Wednesday, 7 November 2007

Gregory Crewdson Desperate Housewives


Crewdsons work reminds me of the TV show Desperate Housewives, I haven’t really watched the programme that much but seeing his photograph (left) Untitled photo from Crewdson's series Beneath the Roses (2003-2005) reminded me of the snippets I have seen of the TV show. The fact that Crewdson is so heavily influenced by film sets is perhaps a reason why I am instantly reminded and the fact that it is set in an American suburb. Desperate Housewives was first shown in 2004 so it was right in the middle of Crewdson photographing his Beneath the Roses series.

After looking into the TV show a bit more I discovered a character who was quite dark and had many secrets and was played by Kyle MacLauchlan. He also played the part of Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet ( a film said to heavily influence Crewdson) and he also played the detective in Twin Peaks (another David Lynch film/TV series).

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