SURREALISM

EXPLORING JUXTAPOSITIONS AND THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANINGS

CINDY SHERMAN

“I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may be because I have nothing specific in mind when I'm working. My intentions are neither feminist nor political. I try to put double or multiple meanings into my photos, which might give rise to a greater variety of interpretations... “

DIANE ARBUS

“I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.”

TATOOED MAN AT A CARNIVAL MD, 1970

UNTITLED, 1970-71

UNTITLED, 1970-71

MASKED WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR PA, 1970

DUANE MICHALS

“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.”

RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD

“I work in several different groups of pictures which act on and with each other – ranging from several abstracted manners to a form for the surreal. I have been called a preacher – but in reality, I’m more generally philosophical. I have never made an abstracted photograph without content. An educated background of Zen influences all of my photographs.”

UNTITLED (SON AND MOTHER AT A CRYPT – LEXINGTON CEMETERY), 1955

UNTITLED (MICHAEL AND CHRISTOPHER), 1959

UNTITLED (BOY IN OLD MAN’S MASK WITH DOLL), 1960

ROMANCE FROM AMBROSE BIERCE #3 FROM PORTFOLIO 3, 1964