Usually I'll drive to certain locations over and over again, over a course of months really. And then it might just be I hit it at the right time, and the right light. And then I might go to that location over and over again, and then what happens in that lag time where - the image sort of locks in - all of a sudden I see it in my mind's eye.
Gregory CrewdsonI'm very moved by the fact that people are drawn into the pictures and that they do bring their own history and their own interpretation to the photograph. I think that's why they work in a certain way.
Gregory CrewdsonThe suburban landscape is alien and strange and exotic. I photograph it out of longing and desire. My photographs are also about repression and internal angst.
Gregory CrewdsonMaking that final commitment is really hard. Because once you decide to move forward, it becomes a whole process which is really hard to stop.
Gregory CrewdsonEvery artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures
Gregory CrewdsonI'm not that particularly talented in terms of making anything or - I'm not technically efficient. I certainly don't know how to draw very well or paint, and I'm not good with computers. But I think the thing that I'm good at is willing something into life, no matter what. I do what it takes to get it done.
Gregory Crewdson