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Surreal Photography – A Dream Realized
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Surreal Photography – A Dream Realized
Surreal Photography as in having a disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream. A creative style of photography requiring a good sense of vision and creativity to create things others wouldn’t normally see.
Surrealist photographs of Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Andre Breton, Brassai, Salvador Dali, Philippe Halsman, Andre Kertesz and Hans Bellmer are considered giants of art with their disorienting and exquisite creations, advancing the cultural movement that began in the early 1920s.
having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre.
“a surreal mix of fact and fantasy”
synonyms: unreal, bizarre, unusual, weird, strange, freakish, unearthly, uncanny, dreamlike, phantasmagorical
“a backdrop of surreal images”
Surreal – marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream; also: unbelievable, fantastic
Photograph Edward M. Fielding often delves in the surreal world of dreams in his photographs. Borrowing elements, collecting iconic images, creating composites, making smoke and fog in the studio.
“Sometimes in life you take the wrong train but end up at the right station.” – this line is used several times in the wonderful movie “The Lunchbox” which surrounds the unique lunchbox delivery system in India. Imagine on a hot, sticky day in the city if you could magically take a subway train and end up in the middle of nowhere – away from all the people with a horizon stretching out as far as the eye can see. … Dark clouds over a ranch in western United States with a New York City subway entrance. Part of the Visual Poetry series by fine art photographer Edward M. Fielding. https://edward-fielding.pixels.com/featured/subway-surreal-edward-fielding.html
Photo surrealism is an intellectual and artistic movement that started in the early 1920s in France and is famously known for its astonishing writings and artwork. The term Surrealist automatism refered to a method of art making in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process, allowing the unconscious mind to have great sway.In writing the surrealists This movement focused on destroying the borders between reality and dream and to release the passion.
In Fielding’s surreal photography works, he often spends a morning or afternoon at play with images. Often not final image is in minds but rather the process involves one image triggering another though and idea. Various elements are manipulated and played with often abandoned in favor of another path and a totally different outcome until the artist is satisfied with the final result. The final image is often a surprise and delight to the artist.
Sometimes surreal images present themselves to the observant photographer.
Cab Fare To Maui https://edward-fielding.pixels.com/featured/cab-fare-to-maui-edward-fielding.html
“Cab Fare to Maui came about from a insistent daydream. Seems that every day its cold here in New Hampshire I find myself slipping back to the shores of Maui. If only it was as easy as hailing a cab, I’d find myself back on the sands of Big Beach, lounging the the foamy waves….I wonder…what would the cab fare be? ” – Edward M. Fielding
