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 03/05/2005 05:34:07 AM · #101
Surrealism is defined in a Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition, 1995, as "the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural juxtapositions and combinations." Additionally, surrealistic is defined as "having a strange dreamlike atmosphere or quality."

For what that's worth...

Robt.
 03/05/2005 08:38:17 AM · #102


LOL I obviously did not get anough sleep last night. I had to look at this for about 30 seconds, scratching my head, before I got what was surreal about it.
 03/05/2005 08:57:16 AM · #103
Originally posted by BeingClever:
I had to look at this for about 30 seconds, scratching my head, before I got what was surreal about it.


You're not alone. Six people gave it a two or less in the Lucky Seven challenge. Hello? You did eventually figure it out, though, being clever and all...

Message edited by author 2005-03-05 09:00:35.
 03/05/2005 08:59:21 AM · #104
Originally posted by Kavey:
An original PRINT is not actually painted by the artist but if it's numbered it'll be part of a limited edition series and, if signed by the artist himself, is pretty valuable in it's own right, now.


Correct. Each print is #25 out of 350, and signed by Mr. Melting Clocks himself.
 03/05/2005 09:32:31 AM · #105
When I saw the Surrealism Challenge I instantly thought of Jan Saudek. Most of his work consists of nudes in a surrealistic view. Here is an example.

Surrealistic Photo

His offical website is Jan Saudek
 03/05/2005 10:05:45 AM · #106
"Surrealism is above all a state of mind, it does not advocate formulas. The most important point is to put oneself in the right frame of mind. No Surrealist is in the world, or thinks of himself in the present, or believes in the effectiveness of the mind as spur, the mind as guillotine, the mind as judge, the mind as doctor, and he resolutely hopes to be apart from the mind. The Surrealist has judged the mind. He has no feelings which are a part of himself, he does not recognize any thought as his own. His thought does not fashion for him a world to which he reasonably assents. He despairs of attaining his own mind.
He despairs of attaining his own mind." Antonin Artaud
 03/05/2005 10:10:23 AM · #107
Originally posted by conceptgraphics:
When I saw the Surrealism Challenge I instantly thought of Jan Saudek. Most of his work consists of nudes in a surrealistic view. Here is an example.

Surrealistic Photo

His offical website is Jan Saudek


Thanks for posting this. Went through his more recent images and bookmarked the site. Wonderful work.
 03/05/2005 10:44:29 AM · #108
//www.davenitsche.com/

If Dave enters, which I hope he does, I think he'll ribbon for sure. He's an awesome photographer.
 03/05/2005 10:47:04 AM · #109
Originally posted by orussell:
If Dave enters, which I hope he does, I think he'll ribbon for sure.


Bring it on. He'll face stiff competition from the many telented members here.

Message edited by author 2005-03-05 10:50:38.
 03/05/2005 11:13:34 AM · #110
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by orussell:
If Dave enters, which I hope he does, I think he'll ribbon for sure.


Bring it on. He'll face stiff competition from the many telented members here.


No doubt. ;)
 03/05/2005 11:54:22 AM · #111
//www.mal.reid.btinternet.co.uk/art/surrealism/surrealism.htm

Message edited by frisca - fixing the long google link to the actual page.
 03/06/2005 01:33:07 AM · #112
i'm curious as to the general concensus here...would any of you consider a beautiful landscape to be surreal?
 03/06/2005 02:04:44 AM · #113
Originally posted by justin_hewlett:
i'm curious as to the general concensus here...would any of you consider a beautiful landscape to be surreal?


A landscape can be surreal if done properly but don't be surprised if it gets voted down.

I'm looking for and voting higher for the images that give a surreal feel by photographic procedure eg long exposure, motion blur or even macro.
Before I get shouted down my reasoning for this is simply my preferred taste and belief that these types of images are harder to pull of then a staged surreal image.
 03/06/2005 04:45:06 AM · #114
Who broke the formatting in this thread???

anyway...why hasn't anybody mentioned Magritte???? He is the first surrealist I thought of...

In fact, This is the exact image I brought to mind

Message edited by author 2005-03-06 04:48:26.
 03/06/2005 05:00:34 AM · #115
Originally posted by jbeazell:
anyway...why hasn't anybody mentioned Magritte???? He is the first surrealist I thought of...


He has been, and links provided to some of his amazing work. See Kadi's post in this same thread about it.
 03/06/2005 05:09:52 AM · #116
Originally posted by Natator:

He has been, and links provided to some of his amazing work. See Kadi's post in this same thread about it.


must have missed it in the 'concise' version of my read-through the threads :)
 03/06/2005 05:18:57 AM · #117
Originally posted by keegbow:
A landscape can be surreal if done properly but don't be surprised if it gets voted down.

I'm looking for and voting higher for the images that give a surreal feel by photographic procedure eg long exposure, motion blur or even macro.
Before I get shouted down my reasoning for this is simply my preferred taste and belief that these types of images are harder to pull of then a staged surreal image.


Just curious.. if I knit a sweater while standing on my head, does it make it a better sweater? (Simply because it was a more difficut task?) I doubt so... I hope you'll take this into consideration, or not... whichever you see fitting...

Before people start jumping down my throat, I do understand there are two sides to every arguement... and this is not "my stand" simply somewhere I thought I could show the other side and win, lol!

Deb
 03/06/2005 06:06:38 AM · #118
Originally posted by capgal:
Originally posted by keegbow:
A landscape can be surreal if done properly but don't be surprised if it gets voted down.

I'm looking for and voting higher for the images that give a surreal feel by photographic procedure eg long exposure, motion blur or even macro.
Before I get shouted down my reasoning for this is simply my preferred taste and belief that these types of images are harder to pull of then a staged surreal image.


Just curious.. if I knit a sweater while standing on my head, does it make it a better sweater? (Simply because it was a more difficut task?) I doubt so... I hope you'll take this into consideration, or not... whichever you see fitting...

Before people start jumping down my throat, I do understand there are two sides to every arguement... and this is not "my stand" simply somewhere I thought I could show the other side and win, lol!

Deb


I understand what you are saying but my take on this challenge is just that "my take" and I'm sure there are plenty of other views on how surreal can be shown.

My point is that I feel it takes more photographic expertise and skill to make a picture look surreal as compared to a surreal subject matter and accordingly I will tend to vote these images higher but hey don't lose any sleep over it I'm just one vote of many.
 03/07/2005 04:01:35 PM · #119
Think Fast!!!!

Alright, ready for this? Philadelphia has a Dali exhibit going on right now. How conveniant that this challenge comes up. So last Saturday, I was out with friends and I guess you could call this person a friend of a friend. He is a local actor who is promoting the Dali exhibit. Not only did I not think to photograph him (because he looks like Dali, moustache and all, but he captures his mannerisms in photographs that he has done for local papers and such) but I had my camera on me. What a character I could have had for a surrealism photo. Damn! So then Sunday, I went to the Dali exhibit, because I have been dying to see it since it opened, and wanted to wait until the crowds died down a little, but alas, it was sold out.

My other idea for this challenge involved 10 specifically costume dressed people, a beach, a sunrise, 3 oversized wrenches, a ball of cheese, a painting frame, a gospel choir, 4 clowns, a truck with a tree growing out of the bed, a life sized android, santa claus, a boat without oars, 6 druids, a palm tree, a rabbi holding a gigantic painting of a priest holding a gigantic painting of an alien holding a gigantic painting of a black nonolith holding a gigantic bowl of soup filled with tiny people and a few insects, and one medium sized kimono dragon brushing its teeth with a baby crab. Oh, and a little bit of seagull poop, but that would have been the easy part since we'd all be on a beach.

So yeah, I think I'm going to have to sit this challenge out because I don't have the time or the resources to make this happen, and I should have been thinking last Saturday whilst the opportunity for something unique presented itself. I'm still kicking myself.
 03/07/2005 04:46:07 PM · #120
Originally posted by phreakon:
Think Fast!!!!

Alright, ready for this? Philadelphia has a Dali exhibit going on right now. How conveniant that this challenge comes up. So last Saturday, I was out with friends and I guess you could call this person a friend of a friend. He is a local actor who is promoting the Dali exhibit. Not only did I not think to photograph him (because he looks like Dali, moustache and all, but he captures his mannerisms in photographs that he has done for local papers and such) but I had my camera on me. What a character I could have had for a surrealism photo. Damn! So then Sunday, I went to the Dali exhibit, because I have been dying to see it since it opened, and wanted to wait until the crowds died down a little, but alas, it was sold out.

My other idea for this challenge involved 10 specifically costume dressed people, a beach, a sunrise, 3 oversized wrenches, a ball of cheese, a painting frame, a gospel choir, 4 clowns, a truck with a tree growing out of the bed, a life sized android, santa claus, a boat without oars, 6 druids, a palm tree, a rabbi holding a gigantic painting of a priest holding a gigantic painting of an alien holding a gigantic painting of a black nonolith holding a gigantic bowl of soup filled with tiny people and a few insects, and one medium sized kimono dragon brushing its teeth with a baby crab. Oh, and a little bit of seagull poop, but that would have been the easy part since we'd all be on a beach.

So yeah, I think I'm going to have to sit this challenge out because I don't have the time or the resources to make this happen, and I should have been thinking last Saturday whilst the opportunity for something unique presented itself. I'm still kicking myself.


Ok, now u freaked me out! I would love to see that on an image! Picturing it on my head is just not enough!
 03/07/2005 04:56:09 PM · #121
OK, that was a bad plan. I found a dragon, but I can't get him into the kimono. The clowns did a number on the android with the wrenches, and Santa got into a heated argument with the rabbi and they trashed two of the paintings. It just wasn't pretty.
 03/07/2005 04:58:02 PM · #122
Originally posted by scalvert:
OK, that was a bad plan. I found a dragon, but I can't get him into the kimono. The clowns did a number on the android with the wrenches, and Santa got into a heated argument with the rabbi and they trashed two of the paintings. It just wasn't pretty.


I have a kimono that might fit.
 03/07/2005 04:59:28 PM · #123
Originally posted by ericlimon:
I have a kimono that might fit.


Is it flame resistant? Damn dragons...
 03/07/2005 10:59:48 PM · #124
here are a few from last year:



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Message edited by author 2005-03-07 23:01:50.
 03/07/2005 11:15:24 PM · #125
And here is another one:
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