Gregory Crewdson, Untitled (Summer Rain), Summer, 2004, Digital C-print, 64.25 x 94.25 in. Edition 5 of 6.
Image courtesy of the artist and the Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles

Don't miss the highly influential photographer Gregory Crewdson, who will be giving a lecture tonight @ Reed College's Vollum lecture hall, 7:00pm. Yes it is free so get there 25 minutes early for a good seat. Although I prefer his former student Justine Kurland, he is important-ish if you consider him as a part of a late 90's staging trend along with Matthew Barney's constructed cinematic stillness and Thomas Demand's equally staged/constructed photos.

Crewdson's talk occurs in conjunction with the exhibition New Trajectories II: expansions, recent photography from the Ovitz Family Collection, at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, April 11–June 11, 2006

I reviewed Part I here and I promise to cover Part II in the coming weeks. Till then here is John Motley's review in the Merc and D.K. Row's interview in the O. Also, the Cooley Gallery will be open 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. the day of the lecture, so see it already!