Artists I'm looking at

Gregory Crewdson 
New documentary on this artist's work titled "Brief Encounters." I just missed a viewing here in in Honolulu in January. I can't wait to check this out on DVD. Watch the trailer here: http://www.gregorycrewdsonmovie.com

"Acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdon's 10-year quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of small-town American life - filmed with unprecendented access as he makes perfect renderings of a disturbing, imperfect world."

Charlie White

Check out this interesting article on White's work: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/white_pr.html

"Charlie White doesn't take photographs. He constructs them. Like a Hollywood director, he orchestrates scenes, commissions sets, hires actors, and employs a visual effects team."

Ashley Bickerton

Article: Surfing Sin City with Ashley Bickerton
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kisa-lala/surfing-sin-city-with-ash_b_895003.html

"In this new world, the white man's vision of romantic primitivism is taken for a spin by the dragon-lady's daughter. There's no victim or seducer in this tango. The garlanded belles belie their dark junkie sides. Bickerton parodies the tropes of island-exotica..."