Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters Previews

Shooting "The Madison"--a clip from GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS from Benjamin Shapiro on Vimeo.

Creating "Hatch"--a clip from Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters from Benjamin Shapiro on Vimeo.

"Beginnings" a clip from Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters from Benjamin Shapiro on Vimeo.

Fascinating previews for a new documentary about Gregory Crewdson! I myself hail from Western Masachusetts where many of his images are made. I've had the chance twice to sit in on the critiques Crewdson leads in the MFA Photography Program at the Yale School of Art and he is a smart man!

Yale School of Art MFA Photography Critique

I headed to Yale this afternoon to sit in on one of the weekly crits in the MFA Photography program. Tod Papageorge is away this semester, so Gregory Crewdson led the panel which included Ann Collier, Richard Prince, Shirin Neshat, Lisa Kereszi and John Pilson. There are some great students, the environment was welcoming and the critique was of the first order. The work of Elizabeth Bick, a first year student, was up first.

Students look at Elizabeth's work. Second year student Felix Rodriguez is in the foreground.

First year student Marzena Abrahamik. I really love her work.

The panel: John Pilson making a point on the left, Lisa Kereszi, Shirin Neshat, Richard Prince. . .