Surrealism & Photomontage “The camera is a fluid way of encountering that other reality.” – Jerry Uelsmann

What you will be doing For the next project you will be creating a Photomontage (a digital collage) using your camera techniques and Adobe Photoshop =bby_izCtDpE

What is Surrealism? A literary and artistic movement of the 1900s that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

Surrealism & Photography Jerry UelsmannSalvador Dali

Symbolism – How to use it? An artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind. Symbolist painters wanted their pictures to depict a meaning beyond just the figures they drew. The gown forms a powerful symbol of a person changing their identity as well as the hope of the future.

Step 1 – Capturing your subject Shoot a medium or close up shot of a person with exceptional lighting. Hard or soft lighting Be sure to pose your subject well and take several different poses so you have several good shots to choice from.

Step 2 – Capturing 7-10 background/foreground images – Landscapes – Walls – Textures – Sky – Objects such as: Trees/branches Flowers Or anything with interesting characteristics You will need 7-10 layers in Photoshop

Step 3 – Adding Painting Techniques using Photoshop – You will learn how to paint onto your photomontage with the amazing paint palette in Photoshop. – You are required to have some painting techniques added to your photomontage.

Step 4 – Options – Using com com – For free textures – Use text in your composition – You can use any of the skills & tools you’ve learned so far

Final Project

Resources Jerry Uelsmann # # Jenya Vyguzov m/jenya-vyguzov-power- collage/ m/jenya-vyguzov-power- collage/ History of Surrealism in Art – this has links to the original Surrealists /movement-surrealism.htmhttp:// /movement-surrealism.htm

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