Four years after the spectacular Cathedral of the Pines show, Gregory Crewdson’s latest series 'An Eclipse of Moths' will premiere in Europe at Templon in Paris. This ensemble of sixteen panoramic photographs is the result of over two years’ work.

In an America mired in a health and political crisis, with the presidential campaign in full swing, Gregory Crewdson, the undisputed master of staged photography, offers an empathetic and critical reflection on his country. Depicting outdoor scenes in a small, desolate town in post-industrial New England, the artist conceived the works as a meditation on the fragility of the world, brokenness, the yearning for redemption and the quest for transcendence.

For more than 25 years, Gregory Crewdson has been creating complex, skilfully staged photographs that draw greatly on the codes of cinema. His creative process is similar to film production with all its logistical and technical complexity: storyboard, team of technicians, choice of sites, sophisticated lighting and actors' poses. In consultation with the municipality, the artist spent months travelling around the city before finding the various places that served as sets, including a taxi depot, an abandoned factory complex, a concrete burial vaults facility, deserted backyards... Crewdson has swapped the intimate interiors that made him famous for urban landscapes that are both grandiose and disturbing. 

Born in 1962 in Brooklyn, New York, Crewdson is a graduate of SUNY Purchase and the Yale University. His work has been widely exhibited and collected by museums including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Smithsonian American Museum in Washington.

In Europe, he has recently exhibited his work at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Toruń, Poland (2018), The Photographer's Gallery, London (2018) and FRAC Auvergne in Clermont Ferrand (2017). He has been represented by Galerie Templon since 2004 and this will be his fourth exhibition with the gallery in Paris.