surreal photomontage

Surreal PhotomontageCombining photos together

What does Surreal Mean?

• Element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions.

• Began around 1920’s• Dream like• Salvador Dali, Painter

The paintings of Rene Magritte

• Show us a world that cannot physically exist in real space, yet do exist in the two dimensional visual space of his work.

1. The work should combine 2 to 5 images into a single image.

2. Should access the surreal, things that can only happen in a subconscious reality.

3. How can you show us the magic of photography to transform reality into dream? Create something that appears real, but yet surely cannot be...

The Project:

Be Imaginative

Examples from 2012 Graduate, Pamela Tuazon

Combining Nature with man-made objects: Pattern and Textures

Now combined!

• *I cut out the pathway and door using lasso tool in photoshop

Frog (oraganic) combined with cityscape (non-living)

Cut out individual pieces using define layer mask or lasso tool.

People & Overlays

Subtle overlays (adjust opacity in photoshop!)

You may combine more than 2 photos!

Push the Surreal Boundaries

Surreal Photomontage by Jim KazanjianBy Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry Uelsmann

Photoshopped Magazine Ads

Less Obvious or More Obvious?

Videos!• Blending mode in

Photoshop: • http://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=KNuQERoJQPA

• Cutting out photo & overlaying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN0PUdWcPKs&feature=related

Now…for practice…outside

• Take 1 photo of a pattern of inanimate/non-living object (brick wall)

• Take 1 photo of living thing (person, flowers, plants)

• We will be combining these in photoshop for our warm up today!