Surrealism

Surrealism

Surrealism is a movement that is quite abstract, This began in the early 1920s. Different objects put together that you wouldn't see in real life. Founded by a French poet Andre Breton. 

Man Ray, Surrealist art/photography is a lot of distortion and doesn't follow a pattern or structure. It is unconventional. it challenged power structures politically. 

Surrealism Photographers

Erik Johansson - Is a surrealism photographer that uses Photoshop as a tool to create fasinating photos that make you think of hidden meaning behind them. Such as my interpretation of this photograph is that it denotes a man dragging a road through untouched land. However this connotes humanity polluting & destroying nature for its benefit and being miss lead and unaware of the after math.

Bobby Becker- Is a Photographer that works with a lot of base colours like B&W. This photo connotes a dark and twisted nature of humanity always wanting what they can't have this is represented by the gloopy black, mysterious substance  engulfing the pristine whits hand.

My Attempt At Surrealism

This photo is a mixture of Bobby Becker and The son of man. Bobby Becker inspired me to include the light bulb because it connoted a lot of different feelings of human power. I edited the wires in the light bulb to be a tree and doing this created a very sinister and uncomfortable image. I did this to show how the mind can be deceived as fine because the emotion is hidden by your facial expression. This photo is called 'Brain Dead'. The son of man also features in this photograph because it looks quite simular in that they both cover the face.

The photo was taken on the school iMac. This makes the image of myself have a more student at work feel. The image denotes a student with his head being replaced by a light bulb. However the picture denotes a computers view of a students mental state; 'brain dead'.

Futurism

Photography&Motion 

Futurism - Italian movement that is untraditional and unconventional, hate for art of the past. Motifs: cars, electric lighting, construction. It is a celebration of modern technology.

• Realism
• Futurism
• Surrealism
• Cubism
• Brutalism
• Postmodernism 

Eadweard Muybridge- pioneer of photography and motion

Techniques

• experimenting with lighting 

Montage- putting together different objects/element 

Task 1:

Christian Stoll

This photograph (Version) by Christian Stoll is done in a futurism style, It denotes a a birds eye view of a city suffocated buy a saturated population and pollution. This connotes feelings of humans being an inferior species such as ants. However its quite ironic since humanity built it.

Task 2/3:

My attempt at futurism

⬅The photograph on the left is inspired by Christian Stoll and is done in the unconventional style of futurism. The photo is not from a birds eye view since I did not have the right equipment to do so. Instead I took it at an angle where just looking at the photo feels like you're leaning back, to me this represents dominance of the building. In Christian Stoll's photograph the city is represented as saturated and busy, however I wanted my photo to present a different interpretation on a city; to be lonely and isolated. The cool blue tint of the windows connotes sadness.

The aperture I used to take this photo was F18, The reason being it was a bright day and i did't want the colours of the building getting bleached out also it meant the symmetrical lines and architecture stand out much like the skyscrapers do in Version (the photo). The shutter speed was at a fast 1/200 so the picture was not over exposed. I edited my photograph in Photoshop. The edit consisted of separating the building from the background image. Once this was complete I adjusted the hue lighting saturation of the background layer to the lowest, by doing this it creates a more natural monochrome look. Following this I increased the contrast of the building layer to create a 'futuristic look'. I have accentuated the blue tint in the windows by removing the colour from the sky, this makes the building stand out from the background and focuses the eye on the symmetry of the lines. The only blemish is the sun glare, this breaks up the structure of the lines and adds a natural imperfection to the building. 

Postmoderism

Postmodernism

Postmodernism started in the 1950's. It re-uses something to create new meaning. It is criticism of modernism. It uses framing to create an idea of a second screen. Postmodernism ignores the rules. Post modernism is characterised by self-conscious and deliberate intertextuality .  Post modernism is generally something that has been done before 

Intertextuality- When one text references another 

Postmodernism photographers 

Linder Sterling - is a postmodernism photographer and was one of Morrissey's close friends. She also did a lot of work for Morrissey's band The Smiths. 

Jamie Reid -















Recreation

My recreation was inspired by Jamie Reid's art, because he adds external cartoon and text to create a larger meaning to the photograph. I chose this image of the builders because their body language towards the centre worker looks like they're talking about him behind his back.  I thought I'd make the centre builder be singled out because he is also in the foreground. 

To do this I took the photo at shutter speed 1/80 and the exposure was F7. I then imported it to photoshop. To create the cartoon I used the magnetic lasso tool to outline the item of clothing; after this I used the eyedropper tool to retrieve the main block colour of the item of clothing. To complete the proses I then filled the outlined section with the blocked colour. To me this photo connotes betrayal because it shows verbally singling someone out in a visual form. The photograph denotes three builders and one of witch appears on the foreground.