Please help me find a contemporary photographer based on a description of his/her work.

June 22, 2009 8:58 PM

Please help me find a contemporary photographer based on a description of his/her work. This artist uses mostly blue tones. The images are 'scenes' that he/she builds and then photographs. They are dream-scapes, and I remember them invoking a sense of loneliness. I want to say they are surrealist, but are probably considered neo-expressionist. Please help me satisfy my urge to look at this lovely work again.
posted by rumsey monument to media & arts (9 comments total)

That's a pretty vague description. Jerry Uelsmann could be one of many people sort of fitting that description. Could you perhaps describe one of her/his works in greater detail?
posted by pjern at 9:22 PM on June 22

Sandy Skoglund
Wikipedia
posted by spasm at 9:27 PM on June 22

Yeah, sounds like Sandy Skoglund.

Also, The Photo Book is a great reference for finding this or that photographer.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 9:54 PM on June 22

Thanks, but it's not Skoglund. This photographer is more obscure, and if I am remembering correctly works primarily with images that are toned blue.

I remember one image is a barren landscape, akin to a dry field. Sorry so vague, I wish I could remember specific elements. Thanks for the help so far.
posted by rumsey monument at 10:04 PM on June 22

Gregory Crewdson?
posted by readery at 10:26 PM on June 22

Lori Nix? Kim Keever? Didier Massard?
posted by misteraitch at 11:02 PM on June 22

Crewdson previously on AskMe here.
posted by felix grundy at 8:26 AM on June 23

I love Crewdson but that doesn't sound like him. Maybe Bill Henson? Someone who works in cyanotypes? Your description is extremely vague.
posted by bradbane at 10:44 PM on June 23

Again, I am sorry the description is vague. I simply cannot remember any more details. The images were not cyanotypes, but are definitely blue in much the same way. They are staged photos, soft focus, with the subject often being spindly trees, or strange open spaces. I seem to remember the the subject in one flying a kite, but the string was attached to a cloud. Thanks for the help so far!
posted by rumsey monument at 7:24 AM on June 24