In Eveningside (2021-2022), Crewdson explores moments of reflection within the constraints of everyday life; at workplaces and at times just outside those work structures. The characters in the photographs are sparse and often seen through store windows, in mirror reflections, or positioned amid their daily routine at a railroad bridge, doorway, porch, bank, beauty salon, supermarket, or on the street in American suburbs.
The photographer brings the point of view closer to the characters and plays with light and dark. With special effects, such as fog, rain, smoke and haze, and an extensive production and lighting team, he creates a monochrome palette. The result is a rich gothic atmosphere, reminiscent of film noir and classic films, but with the possibilities and clarity of the most current technology in digital photography.
Gregory Crewdson (1962) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He trained at SUNY Purchase and Yale School of Art, where he is currently a professor of photography. Crewdson has been active as a visual artist for more than thirty years and exhibits worldwide in the leading galleries and museums, including the MoMA in New York, Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Gallerie d 'Italia in Turin and Photo Museum The Hague. With his feature film-like methodology he tells a story in one image. Photography and film are brought together.
Crewdson's extensive and widely acclaimed oeuvre includes Natural Wonder (1992-1997), Twilight (1998-2002), Dream House(2002) Beneath the Roses (2003-2008), Cathedral of the Pines (2013-2014), An Eclipse of Moths (2018-2019) and Eveningside (2021-2022), of which a book of the same name was recently launched. The photo series Beneath the Roses, with a crew of over a hundred people, is the subject of the documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters from 2012.
During the exhibition in the gallery, Reflex Amsterdam also presents Reflex, the Residence a selection of photos from the series Beneath the Roses en Cathedral of the Pines.
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