London (CNN) A profound and eerie silence pervades the work of American photographer Gregory Crewdson . For "Cathedral of the Pines," he's used local people, friends and acquaintances. When I gave him my gut response to seeing his photographs in the flesh -- "The word perfect, perfect, perfect rattling around my head," I said -- he responded with a laugh. "My pictures are in the intersection of me wanting to create a perfect work and the impossibility of doing so." "Untitled" (2004) by Gregory CrewdsonIn Ben Shapiro's 2012 bio-pic "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters," Crewdson said he believed "every artist has one central story to tell.

Source: CNN July 07, 2017 10:30 UTC