GREGORY CREWDSON: FIREFLIES.

by Gregory Crewsdon

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Deep blue cloth-covered boards with title debossed on cover and spine; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and text by Gregory Crewdson. Designed by Giampietro + Smith. Unpaginated (128 pp.), with 61 tritone plates finely printed in Iceland by Oddi Printers. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Skarstedt Fine Art and Luhring Augustine galleries, New York, and White Cube, London.

Genres: Art, Photography

Hardcover

First published February 1, 2007

Reviews

[Dain · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for a provocative photo essay, and this one was right up my alley. It's a little campy, but you can see some of the aesthetic that Crewdson would become famous for in his more contemporary photos; namely, that the image tells a story. Just like his well-known photos, one has to look closely to decipher all the layers of meaning that the photos capture. I'm thinking about using a few of these plates for prompts in my Creative Writing class.

[Catherine Corman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fireflies represented something very particular to me that summer, so simple yet imbued with significance...Even as I was photographing, I realized the underlying impossibility of my task at hand. I was trying to immortalize moments that would soon vanish.

-Gregory Crewdson, Fireflies

[raul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crewdson without the crew alone in the woods.