Gregory CrewdsonThis untitled piece is a geletin silver print and is one of the b&w photos Crewdson produced in 1996. While most of his current work is done as large scale color inkjets this piece is the smallest I have found at 20"x 24."
The bridge print was made in 2001 and is much more typical is size at 57" x 88." His work tells a moment in time that is staged in ordinary looking places. Everything in his work is staged from the lighting to the few figures placed in his pieces. He does this to elicit feelings of anxiety, isolation and fear.
Teun Hock
The only figure in Hock's work is himself. His process is a little more detailed then
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Crewdson by first taking a b&w photo and then using oils to hand color the images.The atmosphere created is lighter and more cinematic than Crewdson. He construts the backgrounds creating a tableau that is both cinematic and elicits the feelings of confrentation of fear, puzzlement, and wonder. Like Crewdson the size of his pieces are large.
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Jeff Wall
His work has shown the greatest transformation, in his earlier works he would recreate old masters works while working on gestures. Today he creates pieces that are compilations of many images. He displays his work on giant light boxes instead of traditional mounting. His work is "painting the modern life." His use of b&w photography is a reaction to what the medium is. Like the others his scale is large.
Cindy Sherman
Sherman photograped herself like Hocks but worked on a little smaller scale then the others. Her main focus was about how women were seen in society. She didnt' place her work as "high art" Her work concentrated around the her ideas.
