Surrealism

We finally got "Process and Perception" by Jerry Uelsmann in our library and I checked it out so this blog is gonna be all about surrealism! I have a bunch of images by three different photographers (Jerry N. Uelsmann, Thomas Barbéy and Misha Gordin) which are all very similar to Scott Mutter (who was in one of my earlier blogs). I really want to study these works and learn the techniques which is why I checked the book out of the library.

Jerry Uelsmann:

Thomas Barbéy:

Misha Gordin:

Horst Hamann

I found Horst Hamann last year when we did our photo emulations and fell in love with the way he used a panoramic camera to create these beautiful relationships between NYC buildings. Horst Hamann

This first image is the cover of his book, New York Vertical. These are the first images I found of his (this book is in the school library). He creates relationships between the buildings by connecting them visually, no matter how far apart they may be. The two buildings in the front are connected though the angle of the roof on the left and the side of the building on the right. The building in back is connected through the tension created by the negative space between the buildings.

This next image is not from the same series but it still uses the same techniques to connect these buildings in beautiful ways. The center building is framed by the buildings to both sides of it. Hamann's spacing, composition and use of negative space also really helps to connect these buildings and reveal a sort of "intimacy" that any normal passerby would fail to notice.

The use of angles once again effectively creates a relationship between these buildings. The two rooftops mimic each other while the sides of the buildings follow in similar angles as well. I'm not really too sure how I feel about the vignette and the silhouetted building to the left but there is no denying that the relationships are still very strong.