Surrealist Photography

Description

Nothing proves the truth of Surrealism like photography, wrote Salvador Dali in 1925. Using works by Dali, Man Ray, Dora Maar, and others, this program illustrates the philosophies of Surrealist photographers as well as the techniques they used to express a particular artistic vision. The video explains how the camera was wielded as a tool for revealing an inherent connection between real and surreal; and for revealing that, when captured on film, inanimate objects can take on an eerie life of their own while conversely, living things may be rendered as inanimate props. Covers André Breton, Marcel Marien, André Kertész, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Jindrich Styrský, Miroslav Hák, Brassaï, Claude Calhoun, René Magritte, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, focusing on "Dress Hung Out to Dry," "Statue of Marshal Ney in the Fog," and Man Ray's work with Lee Miller.

Runtime

26 min

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Date of Publication

[2013], c2009

Database

Films on Demand

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