Gregory Crewdson

The special art-trip today lead us to Winterthur, a town in Switzerland about 20 km from Zurich.
An exhibition took place there by the American Photographer Gregory Crewdson (3 pictures you can see here).
His photographs which all have a magic area about them show stills, all concerning broken human relationships, people looking desperate, with no hope, trapped in various situations where there seems no escape.
Although that might sound quite negative, still there is an ironic aspect to these pictures.
Some scenes are so unreal, he almost gives the impression he is exaggerating a single situation widely, adding some surreal facts and details to them.
Thats what it is all about. The dark side of the human unconsciousness.
Gregorys father worked as a psychoanalyst, thats why he came in contact with the human soul at quite an early age.
Those memories and impressions he seems to cope with in his highly arranged pictures which often appear to be dream inspired.
There is a long story you could tell to each photo, it is the world of broken dreams, tablets, nature, family,tragedy, end of romance,people who resigned. All that is done in highly quality photographing, with sharp and beautiful colours,often dimmed, the light is always perfectly set in scene as it has a central meaning in his work.
The set consists of a huge number of people, actors, etc.. each picture is not just a quick shot but a well organized, deeply constructed interaction of all people involved. I could hardly take my eyes off these fascinating photographs which totally inspired my fantasy, each picture is so complex it makes you want to tell a story.. If you get the chance to see his work, go there, you won't be disappointed!