capture The Beauty Summary
Capture the Beauty
Lisa Eisele
Brown Mackie College
Capture the Beauty
Three photographers that have taken amazing photographs are Gregory Crewdson, Nicholas Samaras, and Ansel Adams. Although all of these photographers capture the perception of beauty and nature, they show some similarities but differ in many ways. Gregory Crewdson captures American realist landscape photography, Nicholas Samaras captures the sea underwater and its creatures to bring out the beauty of the marine life world, and Ansel Adams a very well-known photographer takes pictures of America’s natural wonders.
Gregory Crewdson grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in the Park Slope neighborhood. At a young age while attending high school he was actually able to graduate …show more content…
from John Dewey High School early. After he graduated from High school he went on to college to study photography at SUNY Purchase. He then went on to receive his masters in fine arts in photography at Yale University. Gregory Crewdson has taught at various colleges some to include Yale University, where he had received his masters, Vassar College, and Cooper Union. He is now at Yale University of Fine arts where he is teaching as a professor. Gregory Crewdson was also a subject in the feature documentary film, Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters.
Gregory Crewdson has been working in the same small groups of towns for as long as 20 years.
When he comes from his home in New York to these small towns he feels his creative urges coming to life. He’s photographs are elaborately staged and they are also influential. Some photography experts say that he has changed the course of photography through is photographs. Some of his photos have been sold for up to $125,000, which goes to fund productions of his photographs that cost almost as much as independent movies. All his photographs have the production values of a small movie. The small towns and neighborhoods that he visits, to shoot his photographs are just a backdrop for a more submerged psychological …show more content…
drama.
From 2002 to 2008 Gregory Crewdson created a series of photographs called Beneath the Roses. These would become the most elaborate productions he has ever attempted. Beneath the roses was originally supposed to be made as a movie, but Gregory Crewdson abandoned this idea and just started to produce photographs instead. All of his photos are about the smallest detail; he makes all the decisions and does that for a reason, as they all have to achieve a certain effect in his eyes and provide a certain defined perception.
Ansel Adams was a well-rounded photographer was born in 1902, in San Francisco California. He would look out his window every morning at the inspiring site of the San Francisco bay. As a child he loved to play at playgrounds around his home, and in the sand dunes by the bay. He loved collecting shells and insects for his collections; this is where his love of nature was born. Ansel went to school until eighth grade and was later homeschooled by his father and a private tutor.
One year Ansel and his family went on a trip to Yosemite National Park where his love for natural beauty evolved from not only a hobby but a passion. On this trip Ansel was gifted a small box camera from his parents. He returned to Yosemite every year after being given that special camera. His career spanned over 50 years capturing America’s natural beauty from behind a camera lens.
In 1927, he published his first photography book which was named Parmelian prints of the High sierras. (Ansel Adams, 2010) Mr. Adams found beauty everywhere he went in nature. His most famous photograph called Moonrise came about when he was driving home from a long day of shooting photographs. He was driving; the sun was setting as he went driving past a cemetery lined with white crosses. He goes out of his car set up his camera and started shooting. This photo would later be printed, put on display and was sold for $71,500 at an art gallery. This photo would be the highest anyone would’ve paid in the early 1980’s from a living photographer. He would leave a legacy of being able to capture America in all its natural beauty.
Nicholas Samaras is well known for his underwater photography. He was born and raised in Greece and has been shooting underwater photography for 13 years. He is well known as one of the most passionate underwater photographers of his time. He participated in his first international underwater photography contests in 2008 which was a success. He achieved an award for the quality of his work. Some of the places he has dived to achieve his amazing photographs are Egypt, Greece, Indonesia and Maldives; he averages about 5 trips per year to places where he takes his photographs.
These three photographers photographs somewhat relate to each other. Gregory Crewdson’s photograph with the women lying in her half flooded house is showing how destructive nature can be. This women’s house was caught in a flood and this is where she died in result of said flood. Ansel Adams photograph of a water fall in the middle of a forest is showing the beauty of nature’s bounty. Nicholas Samaras photograph is a photo of a partial underwater cave, this shows the beauty that the ocean can provide.
In my opinion these three photographers are all amazing artists. Gregory Crewdson’s photographs takes time, patience and creativity to stage and create the types of photos he captures. Ansel Adams and Nicholas Samaras ‘s photos captures the natural beauty that mother nature it’s self can provide to all of us. They just are able to capture it in a way that makes you see its beauty in another light.
Capture the Beauty
The title of my show would be Capture the Beauty.
I picked this title because to me I see beauty in all three pictures. My art show would start by everyone arriving to an open theater like the Muny Opera in Forrest Park. As they walk up to the stage they would see straight in front of them the miraculous photo by Gregory Crewdson, of the women laying in her house flooded with water. To the right of the picture would be the picture taken by Nicholas Samaras. This picture lit with blue back lighting would be of the partial underwater cave. Finally to the left of Gregory Crewdson’s photo would be the photo of the famous Ansel Adams. This photo is of a mountain in the forest with a waterfall running down the center of the
mountain.
This art show is relevant of today because after all the bad things that have happened in the recent years two of these photos show the beauty that is still out there. The third photo by Gregory Crewdson could resemble the tragedy that happens every day in our world and lives.
References
Ansel Adams. (2010). Ansel Adams (Biography Today), 1.
John, S. (2012). Adams, Ansel. Britannica Biographies, 1. (NA, 2015)
Fletcher, K. R. (2008, June). Smithsonian. Color Photographs, 39(3), pp. 70-75.
NA. (2015). Artists. Retrieved from RoGallery: http://rogallery.com/Crewdson/Crewdson-bio.html
Lisa Eisele
Brown Mackie College
Capture the Beauty
Three photographers that have taken amazing photographs are Gregory Crewdson, Nicholas Samaras, and Ansel Adams. Although all of these photographers capture the perception of beauty and nature, they show some similarities but differ in many ways. Gregory Crewdson captures American realist landscape photography, Nicholas Samaras captures the sea underwater and its creatures to bring out the beauty of the marine life world, and Ansel Adams a very well-known photographer takes pictures of America’s natural wonders.
Gregory Crewdson grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in the Park Slope neighborhood. At a young age while attending high school he was actually able to graduate …show more content…
from John Dewey High School early. After he graduated from High school he went on to college to study photography at SUNY Purchase. He then went on to receive his masters in fine arts in photography at Yale University. Gregory Crewdson has taught at various colleges some to include Yale University, where he had received his masters, Vassar College, and Cooper Union. He is now at Yale University of Fine arts where he is teaching as a professor. Gregory Crewdson was also a subject in the feature documentary film, Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters.
Gregory Crewdson has been working in the same small groups of towns for as long as 20 years.
When he comes from his home in New York to these small towns he feels his creative urges coming to life. He’s photographs are elaborately staged and they are also influential. Some photography experts say that he has changed the course of photography through is photographs. Some of his photos have been sold for up to $125,000, which goes to fund productions of his photographs that cost almost as much as independent movies. All his photographs have the production values of a small movie. The small towns and neighborhoods that he visits, to shoot his photographs are just a backdrop for a more submerged psychological …show more content…
drama.
From 2002 to 2008 Gregory Crewdson created a series of photographs called Beneath the Roses. These would become the most elaborate productions he has ever attempted. Beneath the roses was originally supposed to be made as a movie, but Gregory Crewdson abandoned this idea and just started to produce photographs instead. All of his photos are about the smallest detail; he makes all the decisions and does that for a reason, as they all have to achieve a certain effect in his eyes and provide a certain defined perception.
Ansel Adams was a well-rounded photographer was born in 1902, in San Francisco California. He would look out his window every morning at the inspiring site of the San Francisco bay. As a child he loved to play at playgrounds around his home, and in the sand dunes by the bay. He loved collecting shells and insects for his collections; this is where his love of nature was born. Ansel went to school until eighth grade and was later homeschooled by his father and a private tutor.
One year Ansel and his family went on a trip to Yosemite National Park where his love for natural beauty evolved from not only a hobby but a passion. On this trip Ansel was gifted a small box camera from his parents. He returned to Yosemite every year after being given that special camera. His career spanned over 50 years capturing America’s natural beauty from behind a camera lens.
In 1927, he published his first photography book which was named Parmelian prints of the High sierras. (Ansel Adams, 2010) Mr. Adams found beauty everywhere he went in nature. His most famous photograph called Moonrise came about when he was driving home from a long day of shooting photographs. He was driving; the sun was setting as he went driving past a cemetery lined with white crosses. He goes out of his car set up his camera and started shooting. This photo would later be printed, put on display and was sold for $71,500 at an art gallery. This photo would be the highest anyone would’ve paid in the early 1980’s from a living photographer. He would leave a legacy of being able to capture America in all its natural beauty.
Nicholas Samaras is well known for his underwater photography. He was born and raised in Greece and has been shooting underwater photography for 13 years. He is well known as one of the most passionate underwater photographers of his time. He participated in his first international underwater photography contests in 2008 which was a success. He achieved an award for the quality of his work. Some of the places he has dived to achieve his amazing photographs are Egypt, Greece, Indonesia and Maldives; he averages about 5 trips per year to places where he takes his photographs.
These three photographers photographs somewhat relate to each other. Gregory Crewdson’s photograph with the women lying in her half flooded house is showing how destructive nature can be. This women’s house was caught in a flood and this is where she died in result of said flood. Ansel Adams photograph of a water fall in the middle of a forest is showing the beauty of nature’s bounty. Nicholas Samaras photograph is a photo of a partial underwater cave, this shows the beauty that the ocean can provide.
In my opinion these three photographers are all amazing artists. Gregory Crewdson’s photographs takes time, patience and creativity to stage and create the types of photos he captures. Ansel Adams and Nicholas Samaras ‘s photos captures the natural beauty that mother nature it’s self can provide to all of us. They just are able to capture it in a way that makes you see its beauty in another light.
Capture the Beauty
The title of my show would be Capture the Beauty.
I picked this title because to me I see beauty in all three pictures. My art show would start by everyone arriving to an open theater like the Muny Opera in Forrest Park. As they walk up to the stage they would see straight in front of them the miraculous photo by Gregory Crewdson, of the women laying in her house flooded with water. To the right of the picture would be the picture taken by Nicholas Samaras. This picture lit with blue back lighting would be of the partial underwater cave. Finally to the left of Gregory Crewdson’s photo would be the photo of the famous Ansel Adams. This photo is of a mountain in the forest with a waterfall running down the center of the
mountain.
This art show is relevant of today because after all the bad things that have happened in the recent years two of these photos show the beauty that is still out there. The third photo by Gregory Crewdson could resemble the tragedy that happens every day in our world and lives.
References
Ansel Adams. (2010). Ansel Adams (Biography Today), 1.
John, S. (2012). Adams, Ansel. Britannica Biographies, 1. (NA, 2015)
Fletcher, K. R. (2008, June). Smithsonian. Color Photographs, 39(3), pp. 70-75.
NA. (2015). Artists. Retrieved from RoGallery: http://rogallery.com/Crewdson/Crewdson-bio.html