My chosen image by Gregory Crewdson is Ophelia (2001) from
the series “twilight” as all of Gregory’s photos the image is surreal and like
the other image in this series Gregory creates the movie like sets and controls
everything the lighting, the pose of the model and the angle of the photos.
The image is of a flooded room that has older looking plain
furniture there is a woman dressed in a white night gown floating in the water.
The water looks as dark as oil and to be as thick, you can see the reflection
of the furniture and stairs due to the light. The floating woman is the main
focus of the image because I find that my eyes are drawn straight to her in the
centre of the image, this is because of her white gown and very pale skin, she
has a vacant look on her face which gives you the idea that the woman is dead
since she is so lifeless in the water but saying that the water is very still
there is no ripple in it also hinting that the woman maybe dead. The light is
coming from the lamps and from the windows hinting that there is someone coming
to the house the light source could be from a car.
The image all together makes you feel calm due to the state
of the water and the woman floating in it. Also chaotic because the top half of
the image that is not flooded is cluttered compared to the calming water.
