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Gregory Crewdson: Fireflies | 
 enlarge | Creator: Gregory Crewdson
Publisher: Skarstedt Fine Art
Category: Book
Buy New: $149.95
New (7) Used (3) Collectible (4) from $100.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 714235
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 9.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0970909055
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9780970909053
ASIN: 0970909055
Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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Condition: #Brand new, hardcover, factory shrinkwrapped. gift quality
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Product Description
In the summer of 1996, Gregory Crewdson spent two solitary months at his family's cabin in Becket, Massachusetts. Using both small- and medium-format cameras, he obsessively photographed the fireflies that came alive at dusk each evening. Crewdson was drawn to the flickering lights, in part, by the underlying impossibility of capturing their elusive beauty in pictures. This luxurious volume, featuring 61 full-page tritone reproductions, calls to mind many of the hallmarks of Crewdson's oeuvre, from the sense of wonder in the nocturnal landscape, to the focus on light as a narrative event, to the fascination with nature as a psychological mystery. Although consistent in terms of their subject matter, these photographs demonstrate a wide scope of visual expression ranging from almost pure abstraction to more idyllic representations of the natural landscape.
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Just a lovely and peaceful book December 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are some wonderful images here that take you to those summer nights of youth. It's fun to see the night lit up with fireflies, seeing the patterns nature creates.
There are some images that really don't do it for me. Pretty much black images with little flicks of white. I mean, I get what is happening in these shots, but it still doesn't translate to book form. Oh well, unto every picnic, a little rain must fall.
This book is now rare and very expensive. I don't know if you should spend the money to own a copy. I don't even know if the book warrants the price. I've got bigger fish to fry.
The interesting thing about this book is how different it is from Crewdson's other work. I'm too tired to get into that.
So, suffice to say, I love this book. I bought at the normal price of $45 and wouldn't pay what other people are asking.
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