There is a sense of both bleakness and beauty seen throughout the images in Gregory Crewdson's forthcoming book, In A Lonely Place. Crewdson, who credits Edward Hopper, David Lynch, Diane Arbus and Cindy Sherman as influences, takes a very cinematic approach to his photographs, employing elaborate sets, lighting and large crews -- even though most of his pictures depict quiet, mysterious moments in small American towns and suburbs.

In the foreword to In A Lonely Place, Crewdson notes that his work always comes back to "the American Dream and its darker inverse," not too dissimilar to the aforementioned artists he claims to have shaped his vision and approach to photography.

This week we're inspired by Crewdson's reflective, dramatically-lit photographs, whose haunting, subdued tones reminds us of the moody makeup at 3.1 Phillip Lim this fall.

Click here to learn more about Gregory Crewdson.

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