I’ve recently found this BBC Two clip of Gregory Crewdson setting up for a series of images. The size of his team is outrageous. This isn’t what I thought he meant by a team. This is something like id expect to see on a Netflix film. He doesnt even take the picture himself. Not sure in. my eyes how he can be called a photographer, is this not a visual maker or something.
He has the vision I presume to see the compositions and how the lighting is used but, on the other had he has a touch up team editing the shot, which I guess a lot of professional photographers have but I presume they are behind the camera at least?
The clip goes on to mention that this particular series he was constructing was going to sell in regions of $60K to potential sellers. I wonder how much it cost to construct these series. Closing a street, turning the lights off, cost of the production team and kit, wages for the guy that takes the picture, etc.
Part Two Context and Narrative BA HONS in Photography OCA 