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All fortyone of the blackandwhite photos were shot on location in rome at the cinecitta studios. Gregory crewdson, dream house on artstack gregory crewdson from the series beneath the roses 2006. Crewdson has published several books of his photographs including hover with artspace books, dream of life with the university of salamanca, spain, twilight and beneath the roses with abrams and a retrospective book of his work, entitled gregory crewdson from 1985 to 2005. Learn about the work and career of artist gregory crewdson. Crewdsons work combines the documentary style of william. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. This would have been in the brooklyn of crewdsons childhood, park slope before it. The photographs depict strange situations of forest clearings, desolate streets and house interiors as sites of the.
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