What is Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that started in the early 1920's, it's expressed in the form of art, literature, and politics. Surrealism is defined as a pure state of mind that allows someone to express their thoughts freely, also it a use of dream imagery to show the inner workings of the mind.
Andre Breton
Personal Life
Andre Breton was born in Tinchebray, France, on Febuary 19th 1896, he had four spouses throughout his life and one child called Aube Breton.
Surrealism Movement
He is best know as the founder of "Surrealism" which he defined as "Pure physic automatism, he started doing surrealism around the late early 1920's he first started by launching a book called Littérature with Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault in 1919. Also in 1924 he was involved in the founding of the Bureau of Surrealist Research: which is a office where a group of surrealist writers and artists have meeting and discussions, it opened on October 11 1924 under the direction of Antonin Artaud, just four days before the publication of the first "Surrealism Manifesto" by Andre Breton.
Andre Breton was born in Tinchebray, France, on Febuary 19th 1896, he had four spouses throughout his life and one child called Aube Breton.
Surrealism Movement
He is best know as the founder of "Surrealism" which he defined as "Pure physic automatism, he started doing surrealism around the late early 1920's he first started by launching a book called Littérature with Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault in 1919. Also in 1924 he was involved in the founding of the Bureau of Surrealist Research: which is a office where a group of surrealist writers and artists have meeting and discussions, it opened on October 11 1924 under the direction of Antonin Artaud, just four days before the publication of the first "Surrealism Manifesto" by Andre Breton.
MAN RAY
Personal Life
Man Ray's real name is Emmanuel Radnitzky, he was born on August 27th 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a immigrant Russian-Jewish family. He was married to a famous dancer called Juliet Browner, when they died she was put in the same tomb as him and her epitaph reads "Together Again"
Art and Surrealism
He started doing Art at a young age in his parents studio, also going to museums and art galleries in New York City. In 1912 he enrolled the the Ferrer School and began developing and making art, he moved to France in the 1920's to continue his work, he was know as a significant contributor for the Dada and Surrealist movements. Inspired by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's La Grande Baigneuse, Ray used Kiki de Montparnasse wearing a turban as a model for this piece. He transformed the female body into a musical instrument by painting sound-holes on her back.
Man Ray's real name is Emmanuel Radnitzky, he was born on August 27th 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a immigrant Russian-Jewish family. He was married to a famous dancer called Juliet Browner, when they died she was put in the same tomb as him and her epitaph reads "Together Again"
Art and Surrealism
He started doing Art at a young age in his parents studio, also going to museums and art galleries in New York City. In 1912 he enrolled the the Ferrer School and began developing and making art, he moved to France in the 1920's to continue his work, he was know as a significant contributor for the Dada and Surrealist movements. Inspired by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's La Grande Baigneuse, Ray used Kiki de Montparnasse wearing a turban as a model for this piece. He transformed the female body into a musical instrument by painting sound-holes on her back.
Tommy Ingberg
Personal Life
Tommy Ingberg is a photographer from Sweden born in 1980, he works with photography and digital imagery creating minimalistic and self-reflecting surreal photo montages dealing with human nature, feelings and thoughts. He has been getting awards since 2012 for his artistic vision in photography most previously in the last years he has received awards for International Photography Awards, Prix De La Photographie Paris and Sony World Photography Awards.
Tommy Ingberg is a photographer from Sweden born in 1980, he works with photography and digital imagery creating minimalistic and self-reflecting surreal photo montages dealing with human nature, feelings and thoughts. He has been getting awards since 2012 for his artistic vision in photography most previously in the last years he has received awards for International Photography Awards, Prix De La Photographie Paris and Sony World Photography Awards.
Surrealism History
The History
Many surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with most of their work being artifacts, Surrealism was developed out of "Dadaists" activities throughout the World War I and mostly important in the movement in Paris, from the 1920's the movement spread around the globe in many categories such as: visual art, films, art and music in many countries and languages.
Many surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with most of their work being artifacts, Surrealism was developed out of "Dadaists" activities throughout the World War I and mostly important in the movement in Paris, from the 1920's the movement spread around the globe in many categories such as: visual art, films, art and music in many countries and languages.
My Plan
My idea for my first surrealism shoot is to have a person looking down into their hand, then photoshop their face and trace it into their hand with other effects coming from the face and head,my preferences are swivels and optical illusions.
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Examples of Andre Breton's work
In my opinion Andre Breton is a very colorful and creative surrealist, also I like his pictures cause he's got very nice ideas. My favourite picture is the scissors humans because it's very creative also the atmosphere behind it is very illuminance.
Examples of Man Ray's work
These pictures that Man Ray has made are very amazing illutrations, In my opinion they're magnificent because he has a very creative and misterious mind, these pitcures he photographed are great examples of art.
This is my favourite image of all of his pieces of work, the detail in his photograph shows he's used a high apeture, high exposure because the picture is very focused and dark background, he's used an extensive depth of field it shows pretty much everything is sharp. These are majestic things in phtotos it makes them look so much more appealing therefore this is why I like this photo the most.
Examples of Tommy Ingberg's work
Tommy Inberg is a very imaginative photographer, Tommy's workpieces show that he is very creative as well he shows so many diffrent elements photography and it is very special compared to other artists.
This is my favourite picture, it's just filled with a thoughtful, lonely and dark atmosphere he's shown: Composition Rules because he's focused on the aspect of the feel in the image it's a very effective expression of loneliness, the picture also is Exposure it shows this through the lonely atmosphere but the light sky in the background. In my opinion this is a very astonishing image because of it's creativity and emotion behind the man in the bubble.