Surrealism
1920s focuses on the subconscious, the fantastic,
the interpretation of dreams, and the juxtaposition of unlikely elements.
Persistence of Memory• 1942 in oil. • This painting is how Dali sees
time. • Dali places images of himself in
most of his works.• Symbolism is an important part of
the paintings• Symbols
– Clock– Ants– Drift wood
“The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad.”“Every morning when I awake, the greatest of joys is mine: that of being Salvador Dali”
Surrealism in Photography
• Mann Ray
• Uses Film
A founder of Dada in New York, he is known for his photographs, paintings, sculpture, films, and later experiments with surrealism."
Surrealism in Photography
• Darkroom And Digital Methods
• Image Combinations with seamless additions.
• Multiple layers and varying transparencies
• Selective or Imaginative Colors
• Images based on a them or specific concept
Surrealism and Representing Concepts
• Surrealism often depicts the subconscious mind and fantasy possibilities
• You Project’s Concept = Time
• What is “time” and how can it be conceptualized?
• What if Time could be altered?
Surrealism in Photography
Your Project•Collaboration with students from Georgia•Combining your images with theirs to make a Surrealistic composition based on the theme of “TIME”•Researching surrealistic images for inspiration.•Search terms to use – Surrealism, Surrealistic photography, Image transformations, Altered images, Manipulated photography, Dream Imagery
The same image can communicate a different feeling by using the filters and color fills at various
intensities
The Process
• Use crop tool to set parameters to 8 X 10 and 300 resolution.
• Click and drag to capture the image.
• Use the check mark to crop.
• Go to ENHANCE – Levels – Brightness\contrast – move arrows of histogram to get the image to the value contrast you desire
• Save
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