Surrealistic Photography

In this assignment, I chose a collections of photos and combined them to create unreal and dreamlike photographs. I also used textures downloaded from the internet add to the unrealness of the images.

Surrealism

Surrealism was a cultural and artistic movement that began in the early 1900's. It's aims were to challenge the meaning of reality, and to look at the melding of truth and dreams. The pieces that came out of this movement were often illogical, and nonsensical, often including magical elements. Some famous artists during this time period include Belgian painter René Magritte and Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico.

Hector and Andromache
Giorgio de Chirico- 1912

The Treachery of Images
René Magritte- 1928

Photoshop Photography

For this assignment, we learned how to use photoshop to enhance our images using techniques to make Sepia, black and white, and color images solely with the use of photoshop. I chose photos from downtown Portland, and of Lincoln high school. My favorite of the photos is the one featuring a boy lying down in class, which I edited to make him stand out in color, contrasting the black and white background behind him.