1. Image Discussion Part 2 Gregory Crewdson

2. Crewdson Samples

3. Comments / Quotes "My photographs are about the moment of transition between before and after," he explains. "Twilight is evocative of that. There's something magical about the condition.” Crewdson’s quote on David Lynch’s film ‘Blue Velvet’: "I had the distinct feeling it would change me," he says. “Lynch's vision of a *dystopian world beneath the suburban idyll left a lasting impression. I love everything about it - the set, the attention to colour, the light and mood.” *Dystopia - an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.

4. David Lynch - Blue Velvet

6. "There's really only a five-minute span where everything lines up. It's the witching hour. The wind dies down and everything becomes still. In that moment anything, a leaf blowing around, is a disruption to a perfect world. I'm attracted to twilight as much for the stillness as for the light, It's a moment of perfection. I love that moment. Actually, I live for it". “His photographs depict scenes of anxiety and dislocation: his subjects often appear preoccupied or caught in transition” "I have created a kind of iconography for myself, but I'm not sure how it all adds up - and maybe I don't want to know.”

7. Example: Gregory Crewdson - ‘Ophelia’

8. John Everett Millais - ‘Ophelia’

9. Painting based on the character of ‘Ophelia’ from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She was Hamlet’s lover and descended into madness and drowned herself after Hamlet murdered her father. Millais’s painting involves ‘symbolic’ elements in terms of its’ inclusion of flowers. Ophelia was passionate about flowers and all of the flowers represented in the painting are referred to in the play. http://www.tate.org.uk/ophelia/subject_symbolism.ht mhttp://www.tate.org.uk/ophelia/subject_symbolism.ht m

10. It can be said of Millais painting that he has painted her at a serene moment before being pulled to her death beneath the water by her heavy clothing. Her face is not anguished and her arms are held open in acceptance. This is reflected to an extent in Crewdson’s version. Crewdson refers to the moment between ‘before’ and ‘after’. This can be said to be echoed in Millais’s painting. Another connection can be made between Millais’s intricate and meticulous style of painting, and Crewdson’s intricate and meticulous approach to the construction of his images.

11. Other Versions Odilon Redon John William Waterhouse

12. Other Examples of Art Historical Referencing

13. John Goto – From ‘Capital Arcade’

14. El Greco – Purification of the Temple

16. David Lachapelle

17. Leonardo Da Vinci

19. To sum up Research your artist properly Make connections with other works Use quotations to help in leading the discussion Break the discussion down into separate areas of consideration Include your own thoughts and consideration as well as the thoughts of critics and the artist / producer