surrealism
I have decided to choose this project to work on because the photographs look very creative as to it will fit well with what I'm working on and how I take pictures. Surrealism is not a cultural movement that began in the early 1920'S, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality. Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision , created strange creatures everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.
Eric Johansson
Eric Johansson is a photographer who works on a project that links to surrealism, in my opinion he has a creative also wide range of ideas, thoughts that work well and look brilliant in his photos, that's the main reason I chosen this photography artist. Eric is from working on both personal and commissioned projects with clients all around the world. Erik doesn't capture moments, he capture ideas. With the help of his camera and Photoshop the goal is to make it look realistic, almost creates anything.
His photographs
favourite photo
In my own own words I have chosen this image, one of Eric Johansson photographs cause it caught my eye the most. I feel though the photo is telling us a message 'is it ever good looking back on your past or decisions'?. Which I think is understandable and would relate to this picture. The way is just to look forward to the future. You can see by the road breaking off that it is photo shopped but you wouldn't see that realistically but he tried to make it look real. I like this photo because I think the colours bring it to life and liven up the photo, make you think positive thoughts example 'look on the bright side' to say look forward and don't look back on the past, live a life you will remember.
Vladimir Kush
Vladimir Kush is a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor. He studied at the Suriko Moscow Art Institute, and after several years working as an artist in Moscow, his native city, he emigrated to the united states, eventually establishing his own gallery on the island of Maui in Hawaii. His oil paintings are also sold as giclee prints which h contributed of his popularity and led to the establishment of further galleries in Laguna beach , California and las Vegas, Nevada.
favourite photo
As much as I like the other photographs I thought this one caught my eye the most, because I like the fact it has an cracked egg shell in half and the yoke in the middle to make it look like an yellow sun with a tint of orange. Originally it is meant to be a painting but it would get away with looking a photograph.
first shoot
Photoshop
I thought of this unusual idea in my head that I've been eager to do and tried to see if it worked. The whole point of surrealism is that it is meant to look real but it isn't, so i captured a grid also a hand then merged them together to make it look like a hand is coming out of a grid. The photograph looks like it is focused on the the grid and the hand then at the corner of the edges is blurred, makes it stand out. I find this image creative because you wouldn't see this in reality.
I have decided to do another shoot, the idea was to create something unusual, so the idea was to bite into an apple, then get a piece of long string to attach to the apple as if its swinging. Underneath the apple 2 short strings were attached, this was to create a swing. I then took a few photographs of Chloe on a bench so that she is sat down, then I could Photoshop her as if she is swinging from the apple. The theme was to make it look like a apple swing instead of it being a tree swing to I changed the thought to make it look surreal.
Final touches on Photoshop finally done, my opinions is that I love the fact that I have photo shopped Chloe looking like she is swinging from the apple sat on top of a piece of wood from a bench. I have blended the colours in the picture so it doesn't look edited fully, also the focus point in on Chloe and blurred the apple. The photo is very unusual because in reality you wouldn't see an apple tree with somebody swinging from it, this is why i done this shoot because instead of it being a tree swing its an apple swing this is why it is weird but also wonderful.